If we always use the real title of the recipe, it will be way too obvious that so many of our recipes come from the Les Halles Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain. The real recipe name here is Coquilles Saint-Jacques with Champagne, and no matter what you call it, it’s a recipe that we would highly [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Anthony Bourdain’
December 21, 2009
Poulet Basqauise
It’s Anthony Bourdain time again! This, as best as we can translate, is Basque Chicken, commonly known as delicious. The recipe is one of the easier ones in the Les Halles Cookbook, and one that’s perfect for a winter night.
If you’re cooking for four, the original recipe in Bourdain’s cookbook is what you want to [...]
December 13, 2009
Teres Major with ad hoc Demi Glace Sauce
Sometimes you really want some delicious, tender red meat for dinner, but you don’t need a whole cow for yourself. That’s why we keep a teres major steak (or 2 or 3 or 4 or…) in our freezer. Half of one of these cuts of meats is a nice small portion and a great way [...]
October 1, 2009
Veal Stock and Demi Glace
Do you have a free Saturday with nothing to do? Can you imagine anything more fun than spending the day with some simmering veal bones?
We recently did just that, though admittedly, we left the stock simmering while we went out for a picnic lunch and then ran errands and shopped later on. It’s really not [...]
September 28, 2009
Escargots
We definitely recommend this recipe if you’re:
A. Open to new tastes and foods
B. Love escargots
C. Will eat anything with lots of garlic and butter
D. Are blindfolded and not told the truth about the origin of the delicious new taste in your mouth.
Recipe: Escargots
