Notes about Recipes in this book

• Asparagus and cheese popover with Fontina and spicy herb oil

  • Yildiz100 on November 05, 2017

    This was delicious! Loved the texture of asparagus in this pancake. Subbed emmantaler for the fontina. This was good and would use the same again. The only change I would make is with the herb oil. You can get away with a lot less oil for three tablespoons of herbs and you certainly dont need a half a cup of oil to garnish this pancake....maybe two tablespoons of oil? Next time I will just chop the herbs and hot pepper then top with oil to cover.

• Orange French yogurt cake with marmalade glaze

  • HerBoudoir on December 14, 2015

    Very tasty and easy. Served with orange segments and fresh pineapple.

• Tarte flambé with softly scrambled eggs and goat cheese

  • HerBoudoir on December 14, 2015

    Pizza dough base ends up soggy if you follow the directions - the oven isn't hot enough to get it anything but doughy. The creme fraiche gets overwhelmed and lost in all the other ingredients (given that creme fraiche is expensive, this is a no-no) plus combined with the melted cheddar, the bread base ended up unpleasantly soggy by the time it was out of the oven. *If* I made this again (but probably won't), I'd have the oven much higher and bake the dough base on a Baking Steel so it gets crisp, change the cheese to something that melts better than cheddar (the fat separates hence soggy bread), and skip the creme fraiche (because I am not interested in paying $6 for an ingredient I can't taste in the final product).

• Frittata with peppers, onions, and roasted cherry tomato sauce

  • tmitra on January 29, 2019

    As pretty as the picture in the book but not very flavorful.

• Rosemary home fries with pancetta, Parmesan, and parsley

  • tmitra on May 13, 2019

    Such a disappointment. My potatoes didn't crisp at all in seven minutes, and while the Internet suggests I may have been crowding my cast-iron skillet, that doesn't explain their blandness. With rosemary, garlic, pancetta, red pepper flakes, Parmesan, and parsley, I expected much more flavor. Needless to say, making the rosemary oil was a waste of time. Between this and the Frittata with Peppers, Onions, and Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce, I'm growing skeptical of this book.

  • very_rachel on May 14, 2022

    This recipe didn't work for me at all. The potatoes didn't crisp and there was no flavour. I wonder if the recipe was scaled down from a much larger one...this just didn't work as written.

• Caramelized onion, spinach, and Gruyère strata with sautéed cherry tomatoes

  • tmitra on December 27, 2022

    I made the mistake of preparing this for Christmas brunch (all the work is done in advance! It's red and green!) It's not worth the effort or decadence. My kids wouldn't eat it, and although I like gruyere and thyme, I don't disagree with them.

• Blood orange Campari mimosas

  • anya_sf on January 27, 2023

    Quite enjoyable and not too strong. My blood orange juice was not bitter, which helped.

• Everything hash brown cake with green onion crème fraîche

  • eroachTN on December 26, 2021

    Delicious!! Make in two batches or in two skillets or the middle doesn't get completely done.