tag: salad

A bit earlier this month, my good friend Jackie posted a recipe for a watermelon and feta salad.

I was at my desk when I read her post, working through lunch, and all I wanted at that moment was to jump through the screen and eat that salad. I came home that day and flipped through my copy of the Frenchie cookbook, and lo and behold: a watermelon salad.

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Posted in: appetizers, cooking, salads | Tags: feta, food, frenchie, fruit salad, greg marchand, gregory marchand, melon, mint, paris, paris at home, paris restaurant recipe, pine nuts, recipe, salad, travel, watermelon | 2 COMMENTS

As you may have surmised, I went to a lot of restaurants while I was in Paris. Something I might have failed to mention is that, on occasion, I bought the cookbooks from those restaurants.

Now that I’ve been back in LA for several weeks, I’ve gotten over the fun of eating everything that I missed while I was abroad (In-n-Out! hoppy beer!) and am now starting to miss my favorite restaurants in Paris.  So I thought, why not try to reproduce some of these dishes at home?

Let’s start with a simple one from Frenchie. A play on the traditional caprese, this salad replaces tomatoes with roughly-torn ripe summer peaches and counterpoints them with savory, smoky mozzarella.

Then? You drizzle on lots of the good stuff.

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Posted in: salads | Tags: caprese, cheese, food, frenchie, frenchie cookbook, fruit, fruit salad, greg marchand, gregory marchand, La cuisine du Frenchie at home, mozzarella, paris at home, peach, peach caprese, recipe, salad, smoked mozzarella, summer | 4 COMMENTS

First time I had beet salad: at Fraîche in Santa Monica during Restaurant Week.

Second time I had beet salad: last week, at my place.

Third time I had beet salad: the next morning, for breakfast.

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Posted in: cooking, salads, Uncategorized | Tags: autumn, beet salad, beets, carrot, dinner, fall, lunch, red beet, salad, turnip, vegetarian | 7 COMMENTS

You see this? This is me trying to figure out how to take photos of food in autumn light.

The moodiness of the photo in no way reflects my feelings about this salad. You guys! Brussels sprouts! Are back! What? Why is no one else as excited as I am about raw sprouts?

I guess I’m biased. The first time I tried Brussels sprouts was in the Momofuku recipe, and that’s an auspicious beginning if I’ve ever heard of one. I had never been tortured with boiled or steamed sprouts in my youth, when they’re so clearly meant to be fried or roasted.

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Posted in: cooking, salads | Tags: apple, autumn, brussels sprouts, fall, salad, side dish, vegan, vegetarian, vinaigrette, walnut | 4 COMMENTS