Chris Nordquist
It’s finally, haltingly warm(er) and sunny(er) in New York. And we’re celebrating spring with a fresh, green cocktail that’s one of my favorites. Here’s the recipe, photographed at my friend (and Julia’s godmother) Marta’s lovely place in San Francisco. And I was on cocktail duty. It has been warm in San Francisco, and so I […]
A few weeks ago we got home from Southampton late on a Sunday evening. We were hungry, had nothing planned for dinner and found our take-out options uninspiring. So I went to the fridge and the pantry to make something from what we had on hand –which wasn’t much. And that late, make-do dinner has […]
I think Gougéres –or cheese puffs to us Anglophones– are my favorite cocktail snack. There’s really nothing better with a glass of Champagne. But they’re best eaten warm from the oven, and ordinarily the last thing I need as I’m pulling together dinner is a last-minute baking project. Fortunately, almost all of the (pretty manageable) […]
We finally have spring-like weather in New York –so I guess we’re going to have to find something else to complain about. I’ve been celebrating the change with spring bulbs –daffodils, hyacinths, tulips– that are now appearing in flower shops and garden centers around town. All of these can be cut and arranged, of course, […]
