A Little Lighter: Gratin Savoyard

Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Savoyard1

I wish I could say that I found this alternative to the weighty and wonderful Gratin Dauphinoise in an effort to improve my diet, but the fact is I was just out of cream.  I needed to get dinner on the table during the Holidays, and I didn’t have time to run to the market [...]

The Dining Chairs are Finished!

Monday, January 9, 2012
New Chairs Main

Finally.  After months of indecision (and some production time too), we finally have our new chairs.  Custom upholstery is always a little suspenseful, but I’m happy to say we like them as well as we’d hoped:  the chairs feel both light and comfortable, and the upholstery adds warmth and color to the space without disrupting [...]

Gingerbread Tree

Sunday, December 18, 2011
Gingerbread Tree1

We baked this weekend.  A lot.  Every year our kitchen turns into a Cookie Factory as we make 60 or more dozen Christmas cookies to box up and send out to friends and family all over the country. Julia’s favorite is gingerbread people (“gingerboys”), and so I always make plenty of those to keep around [...]

The Bread Project: First Attempt

Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Bread Project Main

A favorite childhood memory of mine is making bread with my grandmother.  She didn’t mind free-form loaves, sticky hands and flour on the floor, and she worked the drawn-out process of bread making into her daily routine in a way that made it seem natural and easy.  Her daily routine was a lot different than [...]

Blackberry Slap

Friday, December 9, 2011
Jam for Frances Main

This cocktail is inspired by a drink I’ve never actually had.  My friend (and fellow cocktail enthusiast) Dan read about a drink called the Jam for Frances created by the Denver restaurant Beatrice and Woodsley that involved unspecified quantities of Colorado whiskey, a local blackberry liqueur, lime and some sort of tarragon infusion.  It sounded [...]

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