Notes about Recipes in this book

• Poached eggs and Parmesan cheese over toasted brioche with pistou

  • Maryalicem on April 19, 2020

    This recipe is super delicious and easy. Be sure to have brioche bread - it makes it special.

• Lime ice cream torte topped with berry sorbets

  • hillsboroks on March 19, 2022

    This is one of my all-time favorite summertime desserts. It looks and tastes absolutely fabulous. I made it after I had made strawberry, raspberry and boysenberry sorbets with berries from my garden. With sorbets on hand, it was a cinch to put this together. Since I was taking dessert to a dinner party in the neighborhood I made everything in advance and left it in the freezer until time for dessert,put them on a tray and headed back to the party. I didn’t make the big tart but made 6 4-inch tarts instead and used a small cookie scoop to make the sorbet balls. A small melon baller would work too. It was the hit of the evening.

• Grilled smashed potatoes

  • hillsboroks on June 20, 2016

    This recipe sounded easier than it turned out to be but was worth the effort. I think my red potatoes might have been a bit larger than called for and they tended to fall apart when I was smashing them to the correct thickness. Also I didn't read the part about letting them cool to lukewarm first before smashing them and this may also have caused part of my problem. I simply squished my messy results into 1 inch thick patties, brushed them with olive oil and carefully slid them onto a cookie sheet. We decided to take the safer route of carefully putting them on a preheated and oiled vegetable grilling pan on our grill. The potatoes turned great, with a nicely browned crust on the outside. I had sprinkled chopped rosemary and chives on them before grilling and then sprinkled more on before serving. My husband was impressed that they were so good and wants to try them again.