Okay, I’ll admit. I have fear of phyllo. I love Greek food and pastries, but I am too afraid, or okay, too lazy to work with phyllo myself. Clearing all that counterspace, brushing every layer with butter, covering with damp towels. My few forays have been madly unsuccessful. And messy. Every year in Memphis there is a wonderful Greek food festival. People line up for … [Read more...] about Greek Feta Parcels
Snacks And Starters
Classic Quiche Lorraine
It’s easy to forget the pleasures of something as simple as a good quiche. Just a basic pie, full of goodness, and easy to prepare, but delicious and decadent all the same. Cary Grant as John Robie in To Catch a Thief serves it at his French villa, perhaps thoroughly proving that real men do eat quiche. Hey, if it’s good enough for Cary Grant, it’s good enough for me. I … [Read more...] about Classic Quiche Lorraine
Rhubarb Crumb Cake
Every time I buy rhubarb at the grocery, at any store, the cashier has to ask me what it is and then struggles to find it on the produce code chart. Is it a vegetable or a fruit (technically a vegetable, by the way)? Once a cashier suggested I memorize the code to make it easier on everyone. Inevitably, this leads to the question “What do you do with it?” And on the … [Read more...] about Rhubarb Crumb Cake
Kiss Me, I’m Irish Cookies
St. Patrick’s Day is a silly holiday – in the best possible way. Grown folks dressing in green fuzzy wigs and big hats. Pinching co-workers and friends who forget to wear green. Drinking green beer. Singing Irish songs as if you just came over from the old country. In fact, celebrating a holiday largely based on snake-driving has an element of silliness to it from the get … [Read more...] about Kiss Me, I’m Irish Cookies
Blue Cheese and Fig Savories
If you are like me, you always offer to bring something when invited to someone’s house. I mean the offer, I always love an opportunity to cook for people, but sometimes it’s hard to come up with a quick idea on the fly. And when it’s one of those roaming parties – not a seated affair - choosing a dish that doesn’t have to be kept hot or cold or require and special … [Read more...] about Blue Cheese and Fig Savories
