I know. I’m in Cannes and it’s the same time as the Cannes Film Festival. I have one camera in my hand, and my iphone camera ready to pull out in case I see a star strolling...
Food Photography - My Cookbook - My Upcoming Cookbook - Recipes
Behind the Scenes of a Cookbook Photo Shoot
Meet Steven. Best photographer ever. He was recently in Myanamar, and sent his friends this photo. Steven translated my love for the style of cooking in the south of France into amazingly beautiful visions for my new! cookbook (it’s for sale now on Amazon.com! So excited!): Cuisine Nicoise: Sun-kissed Cooking from the French Riviera You can see more of his work at: StevenRothfeld.com While we were on the photo shoot for the book in France last September, I took a lot of photos to save the memories. Here’s a behind the...
Baking - cake - Desserts - Recipes
Walnuts On My Mind
I just finished writing and editing my cookbook. And I just received this beautiful sack of fresh walnuts from California Walnuts. To make a treat to celebrate my completing the book, I decided to make the most decadent deep chocolate cake with the walnuts, and eat most of it myself. Ok, that didn’t happen. It was what I wanted to do. But when I was invited to dinner tonite in our village, I realized I would have to share my decadent deep chocolate walnut cake with others. Which I am going to do with pleasure, because I took a taste of the...
Candies and Chocolates - Desserts - Entertaining - Food Gifts - Fruit - Recipes
Better Than Gummies: Homemade Candied Pink Grapefruit Rind
So few ingredients, so much fun! You make these one day,and enjoy them the next. Delectably chewy against the crunch of the sugar coating, they’re better than Gummie Bears. I was confused after reading so many blogs and comments on blogs about how it was hard to make candied citrus rind, how they came out bitter and inedible, that I wanted to see for myself. Contrary, and happily, to all that I read, these came out perfect and are delicious. In fact, they are so good, I am tempted to make lime, tangerine, Meyer lemon, and other kinds of...
Breakfast - Fruit - Recipes
Luscious Pink Grapefruit Curd
There was a wicker basket filled with pink grapefruit sitting on my counter. In the background, my kitchen window was like a snow globe, showcasing big flakes falling thickly in the woods. Scones were baking in the oven, sending off curls of cinnamon aroma, and they were almost done. Now was the time to definitely decide what to make to serve with them, and the quickest recipe I could think of was to make curd. It's one of the most asked for recipes from the students in my cooking classes so I could...
