Crouton’s Red Curry with Chicken & Eggplant
Last night I felt like making a curry with some chicken breast filets, so I did a quick sweep of the cupboard and fridge and pulled out these items: I had two different kinds of red curry paste, a Thai…
Crouton’s Smashing Potatoes
There are plenty of smashed potato recipes on the net. Here’s how we make them in Crouton’s kitchen:
Eating Our Way Through Independence Day: a Photoblog
Our son Baguette, daughter-in-law Truffle, and grandson Pesce are here for the week, along with our daughter Escargot and her boyfriend. We celebrated with a few favorite recipes, and I couldn’t resist taking photos. Here are the most appetizing ones…
What’s Cookin’?
Pasta alla Putanesca, that’s-a what!
Neufchâtel’s Meatloaf
It’s time to address comfort food, and what could be more comforting than meatloaf? My mother used to make a simple, basic meatloaf. We all loved it. Ditalini makes meatloaf too, but hers is fancier: she puts a roll of…
Ditalini’s Steamed Mussels (& Crouton’s Lobster Claw Boil)
Yesterday I posted a short entry about holiday gluttony, along with a photo of our Christmas Eve seafood feast. It occurred to me you might want to know how we prepared it. My recipe for shrimp boil is already in…
Year-End Wrapup: More Holiday Gluttony
Ditalini and I drove to Las Vegas with our daughter Escargot and doggies Mortadella & Ubracio to spend Christmas with our son Baguette, daughter in law Truffle, granddaughter Biscotto, and grandson Pesce. All the deMenthes together again! Of course the…
Thanksgiving 2012: the Gluttoning
And I’m not even going to mention the deserts: Truffle’s lovely cheesecake, pumpkin pie, apple pie. Nor the appetizers: beer-boiled shrimp, cheese, olives, crackers, homemade giardiniera relish (thanks again to Truffle). Let’s just say we gave thanks for country, company,…
Crouton’s Shrimp & Chicken Italian Sausage w/Cheese Polenta & Sriracha Sauce
Let me just say, right off the bat, that this was an experiment based on a popular Southern dish, shrimp & cheese grits. Next time I’ll add a green vegetable on the side for color, and perhaps substitute chicken breast…
Separating Egg Yolks
Don’t worry about the language. You’ll get it. Is that cool or what?