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Ingredient of the Week: Tomatoes
I've been waiting, worrying, pestering the farmers at the Boulder Farmer's Market. "You ARE going to have tomatoes this year, right? Is it time yet? Maybe next week?" With our fickle weather and short growing season, you never know - some years tomatoes are abundant, other years there are none at...
Rouille with Frites
Garlic week at la Domestique has certainly been, well, pungent. I poured through my cookbook collection looking for fresh and interesting recipes with the goal of truly celebrating this stinky bulb in all its glory. Each day the husband arrived home from work to be greeted at the door not by my...
10 Ways Tuesday: Garlic
I've got creative recipes for cooking with garlic during summer: 1. Whole Roasted Garlic Slow-roasting whole garlic bulbs in the oven draws out their inherent sweetness, caramelizing the sugars and infusing the kitchen with their heady aroma. This takes about an hour, and I like to use Ellie...
Ingredient of the Week: Garlic
The season for garlic has arrived, and I'm just as excited to cook with this stinky bulb as I am about the peaches and tomatoes of summer. Did you know garlic has a season? It's an allium, like chives and onions; a bulb planted in October for harvest the following summer. Those wrinkled, acrid...
Shrimp Madras Curry with Raita
This week the husband and I celebrated our birthdays - mine on July 10th, and his on July 11th. The two birthdays meld into one big birthday, and it's great fun to share the festivities with my best friend. He was born and raised in Ireland, and each year I go on a mission to round up his favorite...
10 Ways Tuesday: Cucumber
I've got creative recipes for cooking with cucumbers during summer: 1. Chilled Cucumber Soup Chilled Cucumber Soup makes for the perfect amuse-bouche for a party on a hot summer night. Serve this appetizer in tiny espresso cups as an elegant and refreshing start to the meal. For this no-cook...
Ingredient of the Week: Cucumber
"Cool as a cucumber" sounds pretty good right about now, as we approach the hottest days of summer. Cucumbers don't inspire deep thoughts, which is just fine, since summer heat and an abundance of produce means we would rather be on the patio than cooking over a hot stove. Whether long and thin or...
Summer Pantry
We're taking a week of summer vacation here at la Domestique! We wish you a wonderful Fourth of July filled with good food and friends. While we're gone, you can still find plenty of summer cooking inspiration in our Summer 2011 Pantry. Have some fun by picking an ingredient and finding tips and...
Apricot Frangipane Tart
My favorite part of a meal shared with friends is that magical moment when the dinner plates have been cleared and the table is littered with empty wine bottles and wrinkled cloth napkins. It's time for dessert! The husband makes a round of coffees and I dig up a bottle of brandy or maybe a tawny...
10 Ways Tuesday: Apricot
I've got creative recipes for cooking with apricots during summer: 1. Caramelized Apricots A few seconds under the broiler results in luscious, juicy apricots- unbelievably good! Cut apricots in half and remove the pits, then place on a baking sheet, cut sides up. Sprinkle with sugar and ground...