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french house cooking philosophy and such

french house cooking philosophy and such

ah, studio or cooking: which one is more important? well, seeing as a review is not a negotiable thing, but cooking is, i went with studio. for the past three or four weeks. in return, my body feels like it’s on its last legs, coughing […]

good eatin’ in the neighborhood

good eatin’ in the neighborhood

our menus for the week before and after spring break: 11 mars / lisa : legumes en cocotte, mostaccioli alfredo, brown sugar pound cake 13 mars / michelle : salade nicoise, pates au pistou, ratatouille, gratin d’abricots aux amandes 14 mars / jessica lee : […]

diner 27 fev – 4 mars : ‘risotto storms french house’

diner 27 fev – 4 mars : ‘risotto storms french house’

27 fevrier / betsy : bread, spinach salad, zucchini casserole, strawberry sorbet

28 fevrier / lauren : black-eyed peas, collard greens, potato-cheddar bake, squash casserole, cornbread, peach cobbler

1 mars / keith : honey-apricot chicken, mushroom risotto with sundried tomatoes, banana splits

2 mars / nina : spinach salad with warm bacon dressing, risotto with wild mushrooms and peas, cinnamon swirl pound cake with almonds

3 mars / carrien : moroccan slow-cooked lamb, risotto, roasted vegetables, pretzels

4 mars / josh : tba

wow, three nights of risotto. menus have always tended to clump at lmf – meaning that suddenly we’ll have tons of broccoli in one week, but generally we haven’t had a clump of something as exotic as risotto.

ringing in a belated chinese new year

ringing in a belated chinese new year

jessica and i (or, to better describe it, jessica) decided to throw a chinese new year bash this year. we decided to celebrate the following weekend due to impending homework. on our ambitious, but not too ambitious menu: scallion pancakes, a lotus root salad, vegetable […]

finals dinners @ lmf

finals dinners @ lmf

i organized finals dinners this semester, which went pretty smoothly although i’m not sure if everyone enjoyed their cooking team. i hope they did. here’s what we had: lundi / anna-miriam-v:  chicken tarragon (chicken with a tarragon-cream sauce), tofu tarragon, spanikopita, and a pear tart. […]

diner, 21.11.04 – 03.12.04

diner, 21.11.04 – 03.12.04

i am absolutely in love with jessica’s warm pear charlotte. i am in love with jessica.

dimanche / austin : couscous with raisins, roasted chicken, roatsted vegetables, far breton

lundi / alice : salad, breadsticks, four-cheese ravioli with red pepper sauce, fruit salad with cannoli cream

mardi / jessica lee : chickpea soup, sharbat (apple-rosewater drink), moroccan carrots, b’stilla, warm pear charlotte

/ thanksgiving break /

lundi / milly : foccacia, farfalle with sauteed vegetables, blueberry buckle

mardi / waseem : chickpea salad, chicken with ham, tomatoes, and madeira, veg : macaroni and cheese, pumkpin pie

mercredi / cindy : green onion cornbread, chicken rice soup, vegetable fried rice, apple cobbler

jeudi / holly : frijolets con flavor, pollo asado, arroz de coco

vendredi / keith : apple-cheese meatloaf, veg : crisp vegetables + tofu in a spicy peanut sauce, bananas foster

who would have thought that cannoli cream would taste so good with graham crackers? i guess cannoli cream tastes good with everything (within reason; ie beef + cannoli cream = …), but suddenly graham crackers taste good again, and not like sawdust.

diner a la maison francaise, 14.11.04 – 19.11.04

diner a la maison francaise, 14.11.04 – 19.11.04

dimanche / jessica : eggplant-tomato casserole, penne rosa, caramel-pear pudding cake lundi / anna : chicken curry, vegetable curry, palak paneer, naan, rice pudding mardi / marissa : onion pan bread, chicken mirabella, eggplant and onions in tomato cream sauce, fettuccine, green beans, tiramisu mercredi […]

diner a la maison francaise, 07.11.04 – 12.11.04

diner a la maison francaise, 07.11.04 – 12.11.04

just thought i’d start a record of lmf menus here. this is both for my own memory and to make those of you who don’t live with me jealous. ;p this week: dimanche / george : salad, lebanese rice pilaf, grilled lebanese chicken, hummus, lebanese […]