French Fridays with Dorie

I have discovered a new cookbook author, Dorie Greenspan and I am late to the party as she has authored 25 cookbooks already.  After viewing her website http://doriegreenspan.com/ I discovered she has some online cooking groups.  I decided to join French Fridays with Dorie, a group that has been cooking for 4 years from the cookbook Around My French Table.  I have not done a cooking club before so I thought this would be fun to try out.  

I am going to attempt to make all four recipes in April.  
April 4, 2014: Visitandine (p436) 
April 11, 2014: Quiche Maraichère (p158) 
April 18, 2014: Baby Bok Choy, Sugar Snaps and Garlic en Papillote (p348) 
April 25, 2014: Green as spring veal stew (p262)

Jog-a-Thon

Every year the school does a jog-a-thon, this will be Jacob's last one.  He is on the end with his best pal Ethan.  Jacob ran 10 laps which is pretty good given his cold/allergy state.

Kirigami

Kirigami.  This is what is keeping Jacob's little fingers busy with these days.  He does this before bed every night.

Jerusalem A Cookbook

This cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi is like a work of art.  The pictures are beautiful,  makes me want to cook everything in the book.  I checked this out from the library, waited 6 months on the list, and this is what we made from the 3 weeks we had it.

Spice Cookies

 Semolina, coconut and marmalade cake

Also made from this cookbook, baby spinach salad with dates and almonds.  It was a big hit for everyone.  Roasted potatoes with caramel and prunes.  I served it with roasted chicken and it was delicious.  Michael made me falafel and it turned out perfect, beginners luck.  We made turkey and zucchini burgers with green onion and cumin.  We loved them, would make them again.  Highly recommended cookbook.  http://www.amazon.com/Jerusalem-Cookbook-Yotam-Ottolenghi/dp/1607743949/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394301310&sr=1-1&keywords=jerusalem+a+cookbook

Death by Chocolate

Chocolate, coffee, graham cracker crust what could be better.  I had originally planned this for Valentine's Day but ended up making it on Sunday.  Scott joined us for dinner and this coffee s'more pie from Bon Appetit got thumbs up from all.  http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/coffee-s-mores-pie

I'm Just Here For The Food

In the Saturday addition of the LA Times Michael found the recipe for Clementine's Whole Grain Muffin with Plump Dried Cherries.  I was happy to comply with making them. A trip to Sprouts was needed for ingredients but well worth the trip.  Thumbs up all around.  

Scott came over to BBQ and Jacob's request was for ribs.  Everyone was happy with dinner.

 

Meyer Lemon Cheesecake with Meyer Lemon Curd was also a big hit.  Jacob said it was too lemony but there was not any left on his plate:)  http://carnaldish.com/recipes/dessert/cheesecakes/meyer-lemon-cheesecake/

Happy Birthday Berta

In celebration of Berta's birthday I tried this new S'more layer cake from my new cookbook The Smitten Kitchen.  A decadent cake with graham crackers, chocolate filling and marshmallow frosting. Michael did a good job of toasting without burning my cake.  The cookbook author Deb Perelman runs a fabulous food website  http://smittenkitchen.com/