Orange | Gourmandistan

Summer returns in orange-filled triple ginger oatmeal sandwich cookies

February 28, 2015 by Michelle

During the warmer months we often write about our near-maniacal gathering of local goods, which we (OK, mostly Michelle) make into jams, frozen meals and other lovely things. While candying, drying and vacuum-sealing stuff can be a pain, our stored goods come in handy when (like now) it’s cold, ugly and almost impossible to bring groceries up to our house. Michelle’s work last summer with some locally-raised ginger meant we had both candied and stem ginger in syrup, along with some […]

Categories: Cookies, Cooking, Food, Orange, Vegetarian

Fighting frosty weather with fennel, radish, citrus and pistachio salad

February 20, 2015 by Michelle

It’s been an overall mild winter in Gourmandistan, and we’re certainly not in the same boat as those unfortunates in Boston. Lately we’ve even seen tiny signs (increased egg laying, daffodil buds inching above the soil) of spring waiting to arrive. However, we’ve also recently suffered a bit of Arctic frigidity. The Siberian blast has frozen our creek, dumped several inches of snow, and at the moment promises to chill and maroon us possibly until early March. So while we understand that […]

Categories: Fennel, Food, Nuts, Orange, Radishes, Recipes, Salad

Guy Savoy, blood orange tart and the meal that almost wasn’t

March 31, 2014 by Michelle

We purchased our copy of Guy Savoy’s 120 recettes comme à la maison in January 2001, the day after we dined at his then-two-Michelin-starred restaurant near the Arc de Triomphe. The day before our cookbook purchase began with Steve learning (having slept through it) that Michelle had spent the night on our chic Paris hotel’s bathroom floor sick with food poisoning (oysters blamed), followed by her announcement that we should probably cancel our dinner reservation. Michelle was at that point refusing to put anything in […]

Categories: Cooking, Food, France, Fruit Desserts, Orange, Pies & Tarts, Recipes, Restaurants, Vegetarian

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Pro-cress-ive Dinner

February 21, 2012 by Steve

As we creep towards our true Spring, while our local farmers tantalizingly talk of tender shoots, we rely on trips to Whole Foods for anything approximating a green vegetable. Fortunately WF has been stocking some local hydroponic watercress, allowing us to make one of our favorite salads—something Michelle created via a series of inspirations and ideas. The path to this salad began a decade ago at Fish La Boissonnerie, a lovely little bistro on Rue de Seine in Paris. Featuring baby […]

Categories: Cooking, Dates, Food, Nuts, Orange, Recipes, Salad, Vegetarian, Watercress

A small, citrusy step away from the treacle.

December 28, 2011 by Steve

It’s almost the end of the holidays, and we’re starting to be just a bit sick of sweet. While eating our way through what remains of Michelle’s cookie cavalcade (reduced by gifts, get-togethers and Steve’s occasional late-night rustling), we started to think of slightly less sugary finishes to our meals. We make this dish only occasionally, as it requires wonderful winter citrus and restaurant-level pith removal that is beyond Steve’s skill set to meet Michelle’s standards for fresh fruit consumption. […]

Categories: Cooking, Food, Fruit Desserts, Grapefruit, Orange, Recipes, Vegetarian