Ma Niche

This week the Doristas were assigned to cook  Butter & Rum Crepes for French Fridays with Dorie. I have cooked and eaten c...

This week's assignment for the Doirstas was Hélène's All White Salad.... a mushroom, celery, apple and napa cabbage salad with ma...

This week the Doristas were assigned to cook  Boeuf a la Ficelle or Beef on a string. We do not eat beef so initially I had decided to ada...

This Friday the Doristas were assigned to bake Paris-Brest, a big wheel of puff  pastry filled with vanilla pastry cream and caramelized b...

    I impressed myself yesterday by preparing Moules Marinière .. only to realize soon after that I wasn't very fond of them. I h...

This week the Doristas were scheduled to cook "Christine's simple party soups" for French Fridays with Dorie.. To be more spe...

This week the Doristas  were assigned to make Dressy Pasta "Risotto." With ingredients like cream and mascarpone cheese, nothing...

I like salmon. I had a slab in the freezer and until I turned to Pg 30 of the book (Around my French Table) this morning thought that I w...

I have to say, Orange-Almond Tuiles are one of the most elegant tea-time cookies I have ever tasted.. I got introduced to Tuiles r...

This week we baked Whole-Cherry Clafoutis for French Fridays with Dorie. Clafoutis  is a rustic looking French country cake from the Limou...

Yesterday I served this hearty Wheat Berry and Tuna Salad for lunch....  Unfortunately,  Mr MN  missed on both the star ingredients...

This week we made Socca from Vieux Nice for French Fridays with Dorie.  In the book, Dorie describes them as "large pancakes made fro...

Yet another berrylicious dessert on the block !! and how gorgeous is it ?   This week the Doristas chose to make Sabl é  Breton Galette wi...