Entries Tagged as ‘dinner’

August 12, 2009

ROASTED EGGPLANT & TUNA WRAP

Little packets of roasted eggplant and tuna
Summer is in full blast. The thundering roar of the sun pours into the Mediterranean, sea and soil. Tomatoes, eggplant, melons, peaches, nectarines, plums, green beans, garlic, and zucchini ripen and make their ways to the plate with a splash of olive oil and a dash of pepper.
This is [...]

May 22, 2009

CARAMELIZED TARTE À L’OIGNON

La tarte à l’oignon, up close and rustic
The house smelled absolutely edible the evening I made this tart. Onions and heat are a divine pair for a few hungry people at the end of the day, especially when those onions are ever so patiently caramelized until translucent and melted.  One bite of a caramelized onion [...]

March 10, 2009

WINTER VEGETABLE REVIEW

Left:Black Radish   Right: A season ends and a season begins with radish, turnip, and tomato salad
Winter is wearing out its last weeks and I’m frantically trying to post my winter veggies before its too late.  What a rich winter it was with the variety of root vegetables that grow in the cold dirt of [...]

August 8, 2008

THE STINKY CHEESE TART

The tarte au maroilles, or better described as “the stinky cheese tart” as my brother-in-law has put it, is native to the north of France. Maroilles, pronounced “mar-wall”, but with a French accent, is a cow’s milk cheese from the town of the same name. To make it short and sweet, here [...]

June 9, 2008

APPLE GOAT CHEESE SPOONFULLS

finely sliced apples, tart and creamy goat cheese, drizzled with honey, sprinkled with fresh picked thyme, topped with a walnut from the garden and tucked into the oven for a few minutes
serve as amuse bouche with a light sweet wine, a rosé, or a smokey white