A Hungry Bear

provencal chicken with bearnaise

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

I haven’t seen the Julia Child movie, but I’ve been hit with the fever all the same - looking for dinner ideas in Mastering the Art of French Cooking. This is probably one of the easiest and most iconic of the JC recipes - chicken sauteed in herbs de provence, with a simple bearnaise [...]

soupe au pistou

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

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My mom used to make homemade vegetable soup as a way of cooking as many of our garden vegetables as possible (she was so resourceful - canning and freezing the vegetables in the summer, so we’d have them for soup during the winter!). I can imagine moms in France cooking this soup for their [...]

grilled halibut and vegetables provencale

Thursday, July 16, 2009

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My little container herb garden is growing like crazy these days, and I’m finding more ways than ever to incorporate them in unexpected ways (see this Bufala Negra drink for an unconventional way to enjoy basil). This recipe for grilled halibut and vegetables with fresh herbes de Provence caught my eye, as a way [...]

yogurt crepes with raspberry sauce

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

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I’ve been looking for something new for the breakfast rotation lately. I mean, the buttermilk pancakes and french toast are fantastic, and I’m all over the eggs and grits with texas pete, but sometimes you just want something different. So I was excited to see an entire article dedicated to fresh breakfast ideas [...]

a healthy bear: provencal chicken salad with roasted peppers and artichokes

Thursday, July 10, 2008

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For the second salad from my new cookbook (Raising the Salad Bar), I tried this provencal chicken salad - it was delicious. The only problem: I halved the recipe (originally for 4 servings), but this didn’t make nearly enough for a hungry bear trying to eat healthy… So even though it was delicious, [...]

orangette’s gruyere souffle (AKA julia child’s everyday souffle)

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

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I recently purchased the May issue of Bon Appetit magazine to read on a flight. I was pleasantly surprised to see that they have a new featured column by Molly Wizenberg, who writes the wonderful Orangette blog. I love how she tells a story when describing an experience with a certain food, and [...]