Make an Easy Dinner with a Few Simple Plates We know dinnertime rolls around every day, yet it’s so easy to let it slip your mind until the last minute. When you don’t have a plan, I hope this idea helps you pull together an easy dinner everyone will love. Instead of dialing up takeout, […]
Fresh Pasta, Family Fun, and Fabulous Meals Making fresh pasta is more than cooking — it’s an experience. Whether you’re looking for a fun weekend activity with family or friends or just want to try something new, pasta-making brings people together — and the pasta is delicious. I don’t make it as often as I’d […]
Maybe You’ve Seen the Post About the Italian Chocolate Hazelnut Spread … … crafted with pure cocoa and olive oil — no palm oil here. The French have their own take — just as delicious and just as pure. The French Chocolate Hazelnut Spread: Pure Simplicity This gourmet French spread, made by renowned chocolatier Michel […]
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A Rewarding Snack Before Dinner In a recent post, I discussed the apéritif — how this delightful custom can help maintain healthy eating habits and foster meaningful connections. You can read about The Apéritif — Return to The Table style here. In this post, I will show how to use the apéritif to appease kids […]
Learning Simple Sauces from a French chef As I mentioned above, here is the original version of the recipe by Alain Ducasse. I hope this post not only gives you inspiration for a delightfully easy-to-make gourmet sauce but also sparks your intuition and ideas for how you can modify recipes into simpler to prepare versions.
Creating Healthy Eating Habits and Meaningful Moments In this post, I’ll serve up the idea of the apéritif and show you how this custom can support healthy eating habits and help create meaningful moments at the table—anytime. Let’s start by exploring this delicious tradition. What is the Apéritif? Traditionally, an apéritif is a light drink—alcoholic […]
If you're okay with your kids enjoying a little candy on Halloween but want to avoid a big stach lingering around, here's a fun solution: have you heard of the Halloween goblin? Here's how it works. After trick-or-treating, let your kids choose a few favorites to keep and set the rest aside. Then, just like […]
Our routine stop last night at the Gelato shop on the corner of our Airbnb here in Florence sparked some delicious and exciting dinner ideas to share with you today. Many years ago, I studied with a French chef named Marie, whom you’ll meet in my upcoming book. One day, Marie served me an open-faced crêpe […]
What About the Bread? Bread is controversial in the U.S. because some people are gluten-sensitive, and some others simply prefer to avoid white flour. I love bread, but honestly, most of the bread in the U.S. is not good, so gluten-sensitive or not, I agree we can skip most of it. If you like bread […]
My friends in France and Italy often talk about buying “an American refrigerator” because of the extra space these offer and the modern options like an ice maker. Many of us in the U.S. can hardly recall a time before automatic ice makers, and our kids, like my son Alessio, may have never used ice cube […]
