Adapted from The Noble Pig
White cheddar cheese soup is a real treat and is really easy to make. When we lived in Austin, the Driskill Hotel was the acknowledged leader in the cheese soup competition. The Upper Crust bakery also had a contender. I couldn’t find either of their recipes, so I [...]
Finding a good commercial enchilada sauce is really difficult. Even the Hatch brand is tepid at best. So, we decided to make our own green enchilada sauce, and it turned out to be really good, not only as a sauce, but also as a salsa. The consistency is chunky, unlike the commercial [...]
Growing up in Texas exposes one to various forms of chili from an early age. In central Texas, what you usually find is red chili. As you travel west into New Mexico, however, the chili turns green. When Scotia and I honeymooned in Taos, we never seemed to be able to get [...]
In between the yearly influenza epidemic, springtime pollen and environmental allergies, here comes the swine flu! What to do? How can we carry on when faced with body aches, fever, sore throat, cough and the general miseries? Few of us here have the luxure of cocooning into freshly washed linens, while Mommy rubs Vicks Vap-O-Rub [...]
It’s starting to get cold, we’re spending more time indoors, it is also cold and flu season, and with the onset of earlier darkness, I start to turn to comfort foods. You know – those foods that make you feel better. The foods that you turn to when you are feeling lonesome or you [...]
I don’t know what attracted me so much to curries such that they now constitute the only dishes I cook for myself on a regular basis. This makes me an oddity in my home (Puerto Rico) where spicy (hot) food is not normally a part of the traditional menu. I guess I can [...]
Preface to the First Edition:
“But for life the universe were nothing: and all that life has requires nourishment.”
Besides being wonderful fresh, tortillas are also very tasty and useful when stale. We have all eaten tortilla chips, which are essentially stale tortillas cut into wedges or strips, fried and seasoned. Stale fried tortilla chips are a great topping for tortilla soup, posole, and other soups. My mother used to give me day-old [...]
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1 What does the cooking term émonder means?
2 Who invented Cuisine Minceur?
3 What is the famous dish Paul Bocuse created for the Élysée Palace on the occasion of his receiving the Legion of Honor from President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing on February 25, 1975?
4 Which cheese emperor Charlemagne was extremely fond of: Brie or Roquefort?
5 For [...]
Chances are that if you’re wine-tasting in France, will be offered as a savory accompaniment. It’s a simple puff made from an easy to follow recipe of pâte á choux, flavored with Gruyère cheese, nothing fancy. They are best eaten hot right out of the oven, they simply melt in your mouth.