Ingredient of the Week: Sweet Corn

Ingredient of the Week: Sweet Corn

If you’ve been watching the news you may think there will be no sweet corn harvest this year due to extreme heat and drought across the “corn belt” of the United States. When I turn off the tv and head to the Boulder Farmer’s Market, I find...
Watermelon Granita with Mint and Lime

Watermelon Granita with Mint and Lime

Recently, I took on a project for a client needing recipes and photography centered around the Cajun cuisine of Louisiana. Today, I live in Colorado, but I was born and raised in Arkansas, and made many trips through New Orleans en route to our family beach vacations...
10 Ways Tuesday: Watermelon

10 Ways Tuesday: Watermelon

I’ve got creative recipes for cooking with watermelon during summer: 1.  Watermelon and Tomato Salad Watermelon and tomato make for a shockingly good combination. Tomatoes have a meaty acidity that balances sweet and crisp slices of watermelon. I like to cut the...
Ingredient of the Week: Watermelon

Ingredient of the Week: Watermelon

I grew up in the soupy heat of southern summers, and though each year takes me farther away from my childhood in Arkansas, biting into a slice of ice-cold, crisp and sweet watermelon brings me right back home. Watermelon is a simple, cheerful fruit, a symbol of the...
Gone on a Holiday

Gone on a Holiday

Photo above taken by James Anderson We’re taking a week off here at la Domestique to go on a holiday, kind of like the French do during the month of August. The husband and I are off to Seattle. If you have any recommendations for restaurants or fun things to...