Another very tasty recipe from the Baking with Julia book: Alsatian Onion Tart. I know that the birthday celebrations for Julia Child’s centenary are over for the year, but this recipe is so good, I wanted to include it. And … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday, Julia Child!
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It’s hard to imagine what the food world would be like if Julia Child hadn’t eaten Sole Meuniere in France all those years ago. On this day, the 100th anniversary of her birth, my Twitter and RSS feeds as well … Continue reading
Pain Français (Plain French Bread)
Up until now, I’d never made bread. It had always been a little bit daunting… so many variables can affect how the way the bread turns out: the type of flour used, the amount of humidity the day you make the … Continue reading
French Onion Soup
To me, there is no food as comforting as soup and no soup as comforting as French Onion Soup. DO NOT eat the stuff from a package, make this. Yes, it does take a while, and you may cry from … Continue reading
Roast Chicken
When I got my copy of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, this is the first recipe I tried and I’ve been making roast chicken this way ever since. What Julia Child says in the introduction is true: “You can … Continue reading
Best-Ever Brownies
Here’s the ninth recipe in my exploration of Julia Child’s cookbooks in my own celebration in honour of the upcoming anniversary of her birth on August 15th, 100 years ago. I’ve posted an attempt at brownies before (https://whatfoodimade.wordpress.com/2012/03/10/toffee-brownies/), but they … Continue reading
Savory Cheese Soufflé
Week 13 of the JC100 Celebration and I was apprehensive. The recipe was savory cheese soufflé, “the mother of soufflés” is how Julia Child described it. I had never made a soufflé before, so it was time to put my … Continue reading
Provençal Tomatoes
This is a special entry for a couple of reasons: it is the first ever whatfoodimade dish made in someone else’s kitchen and it is also one of the suggested recipes for Week 12 of the JC100 Celebration. I was … Continue reading
Jacques’s Pommes de Terre Mont d’Or
Another great recipe from the book Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home, probably my second most favourite book of the Julia Child cookbooks in my collection. You may have caught a glimpse of it in my previous post, Steak au … Continue reading
Steak au Poivre
Pepper steak, which I order at restaurants often, is on the home menu tonight. It’s not so hard to make and is fun for pyromaniacs like me. Be sure to take the batteries out of the smoke alarm before you … Continue reading