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Chocolate and Olive Oil Mousse

Chocolate and Olive Oil Mousse

Olive oil makes this bittersweet chocolate mousse kosher for a meat meal. Joan Nathan brought the recipe to The Times in 2007. “This is a contemporary dessert from Tangiers, a...

Chocolate and Olive Oil Mousse

Olive oil makes this bittersweet chocolate mousse kosher for a meat meal. Joan Nathan brought the recipe to The Times in 2007. “This is a contemporary dessert from Tangiers, a...

Créme Anglaise

Créme Anglaise

Créme Anglaise is an incredible cream or sauce for soufflés, pies, cakes...or any sweets you can think, even ice cream, it is amazing on ice cream. You can serve it...

Créme Anglaise

Créme Anglaise is an incredible cream or sauce for soufflés, pies, cakes...or any sweets you can think, even ice cream, it is amazing on ice cream. You can serve it...

Stewed Black-Eyed Peas

Stewed Black-Eyed Peas

      Different cultures have different traditions for New Year's Day or Eve. In the United States, particularly in the south, the black-eyed peas are the star of the...

Stewed Black-Eyed Peas

      Different cultures have different traditions for New Year's Day or Eve. In the United States, particularly in the south, the black-eyed peas are the star of the...

Aligot (Mashed Potatoes with Cheese)

Aligot (Mashed Potatoes with Cheese)

  Somewhere between buttery mashed potatoes and pure melted cheese lies aligot, the comforting, cheese-enhanced mashed-potato dish from central France. The key to getting a smooth, airy texture is to...

Aligot (Mashed Potatoes with Cheese)

  Somewhere between buttery mashed potatoes and pure melted cheese lies aligot, the comforting, cheese-enhanced mashed-potato dish from central France. The key to getting a smooth, airy texture is to...

La Soupe - Winter Soup

La Soupe - Winter Soup

I was always so excited and happily overwhelmed by the bags of mixed vegetables, called soupe or la soupe, sold in markets and supermarkets all over France. The bags included an onion, carrots and...

La Soupe - Winter Soup

I was always so excited and happily overwhelmed by the bags of mixed vegetables, called soupe or la soupe, sold in markets and supermarkets all over France. The bags included an onion, carrots and...

Pasta with bacon, lemon and parmesan cheese

Pasta with bacon, lemon and parmesan cheese

Looking for an easy recipe that will make you think you are dinning at the best italian restaurant?  This is the one. Incredibly easy to make and really scrumptious. Make...

Pasta with bacon, lemon and parmesan cheese

Looking for an easy recipe that will make you think you are dinning at the best italian restaurant?  This is the one. Incredibly easy to make and really scrumptious. Make...