Food, Photography and Bon Mots
I just enjoyed two bowls of this soup for breakfast. According to a Hatch Valley Chile Festival site: “Hot chile peppers burn calories by triggering a thermodynamic burn in the body, which speeds up metabolism.” I’m not sure about the thermodynamic burn part. Sounds kinda…
A good cranberry sauce recipe is kind of like the perfect little black dress. It is a must for Thanksgiving gatherings and it usually should be understated. This recipe is a little black dress with an edge. It is a fresh cranberry salsa…
Need a knock-their-socks-off pretty pastry for your Thanksgiving breakfast guests? These puff pastry pinwheels fit the bill. They are exceptionally easy, too, and fast to prepare. They also give you an excuse to use your prettiest plates to serve them. My plate is one I bought a gazillion years ago on the Greek island of Rhodes. Using it again brings back wonderful memories of carefree times and the pinwheels kind of remind me of the iconic Greek windmills that famously dot Rhodes’ Mandraki Harbor. The windmills date back to medieval times and were used to grind corn.
The beauty of these pinwheels belies the ease of making them. You guests don’t need to know that, though.
Surprisingly, these pastries are not too sweet. You control the sweetness by the amount of jam you use. I keep planning to make these with a cheese filling but I haven’t done that yet.
Yields 10
Easy-peasy puff pastry pinwheels for breakfast.
10 minPrep Time
20 minCook Time
30 minTotal Time
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Composer Jacques Offenbach was so taken with Parker House rolls that be burst into spontaneous song when he and his friends enjoyed them. That song was later used as a theme is his unfinished opera The Tales of Hoffman. Those must have been some rolls!…
When I can’t sleep (which is often), I read recipes or watch You Tube cooking videos with Juliet snoring contentedly by my side. I usually select a cooking theme and then I’m good for hours. During one recent insomnia-stained night, I came across this recipe…
If you need a little humor in your life, this cute video shows children’s reactions to tasting some traditional French dishes–beef tartare, mussels, duck pate and cereal with chocolate milk, among others. Needless to say, things didn’t go well.
http://mashable.com/2016/11/07/american-kids-try-french-food/#voD36PDuEkqL
I found this soup recipe on the Washington Post site and the ideas of pureeing some of the chickpeas as a technique to increase the creaminess of the soup broth and of adding farro to give the soup substance intrigued me. In…
Oh, my! Things are getting messy in the kitchen. http://www.eater.com/2016/11/1/13486164/christopher-kimball-lawsuit-americas-test-kitchen-milk-street
