Bourgeois Bee Vox 2008-08-27T21:08:19Z Bourgeois Bee http://bourgeoisbee.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00cd978ab445f9cc/ Baked Eggs tag:vox.com,2008-08-25:asset-6a00cd978ab445f9cc00fae8d8da7d000b 2008-08-25T19:07:58Z 2008-08-27T21:08:19Z Bourgeois Bee http://bourgeoisbee.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Ramekins Ramekin and Oil Yogurt - NO! Ramekin and Eggs Baked Eggs

Inspired by a passing line in the book Heat and my new found wonder for farm fresh eggs (not to mention the stock pile of ramekins we now posses) I've been experimenting with baked eggs. I have another egg post in the works (OK it's a little dorma...

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]]> Braised Fennel tag:vox.com,2008-08-14:asset-6a00cd978ab445f9cc00fa9691b9f90003 2008-08-21T19:00:41Z 2008-08-21T19:01:43Z Bourgeois Bee http://bourgeoisbee.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Quartered Fennel Parboiled fennel Braised Fennel Braised Fennel

More fennel, this time a French take on this bulbous herb. Braising, a popular cooking method utilized by many folks around the world for tough cuts of meat, shouldn't be reserved just for protein. It gives a nice slow cooked flavor, a little cara...

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]]> Pizza Friday! tag:vox.com,2008-08-16:asset-6a00cd978ab445f9cc00fad6a3c43e0005 2008-08-17T18:50:56Z 2008-08-17T23:13:56Z Bourgeois Bee http://bourgeoisbee.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Mix1 The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread Margherita Pizza Margherita Pizza Margherita Pizza Margherita Pizza Goat and Blue Cheese Pizza Goat and Blue Cheese Pizza Goat and Blue Cheese Pizza Caramelized Fennel and Onion Pizza Margherita Pizza 2 Margherita Pizza 2 Pizza Beer Margherita Pizzas Margherita Pizza

If you haven't gathered this already, Meghan likes pizza. One result of this pizza adoration is our now standing tradition of having pizza for dinner on Fridays. This works well for me too as nothing sounds better at the end of the work week than ...

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]]> Caramelized Fennel tag:vox.com,2008-08-14:asset-6a00cd978ab445f9cc00fae8d5a410000b 2008-08-14T16:57:28Z 2008-08-16T01:34:56Z Bourgeois Bee http://bourgeoisbee.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Fennel Fennel Fennel Caramelized Fennel Chez Panisse Vegetables Caramelized Fennel

To help motivate me to actually post something and break the cycle of starting a handful of posts only to let them hover half-done in hidden mode for months I'm going to make it short and sweet today. Caramelized fennel. I've mentioned before I'm ...

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]]> Cherry Cobbler tag:vox.com,2008-07-29:asset-6a00cd978ab445f9cc00fa968be92f0002 2008-07-31T20:58:21Z 2008-07-31T21:39:11Z Bourgeois Bee http://bourgeoisbee.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Cherries Dry Ingredients Dough Cherry Cobbler Cherry Cobbler

Sometimes dishes necessitate their creation by me walking around and surfing the internet and spotting either an interesting recipe or ingredient. This cherry cobbler is the combination of both when I saw the recipe on Heidi's site and Bing cherri...

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]]> Everybody's Doing a Brand New Dance Now... tag:vox.com,2008-07-26:asset-6a00cd978ab445f9cc00fa968aef5c0002 2008-07-29T12:08:49Z 2008-07-29T22:39:14Z Bourgeois Bee http://bourgeoisbee.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Come on baby, do the Locavation! Maybe it's the media outlets that I purposely consume, but in the past week I can't get away from one word LocavoreLocavore was touted as the word of the year in 2007 by the New Oxford American Dictionary and ro...

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]]> Taco Night tag:vox.com,2008-07-11:asset-6a00cd978ab445f9cc00fa968721220003 2008-07-24T16:13:46Z 2008-07-25T04:00:10Z Bourgeois Bee http://bourgeoisbee.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Black Beans Oregano Oregano Flowers Spanish rice soy milk horchata soy milk horchata Cactus Cactus grilling Beer The Spread Taco Plate

I'm not sure if Taco Night is still in the American dinner repertoire, but Meghan and I tried our hand at it for the first time in a few years recently. (Upon googling "taco night" I found this Onion piece, making me believe taco night is alive al...

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]]> Bastille Day / Bouchon Night tag:vox.com,2008-07-14:asset-6a00cd978ab445f9cc00fa968761a80002 2008-07-14T16:16:50Z 2008-07-23T13:54:43Z Bourgeois Bee http://bourgeoisbee.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Macaroni au Gratin Bay Leaves Comte and Emmentaler Cheese Mornay Sauce Herb Gnocchi Batter Parboiled Herb Gnocchi Fresh Trout Prepping Butter Sauces Bouchon Batter Bouchons Cooling Cheese Course Salad Course Macaroni au Gratin Main Courses Bouchons

In honor of Bastille Day I'm posting a spread of photos I took while making the menu Meghan and I ate at Bouchon. Although I said it in my previous post on the French Laundry Cookbooks vegetable stock, I've learned countless French cooking fundam...

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]]> Vegetable Stock - The Best tag:vox.com,2008-06-30:asset-6a00cd978ab445f9cc00fae8c7ca4c000b 2008-07-09T17:50:27Z 2008-07-09T23:39:31Z Bourgeois Bee http://bourgeoisbee.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

French Laundry Cookbook Recipe Main Ingredients Leek volcanoes Washing leeks Processed ingredients Vegetables & herbs Second Stock Stock Scraps

Heres the first in my promised Taking Stock series. I'm starting off with The Best, followed by The Rest, and The Mirepoix. Stocks ans Sauces (pg 220 - The French Laundry Cookbook) You can't have a good sauce if you start with bad stock. Too many...

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]]> Grilled Potato Salad tag:vox.com,2008-07-02:asset-6a00cd978ab445f9cc00fa9683bd710002 2008-07-02T15:18:35Z 2008-07-07T14:53:29Z Bourgeois Bee http://bourgeoisbee.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Squash Potatoes Ready to be grilled Soaking Potatoes Potatoes Onions Grilled Onions Grilled Onions Potato Salad Potato Salad

Chances are if you're attending or hosting a 4th of July get together this weekend, potato salad will be involved. Usually it's potato salad purchased from a deli or one that comes in a tub, both utilizing mayonnaise as the binder. But instead of ...

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