So, I feel as though I am falling behind a little with my cooking class posts. The week before last was Lamb and Veal night, followed by Pork night last week, and Fish night this week. Spring is so busy for our family. It seems we are now on a rotating schedule of baseball practice, … Continue reading
After attending church Saturday night, we celebrated Easter yesterday with my parents, my husband’s family, and a very good friend. I was so happy to get the chance to cook in my mom’s beautiful kitchen and spend the day preparing food with her. We ended the day on the front lawn playing duck-duck-goose with glitter … Continue reading
I have gotten a little behind on my posts from cooking class. The duck confit from Poultry night took a week to finish, and I have been busy planning Easter dinner and enjoying spring break with my kids. We gathered with some friends in our driveway last night to let the kids play, and the … Continue reading
Did you think I disappeared? I know you didn’t think I stopped cooking…that would be crazy! Two weeks ago we had poultry night. When Duck Confit was explained to our class at L’Academie de Cuisine, I immediately wanted to make it. I knew it would be challenging and time consuming, but it just seemed like one … Continue reading
If you know me, you know that I have a complicated relationship with meat. I have been an on-again-off-again vegetarian, vegan, lacto-vegetarian, and full-on-omnivore. My most recent stint with vegetarianism was last year, and lasted a good six months or so. It started because I felt that was what my body needed at the time. … Continue reading
I can’t believe it has been 7 weeks, since staring my classes at L’Academie de Cuisine. I have learned so much, and gained a lot of confidence in my cooking. This experience has absolutely confirmed for me, my love for cooking and my desire to keep cooking. In fact, after taking the class I simply … Continue reading
I love you Eggs Benedict. I love you in all your varieties. I love you with your traditional Canadian bacon. I love you with smoked salmon, tomatoes and bacon, and crab cakes. I love your oozy poached eggs and your lemony hollandaise sauce. I love your english muffin, but I’ll take you on a biscuit, too. This … Continue reading
This week in class at L’Academie de Cuisine, it was all about eggs. I have never eaten so many eggs in such a short time frame. Eggs are kind of a big deal in the culinary world. There all the eggy favorites like eggs benedict, french toast, omelettes, and on and on. There are also … Continue reading
My family has a history with gnocchi. We lived in Italy for two years when I was younger. While there, my parents took a cooking class from an Italian women named Miriam. The class was in Miriam’s kitchen where they would watch Miriam cook, practice, and most importantly…eat. The class they still talk about was … Continue reading
They are soooooo good. The recipe is from Cassie of Bake Your Day, in her guest post at Krissy’s Creations: Salted Turtle Cookies. Make them immediately- you won’t be sorry. Happy Cooking, Melissa
Cupful of Spoons 