Italian Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Italian Grilled Cheese Sandwich. What is this exactly? It’s grilled and it’s got cheese but that’s where the similarity to the old diner style grilled cheese ends. Grilled in olive oil and stuffed with your choice of cotto salami, prosciutto, or both with a meltingly soft slab of fontina and you’re ready to bite in…
Spatchcocked Quail
With quail season in full swing our thoughts turn to fresh killed broiled and spatchcocked quail. And I love that word “spatchcocked.” Sounds like something a British soccer thug would scream at the opposing team. I can just see them leaning forward on the bleachers screaming, “Spatchcockers!” The word itself reputedly originated in Ireland where it’s a…
Creole Style Garbure
The History Garbure is the old French way of making a soup out of greens, white beans, and stew meat. This Creole Garbure is from Maylie’s Restaurant and adapted from the recipe of Mme. Esparbé. I like to think of this on some level as liquid cassoulet because it’s a variation on the theme of…
Apple Cake
Apple Cake. Better known in these parts (Casa Clary that is) as Speedy Apple Cake, One Layer Apple Cake, German Style Apple Cake, or One Bowl Apple Cake. It’s the cake you make when the human locusts that constitute your family members are clamoring for something sweet and there are no cake or brownie mixes…
Coleslaw with Boiled Dressing
Cooked out? Suffering from post-holiday baking and roasting fatigue? Yes and yes? Then make a pit stop at your local purveyor of rotisserie chicken, ribs, or brisket and pair that meal with some of this slaw and you’re good to go. Unlike all the things you ate during the holidays it’s healthy but it’s still…