Restaurant Review: King’s Pommes Frites
King’s Pommes Frites 255 Main Street Cornwall, NY 12518 (845) 534-1500 One of the great things about living in the area we do is access to all kinds of different food. If you’re feeling like Mexican,...
View ArticleThis Week’s (Intended) Menu: French, Italian & Poultry, Oh My!
I was feeling ambitious when I started working on this week’s menu plan. I’m not only attempting my first crack at French cooking thanks to an unexpected gift of Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook...
View ArticleInventing Beef & Black Bean Chili Omelets
One of my go-to ideas when it comes to leftovers is to turn whatever it is into an omelet. I love omelets and I think they’re super versatile and that’s without even getting into crepe territory, which...
View ArticleBonus Food Pics: French Onion Soup & A Ruben At Fox Fiddle
The week before last I didn’t write any posts here on Monkeying Around The Kitchen. I played it coy a bit, but as I explained over on Pop Poppa in my Photo Diary posts, I was actually commuting into...
View ArticleCooking Betty Crocker’s Coq au Vin
I’m a strong believe in the power of bacon. It’s such a delicious ingredient that it can elevate a boring dish or make an already awesome dish, like chili, even better. As such, when I was flipping...
View ArticleCooking Salade D’Onglet (Sorta)
I really enjoy reading Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook because the recipes sounds really interesting and I’m a fan of Bourdain’s. However, there’s a lot in there that isn’t super practical when...
View ArticleSecond Christmas Remembered: Ruhlman’s Mac & Cheese With Soubise
As I explained yesterday, I made what turned out to be a pretty great Second Christmas dinner for my family all from Michael Ruhlman’s book Ruhlman’s Twenty. In addition to the Leeks Vinaigrette, I...
View ArticleSecond Christmas Remembered: Traditional Ruhlman’s French Onion Soup
The last thing I made for Second Christmas was French Onion Soup. It also happened to be the most complicated and worrisome of the group because you basically cook these onions for hours until they...
View ArticleDisney World Bonus Food Pics: French Breakfast & Moroccan Dinner
You know what I love in pretty much any combination? Ham and cheese. You really can’t go wrong there, you guys. One morning we decided to hit Epcot and to start our day we headed over to the World...
View ArticleCooking Nigella Lawson’s Beer-Braised Beef Casserole
A month or two back I sat down with my usual stack of cookbooks and wound up walking away with several recipes from Nigella Kitchen. I had about an equal number of hits as misses, but this one, more...
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