sunday dinner

March 28th, 2013

  chef morgan spring tree

sunday dinner

spring lamb with fava beans and mint

Spring marketing, family Sunday dinners, and upcoming Easter, inspired this week’s simple pleasure: roasted lamb with fava beans and fresh mint. Read the rest of this entry »

carrot velouté with quenelle of fresh chèvre

April 21st, 2011

carrot velouté with quenelle of fresh chèvre

stats:

yield: makes 8 cups

what you need:

soup
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1/4 cup diced spring onions
1 pound young orange carrots, diced
3/4 cup fresh orange juice
1 cup carrot juice (reduced from 2 cups)
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon kosher salt (and as needed)
2 cups water (and as needed)

garnish
8 ounces goat cheese, room temperature
fresh chervil leaves (as needed)
fresh coriander flowers (as needed) Read the rest of this entry »

oeufs en chocolat

April 15th, 2011

oeufs en chocolat, Pâques, and petit déjeuner chez Patrick Roger

(chocolate eggs, Easter, and breakfast at Patrick Roger’s)

Audrey Hepburn made Tiffany & Co. known as a breakfast spot.  It was not because the jewelry store serves breakfast but because in the 1961 movie, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Hepburn’s whimsical character ate her breakfast in front of the store famous for its diamonds as well as its blue bags.  New York may have Tiffany’s but Paris has Patrick Roger.

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