Tag: Julia Child

Fall Mains, Fall Salads

Duck Confit Salad With Pears

For a printer friendly version of this recipe, click here. In my “former life” as a private chef, I was always on the lookout for new main course salads. This one is simply one of the best salads I have ever had the pleasure to make and enjoy! I have adapted the recipe from Gourmet Magazine. […]

Basics & Tips

Our Mentors

Thank goodness for PBS and their T.V. cooking shows in the ‘70’s, 80’s and ‘90’s.  What would I have done without them! Julia Child, Jacques Pepin, Pierre Franey “first you take the chicken”, Anne Willan, Keith Floyd (for his infectious joy of food and sense of the ridiculous), Lorenza di Medici and Lidia Bastianich to name a […]