At Home with Kim Vallee

Two Tartine Recipes by La Tartine Gourmande

Last Friday, food blogger Beatrice Peltre of La Tartine Gourmande  was at “The Martha Stewart Show”.  Bea prepared two savory tartines from her first cookbook. Everything looks tasty! Tartines, which are open sandwiches, make great lunch.  I love these two recipes because there are filled with colorful food. Plan ahead of time if you wish to [...]

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What’s for Dinner: Balsamic Roast Chicken

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A one-pan dish not only saves you time, they build flavor while you do something else. I am partial to oven dishes versus a slow cooker. It’s because it’s the way I am used to cook. The recipe on my to-do list is the Balsamic Roast chicken with caramelized pearl onions, olives and tomatoes that [...]

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How to Peel a Garlic Bulb in 10 seconds

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With the big Holiday season only a few months away, it is good to know tricks that can save you time in the kitchen. In this video, SAVEUR magazine‘s Executive Food Editor, Todd Coleman, shows you how to peel a whole head of garlic in less than ten seconds. It’s a bit noisy but effective. More [...]

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The Secrets of Pesto Making and Homemade Ice Cream from Saveur

Reading the latest issue of Saveur (Sept. 2011) taught me that the pesto starts with the smallest, palest basil leaves. It is because they do not have the bitterness and the licorice-like taste of the mature leaves. But if you have mature green basil leaves, simply blanch them for 30 seconds and plunge them in an [...]

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