When I was a little girl sometimes I would wake and pad down the stairs to the kitchen early on Thanksgiving morning and my mom would already have a 22 pound bird trussed up, stuffed, and ready for roasting. Her face would be rosy, her coffee cup empty, and now…
Category: Cooking
Marlene Dietrich’s Zabaglione “Mix three yolks of eggs with three tablespoons of sugar until the mixture is creamy and whitish. Then add a bit more than half a cup of Marsala wine. Mix. In a double boiler beat the mixture with an eggbeater till it rises. Do not boil…
Braised Chicken with Olives, Carrots, and Preserved Lemon: 1 chicken cut into pieces and 4 thighs 8 carrots 1 large onion 2 handfuls of Castlevetrano olives with pits 8 sundried tomatoes in olive oil Enough chicken stock to cover the chicken (2 cups-ish) Enough olive oil to barely coat…
For the Devil’s Food Cake: 1/2 stick of butter, or 2 oz. (unsalted) 1 cup sugar 2 eggs, beaten until frothy and pale 1 and 1/2 cups cake flour 1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup buttermilk or sour cream (or mix some milk with sour…
Home from Boston (which I loved) but I felt a little like a guest in a good friend’s home so I didn’t spread out in the kitchen and cook like I usually do. Every day I would walk through the South End neighborhood where I stayed, visit the local shops…
“The chili is so good. All gone now. Please send me ten quarts of your wonderful chili in dry ice to 448 Via Appia Pignatelli. – Love and kisses, Elizabeth Taylor.” That note was written to the owner of Chasen’s, a restaurant much beloved and long gone in Beverly Hills.…
The best I can come up with for this architectural style is: whimsical. This is the Coffee Cup Cafe.