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Savory Madeleines ...Julie, Julia and Me
Julie and me!Happy Birthday Julia Child!!!In case you weren't aware, yesterday, August 15th was Julia Child's birthday. This week, countless bloggers will be posting about this American icon - and I am one of them. Some will document the (read full article)
Parfaits On The Bay: A Free Restaurant For Two That’s Open Any Time.
Thanks for the Parfaits on the Bay! It may have been my first. I’d enjoyed a Trifle or two, but not yet a Parfait, which I believe is roughly similar minus the Cake, as explained by my personal headless Chef. He made these with layerin (read full article)
5 Tips for Stress Free Entertaining!!
Who says you need flowers for a centerpiece? Hello Everyone!! Well as you can see, a few things have changed around here!! In anticipation of the 6 month anniversary of A Communal Table I have made a few changes to the blog design - which (read full article)
This week's menu
When the weather gets hot and sticky, it becomes a challenge cooking. This week's menu reflects the theme of "Stay Cool in the Kitchen," with entrees that are just as delicious eaten cold as they are warm.I don't know about you, but to me, left (read full article)
Malasian Curry Dinner
The Malaysian Curry Dinner on 17 July presented by Chef Derek Selbo was a good event. This was our first time at one of his events and the crowd looked like a good one, about 65 people. My only comment is that this curry was a sweet curry and I did n (read full article)
My Kitchen: Real Food From Near And Far. Stevie Parle. (Quadrille)
I like books to tell a story – even cook books. Not for me are the coffee table type, crammed with glossy photos of styled and teased food with a succinct, impersonal recipe alongside. No thanks. This is my kind of cookery reading. Evocative (read full article)
Baker Babes Bakery Takes To The Seas
In the past, we've enjoyed sharing some of our travels with you. Last week we were reminded of the wonderful sights and attractions available right here in Cleveland, Ohio our home town.It all started with a phone call from James the personal chef to (read full article)
Eating for Beginners Book Review
I saw an advertisement for the book Eating for Beginners by Melanie Rehak and thought it looked really interesting. The publishers were kind enough to send me a copy to review!Eating for Beginners: An Education in the Pleasures of Food from Chefs, F (read full article)
His and Mine
He likes to add lots of peppers and sauces and hot sauces to whatever he eats. I on the other hand, much prefer to taste the individual flavors and eat simply. Why we are so different I’ll never know. I suppose that book “Men Are From M (read full article)
Quality Meats Opens Summer Ice Cream Bar
At Midtown steakhouse Quality Meats, you don’t need to wait for your birthday to indulge in cake. For the summer season, the bar in the front of the restaurant has been transformed into an ice-cream station serving “Quality Cakes” — individ (read full article)
Rouxbe Online Cooking School – FREE Access To The Best Cooking Videos!
Friends, this is exciting news: The Rouxbe Online Cooking School opened its entire site with 1,000 state-of-the-art videos with recipes, cooking tips and techniques for a FREE 2-week full access pass to you – my readers! I am currently enjoying (read full article)
Join Roy’s L.A. Ohana Tour: It’s Going On Now Through August.
What a great bunch of people they have working for Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine. We recently visited Roy’s in Anaheim at The GardenWalk. Did you know that each location’s Chef Partner is trained by Roy Yamaguchi himself, yet is (read full article)
Eye On The Ball
Sometimes I am doing lots of things at once. I call it spherical living and I wouldn’t have it any other way. This decision to live in this manner keeps me on my toes and eventually reaches the deepest recesses of my dreams to make me create ev (read full article)
The Real World
So Matt posted about his new life in Virginia, now it is time for me to post about what I have been doing for the past 3 months. It is weird to think that it has even been that long, seems like just yesterday that we were up bright and early for cla (read full article)
Reviews of Gordon Ramsays Cooking For Friends
Here is a summary of reviews for Gordon Ramsay\’s Cooking for Friends. On average the book scored very highly with fourteen of eighteen reviews on Amazon in the UK scoring it 4 or five stars. “Gordon Ramsay is a GREAT chef & (read full article)
Egyptian Rice Stuffed Tomatoes, Revised
We did make this tonight, as per the photo to the left. We served it with a Fresh Arugula and Asparagus Salad with Crushed Roasted Almonds and Oil and Vinegar. However, I did make some adaptations and, even at that, Robin and I miss the Mediterranean (read full article)
After school snack: Butternut Squash Hummus (recipe)
I made this last week for our first TGIF block party, using the Butternut Squash that came in our weekly box from Two Small Farms, and it was a great success. Very easy, and the butternut squash made the hummus sweet and tasty. My kids enjoyed it as (read full article)
Shiso/Edamame Salad and a Creme Brulee Giveaway!!!
It’s finally time for that review and giveaway that I’ve been teasing…but I’m going to make you wait just a bit longer while I talk a bit about this salad I put together last night. The local farmer’s market had itR (read full article)
Rustica To Debut At Fashion Island In June.
Extraneous PRELUDE of Importance: Still working on technical issues in relation to the upload of new photos associated with our latest reports, thus opt to recite a Press Release we received. By posting this we hope NOT to encourage the dumping of (read full article)
Cooking Tool of the Month: Cooking Thermometer
This is a new monthly column to Entertaining Made Easy, which I decided to add after receiving numerous questions from my cooking class students and blog readers about how best to equip their kitchen, what kitchenware to buy, where is the best place (read full article)
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