tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44822487904732723212024-03-14T10:14:05.169-07:00The Sabbatical ChefThe adventures of an American lover of all things French...The Sabbatical Chefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672966159069489284noreply@blogger.comBlogger752125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482248790473272321.post-21633135987989664652023-07-11T13:13:00.005-07:002023-07-11T13:13:48.087-07:00Chasing Serenity<p> <img class="wp-image-12614" height="224" src="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/sunset-pier.jpg?w=960" width="320" /></p><!-- wp:image {"id":12614,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} -->
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<p class="has-text-align-center">Sunset Beach Pier, Sunset Beach, NC</p>
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<p>I haven't written anything in so long, except in my head, that I am not sure where to begin. The only use this blog has seen has been the search bar as when I look for recipes. I still have this <a href="http://thesabbaticalchef.blogspot.com/">blogspot blog</a> and still haven't figured out how to transfer the content to my other one. Maybe one day. </p>
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<p>Life got in the way of writing. I thought that the life events of the past few years would inspire me to write, but that just did not happen. Oh, I wrote stories in my head while in the shower, but they never made it to either paper or my keyboard. I bought journals. They sat empty, staring at me, hoping to be of some use. I bought pens. It's kind of an obsession with me. I used them to make to-do and grocery store lists. They have a higher purpose. They stand at attention in my pen cup, waiting to be called into active duty.</p>
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<p>So, what happened? Life turned to black and white for me. Covid hit the world. I had a student trip to France planned for March 2020 that was cancelled about 10 days before departure. I thought that our head of school was being unreasonably paranoid. But by the time we would have returned, the US borders were closed. So, I had one last weekend of fun attending the wedding of my BFF's oldest son in Wilmington. Alone. The Ex-Ex believed that the Covid threat was real. School shut down. I learned how to use Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Loom and any other number of online tools for teaching. I took online courses on how to teach online. I hated every second of it. I did a lot of neighborhood walking. It was a lovely spring. Thank you, God. I baked a lot of bread. When I could find yeast. Seems I wasn't the only one firing up the oven. Thank you, SG, for supplying yeast and to all who graciously accepted my misshapen loaves. We wore masks and we stayed home. For what seemed like an eternity. None of my close friends or relatives died. That was a blessing. Once again, thank you, God. I finally got back to traveling with my students in June 2022. I caught Covid and tested positive the day I returned. I lived upstairs, recovering from Covid and jet lag. Thank you, doctors and scientists, for the vaccines I gladly received. My case was minor. Life is back to normal. Well, our new normal anyway. A story for the history books.</p>
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<p>The second blow to my life was much more difficult. I learned that Son #1 is an addict. There were signs that I refused to heed until I could no longer deny it. I write about it with his permission. He talks openly about it at his meetings and we talk about it as a family. I cannot imagine his struggle. I can only speak about mine. I felt cheated. I came into this life as the child of an alcoholic and I am going to leave it as the mother of an addict? Seriously, God? What did I do wrong? I felt overwhelming guilt and examined every mistake I made as a mother. And to be honest, there is still some lingering guilt. I saw my therapist. She suggested finding a Nar-Anon Family Group. I found one that meets just right up the street from me (although the meetings are now online due to Covid). I got some literature from the group and read through it and realized, after reading the Serenity Prayer and the 12 Steps, that I had found my people. People who knew exactly what I was/am going through. We got Son #1 home finally after he detoxed. The world's most amazing little girl, my granddaughter, moved in with her maternal grandparents. Thank you, T and G. We still did not know what we were dealing with however. We didn't realize that addiction can rarely be helped by oneself. Relapse happened right under our roof. More denial. More sleepless nights. More resentment. Mostly fear. Fear robs you of joy. My life was joy-less. What do you write about when you have no joy? And who would even want to read it? We were not ready to share our story. Neither Son #1 nor me. A friend of mine in whom I confided because she had confided in me about her son's addiction told me about a program in Raleigh. Thank you, Friend. I called, left a message, and a person called me back. He had been through the program, was now employed there, and he gave me his cell phone number and told me to call him when my son was ready to get help. Thank you, B. That day came the Saturday before I was to leave for my June 2022 student trip. I had been planning it for months, I had 16 people who had invested thousands of dollars depending on me to make this an amazing experience. The Ex-Ex was rightfully afraid to be home alone though. Our son had overdosed and had been home from the hospital for only a few days. We had a heated discussion about it standing in the hallway of our home. Son #1 came downstairs with his backpack and announced that he was ready to go. As he now tells the story, I had him in the car as quickly as possible and came only to a rolling stop at <a href="https://healing-transitions.org/">Healing Transitions</a> before kicking him out. My contact met us there and took over. That was 13 months ago. He only called us once to come get him, about three weeks into the program. We said no. He had by then figured out that I did not tell him that he would be sleeping on the floor at first and that this is a 9-12 month program. After he moved into HT, while I was in France, I got a call from the woman in charge of families. She reached out to me about their support group. I found another group of people who know what it is like to have an addicted love one. Thank you, RS. I have learned so much about addiction. I can put away the anger that I have felt for so many years for my dad. I realize now that it wasn't just weakness on his part or a lack of love for his family. My dad's alcoholism and my son's addiction are not about me. I probably passed on a gene, but that is not my fault. I have learned that I am in control of very little in this world. I am in control of me, my actions and my thoughts. I have learned that self-care is of the utmost importance if I am to get through this. I have learned that acceptance brings hope. Son #1 has made some incredible life-long friends. Friends who will see him through this if he continues to allow them to. Thank you, JC (and family), FJ and many, many more. He is learning to accept himself just as I am learning to accept myself. Shortcomings and all. I have rediscovered joy and found a slice of serenity. I am trying to take life one day at a time and not "borrow trouble" as Mama Mildred has often reminded me. Thank you, Ex-Ex, Son #2 and Amazing Daughter-in-law, the BFF, and others who allowed me to rage, cry, and generally lose my sanity. Thank you, Son #1 for your courage and bravery.</p>
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<p>I still feel the need to post a recipe, just like in the old days. I found this one and gave it a try and plan to make it again soon. It's that good.</p>
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<p><strong>Baked Gruyère Tomato Bruschetta</strong> from <a href="https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/">Half Baked Harvest</a></p>
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<p>I shopped for the ingredients at my local Trader Joe's. Yep, I left my zip code and drove to Chapel Hill!</p>
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<p><strong>1 baguette</strong>, halved, each half cut into 4 pieces</p>
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<p>1/4 c. <strong>basil pesto</strong></p>
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<p>1 lb. shredded <strong>Gruyère cheese</strong> (it can be expensive, but less so at Trader Joe's) or Gouda or a mixture</p>
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<p>1 Tbsp. chopped <strong>fresh thyme or rosemary</strong></p>
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<p>4 cloves <strong>garlic</strong>, grated</p>
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<p><strong>Sea salt, black pepper, chili flakes</strong>, to taste</p>
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<p>2 tsp. <strong>honey</strong></p>
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<p>1 c. <strong>cherry tomatoes</strong>, sliced in half</p>
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<p>3 oz. <strong>prosciutto</strong>, torn in pieces</p>
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<p><strong>Olive oil</strong>, for drizzling</p>
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<p><strong>Fresh basil</strong>, for serving</p>
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<p>Preheat oven or grill to 425˚F.</p>
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<p>Arrange baguette halves on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Spread evenly with pesto, then add the cheese. </p>
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<p>Mix the garlic, rosemary/thyme and chili flakes with your fingers, then sprinkle over the cheese. Drizzle with honey. Add the tomatoes. Drape the prosciutto over the tomatoes. Drizzle everything with olive oil.</p>
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<p>Bake for 10 minutes, until cheese is bubbly. Top with fresh basil. Eat warm and enjoy with extra honey, sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, if desired.</p>
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<p><em>Bon appétit</em> and a <em>grand merci</em> to all out there who are our supporters and cheerleaders. You know who you are. </p>
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<p><em>God grant me the <strong>Serenity</strong> to accept the things I cannot change, the <strong>Courage</strong> to change the ones I can, and the <strong>Wisdom</strong> to know the difference.</em></p>
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This is what I am currently reading. A former student who is now one of my beloved colleagues gave it to me this spring. I think she found it at our annual book fair, one of my favorite school-related events. It is a great read- kind of like peeking in the window and watching Renoir, Monet, Degas, Cézanne, Pissarro, Sisley, Manet (although he did not want to identify as an Impressionist), Morisot and Cassatt in their studios. They were so unappreciated (that is an understatement) and many of them struggled to make ends meet and provide for their families. Roe decided to write this book and concentrate on the 26 years, 1860-1886, between their first encounters with each other and 1886 when Parisian art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel got on a boat with 300 of their paintings and set sail for New York City. I even discovered that Monet briefly set up residence at the Hôtel Londres et New York, across from the Gare St. Lazare, the hotel where I stay with my students every March. <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Quelle coïncidence.</em></div>
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I have finished my faculty summer reading book.</div>
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Each spring, we are asked to “nominate” books we think are valuable to read and then when the list is pared down, we choose our book. When school starts back in August, we will have book discussions. Another reason to love my school. I couldn’t put this book down although it was very disturbing. The hardships of a young mixed race boy, Jojo, and his family in Mississippi isn’t necessarily “pretty” reading. Throw in Parchman, the state penitentiary, white racist grandparents, a drug addict mother, a grandmother dying of cancer, and family members who can see and hear the unsettled dead and it is pretty intense reading.</div>
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<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/534054/love-and-ruin-by-paula-mclain/9781101967386/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Love and Ruin</em></a> by Paula McLain is the story of Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn. She was a war correspondant and Hemingway’s third wife. A great read. I wasn’t sure that I would like it after falling in love with Hadley, Hemingway’s first wife, while reading <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Paris Wife</em> also by McLain. I now have an immense amount of respect for Gellhorn and her courage.</div>
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<a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062088253/this-dark-road-to-mercy/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This Dark Road to Mercy</em></a> by Wiley Cash is set in North Carolina and is the story of two little girls, living in an orphanage since the death of their drug-addicted mom. Their father comes to get them and they have quite an adventure. Dangerous and dark at times. Throw in some baseball and it is a great story. I have enjoyed all of Cash’s books. He is a good North Carolina boy and I especially love him for that.</div>
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I indulged in Nicholas Sparks’ <a href="http://nicholassparks.com/stories/two-by-two/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Two by Two</em></a> while at the beach with Sister Moo and Best Niece. Who doesn’t need a quick read like this once in a while? A man who learns how to be a single dad and take care of his Barbie doll-loving daughter while coping with a wife who no longer loves him and for whom he has never been a good enough husband.</div>
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<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/594999/the-chocolate-war-by-martin-walker/9780525564539/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Chocolate War</em></a> by Martin Walker is a short story starring Bruno, chief of police in a small village in southern France. I have a huge crush on Bruno and have loved all of the mysteries he has solved.</div>
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Charles Salzberg is a writer I have gotten to know a bit through Facebook and email. <a href="http://www.newyorkwritersworkshop.com/featured-book/2018/4/2/second-story-man-by-charles-salzberg" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Second Story Man</em></a> is his latest and I couldn’t put it down- which meant reading way past my bedtime a couple of nights. “<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Francis Hoyt, arrogant, athletic, brilliant, manipulative and ruthless, is a master burglar.” </em>That line alone should hook you. I would love to attend Charles’ New York Writers Workshop someday…</div>
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<a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062654199/the-alice-network/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Alice Network</em></a> by Kate Quinn tops the list of books I have recently read. It is the story of a woman recruited as a spy during WWI and an American who is searching for her lost cousin in 1947. The novel is set in France and takes the reader back and forth between the two wars and the story of amazing women doing what they could to help their country win the war. This is subject that I can’t seem to read enough about these days. <a href="https://thesabbaticalchef.com/2018/04/29/the-right-place-at-the-right-time/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Meeting Monique Saigal while in Paris in March</a>, <a href="https://monisaigal1942.github.io/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">listening to her story,</a> and then reading her book, <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">French Heroines, 1940-1945</em>, were life changing experiences for me. At the age of 3, Monique was put on a train by her Jewish grandmother to get her out of Paris and to a safer place in the southwest France during WWII. Monique was taken in by a young woman and her father and given a new identity, that of a Catholic child, for nine years. Her grandmother died at Auschwitz one month after putting Monique on that fateful train. Many thanks to Niece M for pointing me towards <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Alice Network</em>. She read it for a book club organized by someone at her workplace.</div>
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I have a couple of books waiting in the wings (in addition to a couple of books on designing curriculum…).</div>
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I found this one at <a href="https://www.flyleafbooks.com/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Flyleaf Books </a>in Chapel Hill while waiting to have a delicious dinner next door at Kitchen with Mme M. Looks good, n’est-ce pas? I love Flyleaf. And books about eating.</div>
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And last, but not least, on my list at the moment is <a href="http://www.annmah.net/about/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Ann Mah</a>‘s latest book, released in June, <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Lost Vintage</em>. I am a big Ann fan. I learned quite a bit while reading <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mastering the Art of French Eating</em>. Ann even sent me a signed book plate for my book. Her newsletters are always full of great information and her website includes recipes. The sure way to my heart.</div>
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So there you have it. Not a complete list, but definitely the highlights. Reading is one of my greatest passions. Mlle Adorable, my 16-month-old granddaughter, is already showing signs of being an avid reader When she comes to visit, she heads straight for her stack of books. This is my favorite photo of her and Granddad, taken a couple of weeks ago at Sunset Beach.</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bon appétit! “Reading can seriously damage your ignorance.” Spread the word and keep reading. If you have any suggestions, please leave a comment!</span></em></div>
The Sabbatical Chefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672966159069489284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482248790473272321.post-46819514486922865192018-06-02T06:41:00.000-07:002018-06-02T06:41:14.410-07:00City Daily Photo- ME!<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<img alt="pont du gard- me" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-10077" data-attachment-id="10077" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 7 Plus","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1489676564","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.99","iso":"20","shutter_speed":"0.00026102845210128","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="pont du gard- me" data-large-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/pont-du-gard-me.jpg?w=676?w=676" data-medium-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/pont-du-gard-me.jpg?w=676?w=225" data-orig-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/pont-du-gard-me.jpg?w=676" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://thesabbaticalchef.com/2018/06/02/city-daily-photo-me/pont-du-gard-me/" sizes="(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px" src="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/pont-du-gard-me.jpg?w=676" srcset="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/pont-du-gard-me.jpg?w=676 676w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/pont-du-gard-me.jpg?w=1352 1352w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/pont-du-gard-me.jpg?w=113 113w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/pont-du-gard-me.jpg?w=225 225w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/pont-du-gard-me.jpg?w=768 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></div>
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<a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">City Daily Photo</a>‘s June theme is ME. I found this out by looking at Virginia Jones’ <a href="http://paristhroughmylens.blogspot.com/2018/06/city-daily-photo-theme-day-me.html" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Paris Through My Lens</a> blogpost. This photo of ME was taken by a student during our 2017 school trip to France. We spent a week in Paris and then headed south on the TGV to Avignon. It was a gorgeous day so, on the way to Arles where we were going to spend a couple of days before returning home, we stopped at the Pont du Gard. We all put our toes in the water and spent a couple of hours lounging about like lizards, sunning ourselves in the March sunshine.</div>
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I first visited the Pont du Gard in 1987, the first time I took students to France. I have been back several times since then, with friends, with clients when I worked with Chef Érick in Arles, with students. It is an amazing place. One of my favorites places in the world.</div>
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How about a Tomato Tart today? Dreaming of Provence in the summer makes me think of it. This recipe is from <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Recipes from Provence</em>, René Husson, <a href="https://www.editions-fleurines.fr/boutique/livres-de-recettes/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Éditions Fleurines</a>, 2006. The dedication says:</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> For those who love Provence … </em>C’est moi! Definitely ME!</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tomato Tart</span> <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tarto à la poumo d’amour</em></div>
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Pie crust (make your own or buy one that you roll out)</div>
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500 grams (1 pound) tomatoes</div>
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200 grams (10 ounces) slices of swiss/gruyère cheese</div>
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100 grams (1 cup) grated cheese</div>
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1 sprig of thyme</div>
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bread crumbs</div>
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Dijon-style mustard</div>
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olive oil</div>
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salt, pepper</div>
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Peel, seed and slice the tomatoes in rounds. (I don’t do this… I just slice them!)</div>
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Put the pie crust in a pie pan and spread a nice layer of mustard on the bottom.</div>
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Lay the cheese slices on top, then cover with the tomato rounds, salt and pepper.</div>
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Sprinkle with the grated cheese and the crumbled thyme.</div>
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Drizzle all over with olive oil.</div>
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Place in a hot oven for 40 minutes. (Not much direction here… other recipes I have used call for 20-25 minutes at 400˚F- until crust is golden brown and tomatoes have started to shrivel.)</div>
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Here are three older posts on my Blogspot blog with recipes for tomato tart/pie–</div>
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<a href="http://thesabbaticalchef.blogspot.com/search/label/tomato%20tart" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">#1</a> <a href="http://thesabbaticalchef.blogspot.com/2017/06/summer-to-do-list.html" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">#2</a> <a href="http://thesabbaticalchef.blogspot.com/2009/08/friends-and-fromage.html" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">#3</a></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bon appétit, mes amies et mes amis! Enjoy this beautiful Saturday! Bake something good for someone. Or just for yourself. Do you have a favorite photo of yourself? Does it bring back a happy memory? I hope so!</em></span></div>
The Sabbatical Chefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672966159069489284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482248790473272321.post-90120869395032448272018-05-20T06:23:00.000-07:002018-05-20T06:23:39.745-07:00Procrasti-baking and The Power of Love<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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Yes, it’s a thing. I saw it on Facebook and, frankly, I was relieved. The <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/dining/procrastination-baking.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">article</a>, from the New York Times on-line, entitled <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Why Work When You Can Procrastibake?</em> starts this way:</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">All procrastibakers do not bake alike.</em></div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Procrastibaking — the practice of baking something completely unnecessary, with the intention of avoiding “real” work — is a surprisingly common habit that has only recently acquired a name. Medical students, romance writers, freelance web designers: Almost anyone who works at home and has a cookie sheet in the cupboard can try it.</em></div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I started procrastibaking in college as a way to feel productive while also avoiding my schoolwork,” said Wesley Straton, a graduate student in Brooklyn. “Baking feels like a low-stakes artistic outlet.”</em></div>
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Hooked me pretty quick. There is a name for what I do to put off doing other stuff. As I said before, relief.</div>
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I have projects to grade, quizzes to mark, letters to write to 8th graders, lessons to plan and placement tests to score. So, how did I spend my afternoon? Making strawberry shortcakes. And just why not? I have heard that some suffer from procrasti-cleaning. Thank God I don’t have that affliction.</div>
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I found the recipe on <a href="https://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/strawberry-shortcake/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Two Peas and their Pod</a>. They are really just sweet biscuits. Some of mine turned out lop-sided, but that’s okay. I am not a perfectionist. Just don’t have it in me.</div>
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Our final Supper Club “meeting” at Dear Friend’s house was a lot of fun. And crazy delicious. Beck’s Mom made her signature appetizers, Brie Bites. Phyllo dough “cups” with a piece of double creme Brie, some raspberry-jalapeño jam, and pecans baked in the oven, then a sprinkle of (French) sea salt added and baked a bit longer. (I ate two, showing great restraint, because I could have eaten every single one of them.)</div>
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Miss Molly brought Caprese salad- another of my all-time favorites. I took two of these as well. Symmetry?</div>
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Dear Friend and Hubby provided roasted potatoes,</div>
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salmon cooked in his outdoor smoker and very tender roast beef.</div>
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I had a very special helper when it came time for dessert. Dear Friend’s oldest granddaughter, who is the spitting image of her mom at this age, helped me make the whipped cream and was my taste-tester par excellence. She also served everyone their dessert. Not that I want my Darling Granddaughter to grow up too fast, but I cannot wait to give her her first apron and a stepping stool for my kitchen!</div>
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Et voilà! Our strawberry shortcakes.</div>
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Strawberry Shortcake and I go way back. Growing up, I always asked Mama Mildred to make this for my birthday. You can use Angel food cake, regular yellow or white cake or real shortbread. I opted for sweet biscuits. Strawberries are in season. Go for it!</div>
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I need to get this post done or I will start suffering from procrasti-blogging… The stack of work is staring me in the face right this moment.</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Strawberry Shortcakes</span></div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">makes 8</em></div>
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<li class="ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 1/2 pounds strawberries, stemmed and sliced or quartered</li>
<li class="ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1/3 cup granulated sugar</li>
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<li class="ingredient" id="zlrecipe-ingredient-3" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1/4 cup granulated sugar</li>
<li class="ingredient" id="zlrecipe-ingredient-4" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2 tablespoons baking powder</li>
<li class="ingredient" id="zlrecipe-ingredient-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 teaspoon salt</li>
<li class="ingredient" id="zlrecipe-ingredient-6" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3/4 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces</li>
<li class="ingredient" id="zlrecipe-ingredient-7" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 1/3 cups cold heavy cream</li>
<li class="ingredient" id="zlrecipe-ingredient-8" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract</li>
<li class="ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2 tablespoons heavy cream, for brushing on shortcakes</li>
<li class="ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Turbinado sugar, for sprinkling on shortcakes</li>
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<li class="ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 cup heavy whipping cream</li>
<li class="ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar</li>
<li class="ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract</li>
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<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Hull and slice the strawberries and place them into a large bowl. (I saved a few whole ones to use as garnish.) Cover with granulated sugar and stir. Cover and refrigerate the strawberries while you make the shortcakes so they can get juicy.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Preheat oven to 425˚ F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In a large bowl, sift or whisk together the flour, sugar, and baking powder. Mix in the salt. Add the small pieces of cold butter and use a pastry blender, fork, or your clean hands to cut the butter into the dry ingredients. Mix until you have pieces that are the size of peas.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In a small bowl, stir together the cold heavy cream and vanilla extract. Pour the mixture over the flour mixture and stir until just combined. You may need to add a bit more cream, if the mixture is too dry. Turn out onto a floured surface and lightly knead the dough together to incorporate all of the crumbly dough pieces. Do not over mix or your biscuits will not be as tender.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Press the dough into a circle, about 1-inch thick and cut into rounds, using a biscuit cutter. Place the biscuits on the prepared baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. Place the pan in the refrigerator and chill the biscuits for 20 minutes before baking.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Using a pastry brush, brush the chilled biscuit tops with heavy cream. Sprinkle tops generously with turbinado sugar.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bake the biscuits until golden brown, about 15-20 minutes. Let cool completely.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">While the biscuits are cooling, make the whipped cream. Using an electric mixer, whip the heavy cream, sugar, vanilla, and pinch of salt together until the cream reaches stiff peaks.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">To assemble the shortcakes, cut the biscuits in half horizontally. Spoon the strawberries over the bottom of the biscuit and add a dollop of whipped cream. Top with the other biscuit half. Add more strawberries and whipped cream on top, if desired. You can also break up the biscuits and top them with strawberries and whipped cream or leave them whole and add strawberries and whipped cream on top.</li>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Make Ahead</span>-if you want to make the shortcake biscuits ahead of time, you can.<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"> </span>Place unbaked biscuits on a lined baking sheet and freeze. When frozen, transfer the biscuits to a freezer bag and freeze for up to one month. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 425 degrees and bake for 23-26 minutes. You can also freeze baked shortcakes in a freezer bag for up to one month. Defrost before serving. You can warm them up in the oven, if desired.</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bon appétit to all strawberry lovers out there. I am deeply sorry for you if you are allergic to these heavenly delights. Substitute juicy ripe peaches or blackberries. If you didn’t watch The Wedding (I didn’t), at least <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-20/royal-wedding-meghan-markle-upstaged-by-reverend-michael-curry/9779990" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">listen</a> to or <a href="https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a20754692/royal-wedding-sermon-michael-curry-full-transcript/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">read</a> Bishop Michael Curry’s sermon. Amen, Reverend. Let’s spread the message of LOVE. There is power in love.</span></em></div>
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So, I have not always been a Kenny Chesney fan. (Sorry, Kenny.) Just for the past few years. <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Welcome to the Fishbowl</em>, released in 2012, was the first album by him that I bought. And I still listen to it all the way through. The BFF saw him in concert a few years back and started trying to convince me of his talent. It took me a while to come around. Thanks to Daddy, I grew up listening to country music. Then I went through a phase when I swore that I would never, ever listen to that stuff. What goes around comes around, right? I rediscovered country music in the ’80’s. It’s changed since the Johnny Cash days. I like songs that tell a story. Sad songs. Real songs. Songs with a message. Songs that just make me feel something. It was a good day on my way home from school yesterday when a new song came on <a href="https://b939country.iheart.com/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">93.9</a>. I immediately took to it. I loved the lyrics.</div>
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A man wearin’ a t-shirt, says “Virginia is for lovers”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Had a Bible in his left hand and a bottle in the other<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />He says “All you’re really given is the sunshine and your name”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />We both started laughin’ when the sky started to rain</div>
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Get along, on down the road<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />We’ve got a long long way to go<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scared to live, scared to die<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />We ain’t perfect but we try<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Get along while we can<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Always give love the upper hand<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Paint a wall, learn to dance<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Call your mom, buy a boat<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Drink a beer, sing a song<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Make a friend, can’t we all get along</div>
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Saw a model on a billboard, 1-800 get to know me<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Wondered was she photoshopped, or were her eyes really that lonely?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Did she leave her hometown thinkin’ she’d end up in L.A.?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Did she break down in the desert and get stuck beside the highway?</div>
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Get along, on down the road<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />We’ve got a long long way to go<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scared to live, scared to die<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />We ain’t perfect but we try<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Get along while we can<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Always give love the upper hand<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Paint a wall, learn to dance<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Call your mom, buy a boat<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Drink a beer, sing a song<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Make a friend, can’t we all get along</div>
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We find out when you die the keys to heaven can’t be bought<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />We still don’t know what love is but we sure know what it’s not<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Sometimes you got to</div>
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Get along, on down the road<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />We’ve got a long long way to go<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Scared to live, scared to die<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />We ain’t perfect but we try<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Get along while we can<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Always give love the upper hand<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Paint a wall, learn to dance<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Call your mom, buy a boat<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Drink a beer, sing a song<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Make a friend, can’t we all get along</div>
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(lyrics from <a href="https://genius.com/Kenny-chesney-get-along-lyrics" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">genius.com</a>)</div>
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It sounds too simple. Can’t we all get along? Sometimes these days and times it doesn’t feel like it.</div>
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On Mother’s Day, I went to school and picked strawberries out of our garden.</div>
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I decided to make strawberry bread for my colleagues. It was a hit.</div>
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Topping (optional)</div>
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Simple glaze (optional)</div>
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Pre-heat oven to 350°F (180°C Celisius). Grease and flour a 9 – 9 1/2 inch (24 centimeter) loaf pan.</div>
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In a medium bowl cream butter and sugar add egg and combine.</div>
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n a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.</div>
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With a wooden spoon add flour mixture alternately with the milk to the creamed mixture in three parts, then add vanilla, mix just until combined. Gently fold in the strawberries.</div>
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Spoon batter into prepared loaf pan, if desired sprinkle with topping, if desired. Bake for approximately 50 minutes. Let cool completely before drizzling with simple glaze, if desired.</div>
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In a small bowl, mix together until smooth: icing sugar, vanilla, cream and milk. Mixture should be quite thick.</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bon appétit, Kenny Chesney. Sorry I missed you last weekend in Raleigh. Maybe next time? Let’s try to get along. We’ve got a long long way to go. Call your mom. We ain’t perfect but we try. Make a friend. Get along.</span></em></div>
The Sabbatical Chefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672966159069489284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482248790473272321.post-71410980343427629352018-05-12T13:53:00.000-07:002018-05-12T13:53:02.564-07:00One day at a time<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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Today a very dear friend of mine taught me a very valuable lesson. She probably won’t take credit for it. That’s just how she is. We have taught together for 30+ years. We can finish each other’s sentences. Kind of like an old married couple. We sponsor a club for 7th and 8th grade girls at our school. Our pet project this year is helping decorate rooms in homeless shelters with <a href="http://www.alottalove.org/press/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">A Lotta Love,</a> an organization started by Lotta Sjoelin. We decorated a room in February and have been raising money to decorate another one. We have taken up money at basketball games, sold concessions, had neighborhood lemonade, popsicle, and bake sales and today we sold coffee, Krispy Kreme doughnuts, granola bars, popsicles, and Gatorade at a lacrosse tournament. Fund-raising isn’t easy, especially on a 90˚ day. Our girls are very busy with their own activities and families, but they passionately believe in this cause. One 8th grade girlie said “I love lacrosse and I love fundraisers- what a great day!” That made me realize that I needed to stop internally complaining about giving up my morning and my frustrations with trying to raise money. (It wasn’t totally internal– I complained to Dear Friend…) That was one lesson that I needed to learn. Stop complaining. Period.</div>
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Dear Friend and I were discussing health issues today while at the lacrosse tournament. We are <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">almost</em> the same age. She never lets me forget that I am 3 months older. She has recently been diagnosed with thyroid issues and I have been dealing with the same for about 12 years or so. If you have a normal thyroid you are lucky. This <a href="https://www.endocrineweb.com/conditions/thyroid-nodules/thyroid-gland-controls-bodys-metabolism-how-it-works-symptoms-hyperthyroi" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">butterfly-shaped gland</a> in your neck affects an awful lot of the body’s functions, including:</div>
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Mine was hyperactive when I was first diagnosed. I was exhausted all the time, my hair was falling out, I had heart palpitations, and my nails were very brittle. My hands were very shaky and I was either freezing cold or sweating. (The BFF actually forced me to make a doctor’s appointment even though just the thought of picking up the phone and calling made me tired.) It came on quite suddenly since I always ask my doctor to test for it when I have a physical exam. My mom and both sisters have thyroid issues. I thought that I had escaped it and even felt quite smug about it. Big mistake. I started seeing an endocrinologist and we tried to regulate it with medication, but that only worked for a little while. I decided to swallow a dose of radioactive iodine to gradually kill my gland. I now take a daily dose of Synthroid to keep me from suffering from hypothyroidism. Finding the proper dose is tricky. The levels of T3 and T4 are measured by a blood test and what are considered “normal” levels vary from doctor to doctor. I have learned to trust how I feel and push for the dosage of Synthroid that makes me feel the most “normal.” (I also check my comb every morning for hair loss.)</div>
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Dear Friend commented today that perhaps having an overactive thyroid isn’t a bad thing. Yes, she did. And the reason is that an overactive gland can help you control your weight because it revs up your metabolism. But it has other, much more serious side effects, including heart problems. I gave her my honest opinion and told her that she needs to get the thyroid under control. Period. Mine only caused me to lose weight when I suffered from a thyroid “storm.” She then told me that she is trying to go carb-free for the day in order to eat more healthily. We later had this text conversation–</div>
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Me: Every time I want a cookie today I am going to think of you. To keep me honest.</div>
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DF: You’ve got to have something better to think about that that! We’ll work on it together… but remember, it’s no carbs just for today! I can’t last more than that.</div>
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Me: One day at a time.</div>
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DF: Amen, sister.</div>
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Me: My new motto!</div>
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DF: Works for me!</div>
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Today’s recipe is one I tried about a month ago. If you are giving up carbs for one day, leave out the pasta. This is really good and easy. Pesto and Parmesan cheese are two of my weaknesses. I also added roasted chicken, torn into bite-sized pieces to make it a non-vegetarian dish for the Ex-Ex. Grilled andouille sausage cut into bite-sized pieces would also be really good.</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">from Jaclyn Bell of <a href="https://www.cookingclassy.com/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">cookingclassy.com</a></em></div>
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serves 6</div>
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2 medium zucchini, ends trimmed, sliced into half moons</div>
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2 medium yellow squash, ends trimmed, sliced into half moons</div>
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1 red bell pepper, diced into 3/4-inch squares</div>
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1/2 large red onion, diced into 3/4-inch squares</div>
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8 oz button mushrooms, sliced thick</div>
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2 Tbsp olive oil</div>
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Salt and pepper</div>
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1 (10.5 oz) package of grape or cherry tomatoes, halved</div>
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2 cloves garlic, minced</div>
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4 cups fresh baby spinach</div>
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1 (20 oz) package refrigerated cheese ravioli</div>
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2/3-cup pesto</div>
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Finely shredded Parmesan cheese</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Preheat oven to 425˚F.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Place zucchini, squash, bell pepper, onion and mushrooms on a rimmed 18×13-inch baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper; toss to coat. Roast 10 minutes, then remove from oven. Add tomatoes and garlic to pan, and toss. Roast 10-15 minutes longer or until vegetables are tender. Add spinach to pan and toss. Roast 1 minute longer or until spinach has wilted.</li>
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The Sabbatical Chefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672966159069489284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482248790473272321.post-49321503336874136202018-05-08T14:16:00.000-07:002018-05-08T14:16:09.810-07:0042 years and counting<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
My life in middle school.</div>
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4 personal years (1968-1972) + 38 teaching years (1980-present) = 42 years spent in middle school.</div>
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Oh yea. Really. And there is rarely a dull moment. Take today for instance. I gave my 8th graders an assignment to use their vocabulary for homes and neighborhoods.</div>
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I gave them tasks to complete, a website <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">en français</em> for <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">appartements</em>. They had to devise a budget, find an apartment, tell me how they were going to get to work every day, tell me about the layout and furnishings in the apartment, etc. They could put their presentations in Google slides, PowerPoint, etc. I have an Apple TV in my classroom so that they can project on the screen from their iPads. for their classmates. The presentation must be <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">en français, bien sûr</em>. French 8 at my school is a high school level French 2 course. Presentations began today. Some of the little darlings are going to starve because they did not budget nearly enough money for food in Paris. I want to share one of the presentations. So, with their permission, I give you two of my <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">jeunes hommes.</em>..</div>
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Pretty impressive, n’est-ce pas? I think they learned something. And they made me laugh. In May no less.</div>
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How about some mushroom-shrimp risotto for dinner? Not French, but delicious. Mlle M and I made this for dinner a couple of weeks ago. The BFF was invited to come eat with us because she loves this dish. She couldn’t make it, though. <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tant pis</em>. Next time.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Simple Risotto</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />This is a basic recipe. I added a cup of frozen green peas, some sautéed mushrooms and sautéed shrimp, 1/2 c. Parmesan cheese, and 1/2 c. dry white wine.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">approximately 3 cups of risotto</i><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.7em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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1 c. uncooked arborio rice<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />2 Tbsp. olive oil<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />2 Tbsp. butter<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1/2 c. chopped onion<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />4-5 c. chicken or vegetable broth, heated to simmering<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Salt and pepper, to taste, if desired</div>
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Sauté onion in oil and butter for 3 minutes. Add rice, stirring to coat with oil/butter for about 2 minutes. Stir in one cup of broth and wine, if using. Continue cooking and stirring until liquid is absorbed. Gradually stir in remaining hot broth 1/2 cup at a time (I use a ladle), cooking and stirring until liquid is absorbed before adding the next cup. When rice is almost done, add whatever ingredients you wish– sautéed mushrooms, vegetables, shrimp, etc. and continue cooking until rice is tender but not mushy.</div>
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The Sabbatical Chefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672966159069489284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482248790473272321.post-17770008912730215742018-05-07T17:55:00.000-07:002018-05-07T17:55:48.152-07:00New day<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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(from Positive Thoughts Facebook page)</div>
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Maybe I am just a simple person. Maybe I was born under a lucky star. Certainly not with a silver spoon in my mouth or already on second or third base. I’ve worked hard all of my life. I have had good role models and mentors. Maybe sometimes I’ve just been in the right place at the right time. I haven’t cured cancer. I won’t leave a great sum of money to someone trying to cure cancer or to feed all the homeless people in the world. I get stuck worrying about the mistakes I’ve made in the past and how I would do things differently if given the chance. But that’s not the way it works. Living in the land of guilt doesn’t get me very far. It only produces anxiety and the occasional panic attack or long, sleepless night. I’ve seen a therapist a few times, one that I chose because her bio said <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I enjoy using humor in my work to create an interactive dialogue with my clients that is nurturing, informative and positive.” </em>And she hasn’t let me down. She even told me in our first session that she curses and if that bothers me then maybe I need to reconsider. She sold me there. I think that I am rambling. No, I know I am.</div>
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I try to start my day with something positive. I read <a href="http://seandietrich.com/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Sean Dietrich</a>‘s latest Facebook post. It either makes me laugh or cry. Sometimes both. At the same time. I look at Facebook to see what my buddies are up to (two of my gals are in France right now- one in Paris, one in Nice; another one is in Switzerland). I gave up all of the negative crap out there and I don’t worry too much about the Russians hacking into my account, truth be told. I know that sometimes the positive stuff seems trite. But sometimes it hits home. The above post was what I needed this morning. Along with this To-Do list in French:</div>
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(from Santé Nutrition’s FB page)</div>
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I had a good day. Of course it helps that it was a beautiful, sunny 75˚ spring day. I love my job, even in May when dreaming of summer is how more than a few middle schoolers spend their time. But I also tried to remember to check off the items on this list:</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Smile.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Take advantage of the sun.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Say thank you.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Remain positive.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Don’t judge.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pay someone a compliment.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Help someone.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Say I love you.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Be happy.</li>
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I smiled and made goo-goo eyes at this cutie pie.</div>
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I was sitting outside Tutti Frutti enjoying a cup of frozen yogurt after school.</div>
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He was with his mom. She told me he is 18 months old. I told her about my 14-month old granddaughter and how much I look forward to sharing frozen yogurt with her one of these days soon. He made me smile. And I made him smile, too. I told the mom what a darling he is. And I meant it.</div>
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One of my colleagues brought me coffee this morning. I thanked him profusely. I also thanked JB from our business office who came to my classroom to help me finally reconcile my receipts from the March France trip. I thanked her as well for taking care of all those pesky French bits of paper.</div>
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I sat outside in the sun, on a bench in the garden right outside my classroom, to eat my lunch.</div>
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I tried to be helpful to our administrative assistant and find some pictures of a couple of colleagues. I did not succeed. But I pointed her to someone else who might be more helpful than I was. I kept my patience with (almost) all of my students and helped them as they worked on presentations, projects, and we checked homework. (Maybe the really good cup of coffee helped…)</div>
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I told Sister Moo that I love her and that I hope she feels better. She suffers from arthritis and Arthur, as she calls it, tries to get the best of her. We have made plans for a girls’ week at the beach with Niece in June. I hope that helps keep Arthur at bay. It always help me to have a trip to look forward to.</div>
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I didn’t do too well in the Don’t judge category. But you know what, tomorrow is a new day. I will try to do better. Not perfect, just better.</div>
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I made a delicious loaf of quick bread this weekend. I couldn’t bear to see the blueberries and raspberries in my refrigerator go to waste.</div>
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(fromChezSpice at <a href="https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/24843/lemon-blueberry-bread/print/?recipeType=Recipe&servings=12&isMetric=false" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">All Recipes</a>)</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1/3 cup melted butter</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 cup white sugar (I reduced this to 2/3 cup)</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3 tablespoons lemon juice</li>
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<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 teaspoon baking powder</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 teaspoon salt</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1/2 cup milk</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2 tablespoons grated lemon zest</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1/2 cup chopped walnuts (I didn’t use)</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries (I also added raspberries)</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2 tablespoons lemon juice (I didn’t glaze mine, but it sounds good!)</li>
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<li class="item" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8×4 inch loaf pan.</li>
<li class="item" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In a mixing bowl, beat together butter, 1 cup sugar, juice and eggs. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; stir into egg mixture alternately with milk. Fold in lemon zest, nuts, and blueberries. Pour batter into prepared pan.</li>
<li class="item" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 70 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Cool bread in pan for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, combine lemon juice and 1/4 cup sugar in a small bowl. Remove bread from pan and drizzle with glaze. Cool on a wire rack.</li>
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The Sabbatical Chefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672966159069489284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482248790473272321.post-91999597093255884892018-04-29T15:52:00.000-07:002018-04-29T15:52:15.100-07:00The right place at the right time<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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It has only been a little over a month since I returned from France. It was an amazing trip with my co-chaperone and 13 of my eighth grade students. While planning the trip, I discovered that there would be a guided tour in English at the <a href="http://www.memorialdelashoah.org/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Mémorial de la Shoah</a>. My students and I discuss the Holocaust and La Rafle, the round-up of the Jews in Paris in July of 1942. I show them the movie <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sarah’s Key,</em> based on the novel by <a href="http://www.tatianaderosnay.com/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Tatiana de Rosnay</a>. I have had the pleasure of meeting Mme de Rosnay twice, once by design, once purely by chance. Being in the right place at the right time. In front of the Paris Hôtel de Ville during a rally for women in 2013. She was the guest of honor. All of the women were on motorcycles, including Mme de Rosnay.</div>
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I’ve been to the Mémorial de la Shoah several times in the past few years. While in Paris in January of this year, I decided to visit <a href="http://www.memorialdelashoah.org/en/english-version/the-shoah-memorial-in-drancy.html" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Drancy</a>, the site of one of the deportation camps used during the Holocaust. I have read stories of women who survived the camps or who were hidden children during the Holocaust. I have also read fictionalized accounts of the occupation of France by the Nazis such as <a href="http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/anthony-doerr" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">All the Light We Cannot See</a> by Anthony Doerr and <a href="https://kristinhannah.com/books/the-nightingale/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Nightingale</a> by Kristin Hannah. My high school French teacher, Mme Christiane Roze Buchanan, lived in occupied France.</div>
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On this particular March Sunday afternoon, I arrived with my crew in time for one young lady, who became a Bat Mitzvah in November of 2018, to make a presentation about the Mémorial. (I ask all of the students to sign up for one of the places we will visit and prepare a short presentation about it.) We also had time to take a look at the Wall of Names before our guided tour began (see first two photos). We found a place to sit inside the Mémorial to wait on our guide. There weren’t many places to sit and when another woman came over to join our group, I gave one young man a look that meant “Get up and give your seat to this woman. Now.” He read me well and got up. This woman struck up a conversation with the students she was sitting next to– Where are you from? Why are you in Paris? What have you seen so far? Then the tour began and we took a two-hour journey through the history of anti-semitism and anti-Judaism in France. The tour ended in a relatively small room, with just a few glass benches, and black and white photos of children on the walls. Photos of children taken from their families during the Holocaust. By this time, I was in tears. Just <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">thinking</em></span> of having my children or granddaughter taken from me is almost more than I can stand. As I sat there, I heard a voice behind me say in French to the guide “J’étais un enfant caché.” I was a hidden child. The voice came from the woman who had joined our tour. The guide asked her in French if she would be willing to share her story. The right place at the right time.</div>
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(I am taking this from Monique’s bio- she tells the story much better than I could.)</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A “hidden child” of the Holocaust taken in France in 1942, Monique Saigal dedicates the new edition of her book to her grandmother Rivka Leiba pictured on the cover, gassed at Auschwitz September 30th, 1942. A month earlier, on August 24th fearing for Monique’s life she threw her on a train carrying non-Jewish children whose fathers like Monique’s had died. An organization called “the house of the prisoners” helped war widows by sending their children to spend a one month vacation with a host family in Southwest France. Scared and alone, Monique arrived at the train station but there was no one to pick her up. However, a young lady Jacqueline Baleste, waiting for a little boy who did not come off the train, saw the little girl with no name-tag crying in the corner. She embraced her and brought her home where Monique lived with the Baleste family for 8 years in a small village. She was baptized and raised Catholic for fear of surrounding Nazis in this occupied zone.</em></div>
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After she spoke with the group, Monique gave me a postcard-sized card with her bio. And her email address. I attempted to wipe away my tears and hugged her. Later that evening, I emailed Monique to thank her for sharing her story with us. She quickly emailed back and told me that she would be happy to meet us and share more of her story if we had the time. We settled on a time, she came to our hotel with her power point presentation on her computer, and told us more of her story. Several of my students bought a copy of her book. When she ran out of copies, she told me that she would send some more to me as soon as she got back to California. (She was in Paris to visit her uncle, her mother’s brother.)</div>
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Monique’s book, <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">French Heroines, 1940-1945</em>, available in both French and English, contains the stories of women “who are little known yet who stand out because of their extraordinary courage during the German occupation in World War II, when they risked their lives, engaging in clandestine activities to overcome the Nazis.” There are eighteen stories because in Hebrew “chai” or the number 18 stands for life. I read these eighteen stories and have even reread most of them because their acts of bravery seem unbelievable to someone who spends most of her time worrying about “first world problems.” I want to believe that I would have been one of those brave women. But I hope that I never have to find out the limits of my bravery and courage.</div>
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Merci, Monique. I will never forget our chance encounter. Thank you for being so very brave. God bless your grandmother and the Baleste family.</div>
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The right place at the right time. How very fortunate I am.</div>
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As I read about the people who were starving during the war, I realized that although my family didn’t have very much money when I was growing up, Mama Mildred always managed to put food on the table for her four children. I made a very simple soup today and I will pass that recipe on. My recipes such as this one are always a guess-timate, as we say in English. Soups do not have to be exact. That’s probably one of the reasons I enjoy creating them. Someone left a bag of Wegman’s Salt Potatoes in the faculty lounge this week and I claimed them. A 5-pound bag of potatoes with a small bag of salt inside. Go figure!</div>
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Andouille sausage, cut in bite-sized pieces</div>
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1 medium or large onion, diced</div>
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Minced garlic, optional</div>
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Olive oil</div>
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Thin-skinned potatoes, scrubbed (and peeled, if you wish), cut into bite-sized pieces</div>
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Chicken stock or broth (you could also use vegetable stock or even water)</div>
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Herbs (I used Weber’s Roasted Garlic and Herb Seasoning)</div>
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Salt and pepper, if desired</div>
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In a heavy bottomed pot, heat olive oil over medium high heat. Brown the sausage on both sides. Remove to a bowl and set aside.</div>
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Using the same pot and oil, sauté the onions until soft. If using minced garlic, add it at the end, for about 2 minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon.</div>
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Put the potatoes in the pot with the onions. Cover the potatoes with chicken stock, broth or water. Add back the sausage. Sprinkle in herbs. Stir. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until the potatoes are tender. Taste and adjust seasonings, if needed.</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bon appétit to heroes from all walks of life. Big and small. Rich and poor. Old and young. Jewish, Catholic, Protestant or non-believers. And all in-between. To all who perform intentional and/or random acts of kindness in this world. And remember, everyone has a story. We just need to open our hearts and ears and listen. Really listen.</em></div>
The Sabbatical Chefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672966159069489284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482248790473272321.post-7602619328267275332018-04-15T16:21:00.000-07:002018-04-15T16:21:51.637-07:00Searching for serenity<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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It’s been one of those weeks. I am lucky that I have the Ex-Ex, some very good friends who love me, listen to me, and make me laugh (google <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">tarantula burger</em> and you will see what my BFF has been up to- hearing about that made me guffaw during our walk/therapy session this morning). I spend a great deal of time telling myself that all families have “stuff” and that our “stuff” isn’t as bad as what many are dealing with. I have said before that I am not a particularly religious person (Sorry, Mama Mildred and Best Mother-in-law). I do, however consider myself to be a deeply spiritual person. One friend recommended that I recite the Serenity Prayer over and over to myself. I’ve added it to the Lord is My Shepherd and Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep. And today, at the BFF’s suggestion, I decided to go over to Duke Gardens for an hour or so.</div>
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First, some wise advice–</div>
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Let’s start with the tulips… I love them. In all shapes, sizes, and colors.</div>
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height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><img alt="tulip3" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9977" data-attachment-id="9977" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 6s Plus","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1523799448","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"25","shutter_speed":"0.0010141987829615","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="tulip3" data-large-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/tulip3.jpg?w=676?w=676" data-medium-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/tulip3.jpg?w=676?w=225" data-orig-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/tulip3.jpg?w=676" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://thesabbaticalchef.com/2018/04/15/searching-for-serenity/tulip3/" sizes="(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px" src="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/tulip3.jpg?w=676" srcset="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/tulip3.jpg?w=676 676w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/tulip3.jpg?w=1352 1352w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/tulip3.jpg?w=113 113w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/tulip3.jpg?w=225 225w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/tulip3.jpg?w=768 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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I found a few critters. A very elusive cardinal. Maybe he was just teasing me, flitting from tree to tree.</div>
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Another sign to respect… but I saw no frogs. And I looked very hard. Is it too early?</div>
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The azaleas are stunning here right now.</div>
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A squirrel… and a bird. Didn’t see the bird until just now!</div>
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My Daddy loved pink dogwoods. So do I.</div>
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I found a quiet spot in the section devoted to native plants to sit and listen to the wind in the pine trees.</div>
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And check out the NC plants. No mountain laurel or rhododendrons quite yet.</div>
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Yes, the trip to Duke Gardens was just the right recipe for the afternoon.</div>
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When I got home, after a stop at Harris Teeter, I decided to try a recipe that I found on a cooking/eating website last week. My boys have always loved rice pudding. I discovered <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">riz au lait</em> a few years ago in France. Kind of the same, but different. In March, I ate it at Odile’s apartment in Paris. I asked her what kind of rice she uses. She told me dessert rice, as if I would know what that is. When I told her that we don’t have that (at least I haven’t found it), she suggested arborio rice, the same one I use to make risotto. Voilà!</div>
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Coconut Riz au Lait</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">from <a href="https://thenovicechefblog.com/2018/04/coconut-rice-pudding-disney-cruise-copycat-recipe/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Novice Chef</a> (Coconut Rice Pudding: Disney Copycat Recipe)</em></div>
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6 servings</div>
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1 cup Arborio rice</div>
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1-1/4 cups whole milk</div>
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13.5 ounce can of coconut milk (not in the dairy section- this is really thick, more like cream)</div>
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1 cup sweetened condensed milk</div>
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1/3 cup heavy cream</div>
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1 teaspoon ground cinnamon</div>
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1 cup sweetened shredded coconut, toasted</div>
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In a large heavy pot, mix the rice, whole milk and coconut milk/cream together. Place over high heat.</div>
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When the mixture starts to boil, place the lid on top and reduce to low heat. Cook for 13-15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the rice is completely cooked.</div>
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While the rice is cooking, place the shredded coconut in a pan and toast it over low heat, stirring constantly.</div>
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When the rice is cooked, add the condensed milk, heavy cream and cinnamon. Stir well to combine.</div>
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Cook on low heat, until the rice has thickened and the mixture is creamy, about 10 minutes. Stir to keep the rice from sticking to the bottom of the pan.</div>
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Remove from heat, stir in most of the shredded coconut, saving some to sprinkle on top. Serve warm or chilled.</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bon appétit to all! I wish you all serenity and a beautiful spring, filled with flowers and critters. Take a picnic and enjoy the outdoors. It helps put life into perspective. Even with all of the yellow dust covering everything at the moment!</span></em></div>
The Sabbatical Chefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672966159069489284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482248790473272321.post-62662881632188381572018-04-09T03:17:00.002-07:002018-04-09T03:17:48.384-07:00Early mornings and muffins<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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I am an early riser. Mostly by choice. I love my quiet house. It’s me and the cat- sometimes. Unless she has decided to go back to bed. Right now the heat is on because it’s decided to go down into the 30’s here again. I can hear birds chirping in the trees right outside the window where I am sitting, so I know it is spring. But sometimes I wake up even too early for me. I start worrying about things over which I have no control or can’t change, and sleep is gone. Even the BFF’s trick of counting random numbers doesn’t work. The best thing to do is get up. The Ex-Ex says he gets his best sleep right about the time that I am tossing and turning and I don’t want to wake him up yet. So, here I am. With muffins in the oven. Today it’s Oatmeal Cinnamon Muffins. I have a whole army of muffin recipes, but the one I come back to time after time is found in my Better Homes and Gardens cookbook. It’s simple, I can change up the ingredients depending upon what’s in the cupboard, and the Ex-Ex likes them. And my kitchen smells heavenly right now. That helps.</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">from Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook Special Edition Pink Plaid, 2006</em></div>
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Makes 12</div>
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1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour</div>
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3/4 cup rolled oats</div>
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1/3 cup sugar (I used half granulated white and half light brown)</div>
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2 teaspoons baking powder</div>
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1/4 teaspoon salt</div>
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1 teaspoon cinnamon</div>
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1 beaten egg</div>
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3/4 cup milk</div>
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1/4 cup cooking oil</div>
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Streusel Topping (optional)</div>
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Combine 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour, 3 tablespoons brown sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon. Cut in 2 tablespoons cold butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in 2 tablespoons chopped nuts, if desired.</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Grease or line a 12-cup muffin pan. Set aside.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Preheat oven to 400˚F.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In a medium bowl, combine flour, oatmeal, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Make a well in the center of flour mixture. Set aside.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In a small bowl, combine beaten egg, milk, and oil. Pour this mixture into the flour mixture all at once and stir just until moistened. Batter should be a bit lumpy.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Spoon batter evenly into prepared muffin pan. If desired, sprinkle with Streusel Topping. (I sometimes just sprinkle Turbinado sugar on the top. Today they are just plain.)</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bake for 15-18 minutes or until done when tested with a toothpick inserted into the center. Cool in muffin cups for 5 minutes. Remove from pan. Serve warm.</li>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bon appétit and Happy Monday to all of my readers. I wish that I could bake muffins for all of you. In my sleep deprived state I am even thinking “What if I made a different variation of this recipe every morning for a month? Coconut? Carrots? Craisins? Oh boy. Bisous! </span></em></div>
The Sabbatical Chefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672966159069489284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482248790473272321.post-43605959116863796272018-04-02T17:52:00.000-07:002018-04-02T17:52:31.866-07:00The best job in the world<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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The best job in the world is not even a job. It’s pure love. Love that is unexpected. Joy that cannot be put into mere words. I am the Gramma to this sweet girl. She is now 13 months old. She came over to hang out with us today. We went for several walks and strolls. Looking for puppies. Listening to the birds chirp. Feeling the rays of sun on our heads and our toes. Babbling in our own language. Who cares that neither of us understands what the other is really saying. It just does not matter. It is pure unadulterated adoration. At least on my part. The Cutest Granddaughter in the World toddles around, climbs stairs at an astonishing rate of speed, eats saltines, sips water, looks at books, plays with Kermit the Frog, giggles uncontrollably, looks for the cat that hides from her, changing her voice as she tries to find her, moves a couple of my goofy paintings around from one spot to another, tries to open all the cabinet doors, plays hide-and-seek with her Granddad (yea, Granddad!), plays with the refrigerator magnets, and just generally brings a light to our lives that we never imagined possible.</div>
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We love you, Pumpkin. May you always know that in your heart of hearts. You are amazing.</div>
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We will make cookies one day soon! Which ones should we start with? Gramma can’t wait. Should we tell Mommy??</div>
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I am going to go with sugar cookies. Not only sugar cookies, but Quaker sugar cookies. You are part Quaker, thanks to the Bell side of the family. You need to know this.</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rolled Sugar Cookies</span></div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">From Springfield Friends Cookery, Springfield Friends Meeting, High Point, NC</em></div>
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Marilyn Hipps (Mrs. Richard)</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Makes 2-1/2 dozen cookies (depending on the size of the cookie cutters)</em></div>
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1/2 cup butter; leave out to soften 30 minutes before making the cookies</div>
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1 teaspoon vanilla</div>
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1 cup sugar</div>
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2 beaten eggs; leave eggs out to come to room temperature</div>
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1 tablespoon milk</div>
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2-1/2 cups sifted flour</div>
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2 teaspoons baking powder</div>
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1/4 teaspoon salt</div>
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Additional sugar for sprinkling</div>
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Cream the butter until soft; add vanilla. Gradually add the sugar and cream until light and fluffy. Sift dry ingredients together. Combine eggs and milk and stir into creamed mixture. Add half the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. Add the remaining and mix well. Chill dough for at least an hour. Preheat oven to 400˚F. Roll a little more than 1/8 inch thick on well-floured surface. Cut with floured 3/4- inch round cookie cutter. Sprinkle with additional sugar. Place on baking sheet (lined with parchment paper) and bake in hot oven (400˚F) until only lightly browned, 6-8 minutes. Remove from pan while warm. Cool on rack.</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bon appétit to all grand- and great-grand- parents out there. Isn’t it the best?</span></em></div>
The Sabbatical Chefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672966159069489284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482248790473272321.post-11561140310235221712018-03-31T09:27:00.000-07:002018-03-31T09:27:03.448-07:00The devil is in the details<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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I often say “In my next life…” usually finished with “I am going to be an artist.” Because I sure am not one in this life. I have accepted that. It’s okay. Really it is. I failed trees in middle school. So, <a href="https://www.wineanddesign.com/locations/durham" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Wine and Design</a> is just right for me. I have several creations upstairs, a few that I have gifted to relatives, one hanging in my classroom. It’s a step above paint-by-number and I enjoy it. But I have no illusions about my very limited abilities. The bull is my latest creation. My first one also happens to be the same bull, just different colors. Son #1 has it.</div>
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While in Paris this last time, I looked at the paintings in the Musée d’Orsay in a bit more detail. At one time, there were no photos allowed in the museum but, as the story goes, the Minister of Culture paid a visit a couple of years ago and pulled out her smartphone and started snapping away. So, if they couldn’t control the Minister, they gave up and now the rest of us may photograph our favorite works of art <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">sans flash, bien sûr</em>. I had a long conversation with one of the museum guards about it- really more of lecture, but what the heck. It was a conversation in French and I always regard those as learning experiences.</div>
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So, enough of my tales and how about some up close and personal views of some of my favorite paintings?</div>
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These two are actually from Versailles. Legs and wigs?</div>
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Vincent Van Gogh, my favorite, as my readers and students already know–</div>
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Ahhhhh. All is well with my soul when I see Vincent up close.</div>
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<img alt="mtsv" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9957" data-attachment-id="9957" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 6s Plus","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1521196683","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"160","shutter_speed":"0.125","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="mtsv" data-large-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/mtsv.jpg?w=676?w=676" data-medium-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/mtsv.jpg?w=676?w=225" data-orig-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/mtsv.jpg?w=676" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://thesabbaticalchef.com/2018/03/31/the-devil-is-in-the-details/mtsv/" sizes="(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px" src="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/mtsv.jpg?w=676" srcset="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/mtsv.jpg?w=676 676w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/mtsv.jpg?w=1352 1352w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/mtsv.jpg?w=113 113w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/mtsv.jpg?w=225 225w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/mtsv.jpg?w=768 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></div>
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Sisley</div>
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<img alt="sisley" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9958" data-attachment-id="9958" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 6s Plus","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1521196311","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"160","shutter_speed":"0.125","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="sisley" data-large-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/sisley.jpg?w=676?w=676" data-medium-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/sisley.jpg?w=676?w=300" data-orig-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/sisley.jpg?w=676" data-orig-size="4032,3024" data-permalink="https://thesabbaticalchef.com/2018/03/31/the-devil-is-in-the-details/sisley/" sizes="(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px" src="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/sisley.jpg?w=676" srcset="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/sisley.jpg?w=676 676w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/sisley.jpg?w=1352 1352w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/sisley.jpg?w=150 150w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/sisley.jpg?w=300 300w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/sisley.jpg?w=768 768w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/sisley.jpg?w=1024 1024w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></div>
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I decided to take a little pause-café with a beautiful view of Sacré-Coeur– (“<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">cake</em>” is very popular in France, either savory or sweet but it has to be baked in a loaf pan to be called that; otherwise it is a <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">gâteau</em>)</div>
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<img alt="cake et café MO" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9959" data-attachment-id="9959" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 6s Plus","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1521197036","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"32","shutter_speed":"0.03030303030303","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="cake et café MO" data-large-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/cake-et-cafecc81-mo.jpg?w=676?w=676" data-medium-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/cake-et-cafecc81-mo.jpg?w=676?w=225" data-orig-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/cake-et-cafecc81-mo.jpg?w=676" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://thesabbaticalchef.com/2018/03/31/the-devil-is-in-the-details/cake-et-cafe-mo/" sizes="(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px" src="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/cake-et-cafecc81-mo.jpg?w=676" srcset="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/cake-et-cafecc81-mo.jpg?w=676 676w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/cake-et-cafecc81-mo.jpg?w=1352 1352w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/cake-et-cafecc81-mo.jpg?w=113 113w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/cake-et-cafecc81-mo.jpg?w=225 225w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/cake-et-cafecc81-mo.jpg?w=768 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></div>
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<img alt="MO cafe" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9960" data-attachment-id="9960" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 6s Plus","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1521196763","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"25","shutter_speed":"0.03030303030303","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="MO cafe" data-large-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/mo-cafe.jpg?w=676?w=676" data-medium-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/mo-cafe.jpg?w=676?w=225" data-orig-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/mo-cafe.jpg?w=676" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://thesabbaticalchef.com/2018/03/31/the-devil-is-in-the-details/mo-cafe/" sizes="(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px" src="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/mo-cafe.jpg?w=676" srcset="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/mo-cafe.jpg?w=676 676w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/mo-cafe.jpg?w=1352 1352w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/mo-cafe.jpg?w=113 113w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/mo-cafe.jpg?w=225 225w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/mo-cafe.jpg?w=768 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></div>
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<img alt="SC" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9961" data-attachment-id="9961" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 6s Plus","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1521196937","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"25","shutter_speed":"0.00055897149245388","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="SC" data-large-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/sc.jpg?w=676?w=676" data-medium-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/sc.jpg?w=676?w=225" data-orig-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/sc.jpg?w=676" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://thesabbaticalchef.com/2018/03/31/the-devil-is-in-the-details/sc/" sizes="(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px" src="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/sc.jpg?w=676" srcset="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/sc.jpg?w=676 676w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/sc.jpg?w=1352 1352w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/sc.jpg?w=113 113w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/sc.jpg?w=225 225w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/sc.jpg?w=768 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></div>
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I hope that your soul is feeling better and that these paintings helped.</div>
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Now for my latest baking adventure. Attempt #1 at <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">chèvre crème brûlée</em>.</div>
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I started with two basic recipes, the actual crème brûlée from <a href="http://www.marmiton.org/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Marmiton</a>, a French recipe website I really like, and the onion confit from <a href="http://honestcooking.com/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Honest Cooking</a>. I will still probably tweak it a bit, but I thought it turned out well. Niece agreed. The Ex-Ex hasn’t tried it yet. I baked it in ramekins, but the portions should have been smaller. I think that the Parisian café baked it in the perfect dish- not as deep would be better. And if you have a kitchen blowtorch, use it. Much better than the broiler. Next time! If anyone has any suggestions, please send them!</div>
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Makes about 1-1/2 cups</div>
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2 medium yellow onions, thinly sliced (about 3 cups)- for this recipe, I should have chopped them</div>
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1 tablespoon butter</div>
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1 tablespoon olive oil</div>
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1/2 teaspoon sea salt</div>
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1 tablespoon granulated sugar</div>
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3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar</div>
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Add butter and olive oil to a large skillet and heat over low flame. Add onions and salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and translucent, about 20 minutes. If onions begin to dry out, add a tablespoon of water.</div>
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Add sugar, stir to dissolve, and add vinegar. Continue cooking over low heat, stirring occasionally, until onions are pasty and caramelized, about 20 minutes. At this point, you could add some herbes de Provence perhaps?</div>
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Onion confit can be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to one week.</div>
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130 g of fresh goat cheese</div>
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150 g of heavy cream</div>
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2 egg yolks</div>
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Pepper</div>
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Salt</div>
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Butter for dishes</div>
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Preheat oven to 140˚C (about 300˚F). Butter the ramekins and place them in the refrigerator to chill for at least 10 minutes.</div>
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Mix all of the ingredients together for 30 seconds. After that, I stirred in about a cup of the onion jam.</div>
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Fill the dishes to about 3 cm thick. I put a bit more of the onion jam on top.</div>
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Place in a water bath of boiling water.</div>
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Bake 30-40 minutes, keeping an eye on them.</div>
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Let them sit for a half hour before serving. I sprinkled them with turbinado sugar and then put them under the broiler heated to high. This is where the blow torch would have been better.</div>
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I've been MIA from my dear sweet blog. January brought the passing of my mom's dear sweet husband and that of my dear sweet father-in-law. I still catch myself not believing that they are gone from us. February brought a three-day trip to Washington, DC and the usual whirlwind of classes, lesson plans and the like and the serious last minute preparations for the annual France Trip with my eighth graders. And now, that has come and gone as well. Thus the cartoon. In this post, I am going to focus on the delicious aspects of that trip. I hope you are hungry!<br />
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<b>The 2018 Paris Delicious List</b><br />
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#1 Goat cheese crème brûlée eaten in a little restaurant near the Panthéon (listed on the menu as crème brûlée de chèvre cendré, oignons confits); the goat cheese salad I also had was noteworthy.<br />
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#2 Steak-frites and the "sauce" Charmélcia at <a href="http://paris9.bistro-regent.fr/" target="_blank">Bistro Régent</a>, our last dinner, near the Gare St. Lazare train station (all you can eat fries and bibb lettuce-vinaigrette salad included with your steak, duck or salmon- the only entrées on the menu)<br />
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#3 Hachis parmentier (think Shepard's Pie) served at Odile's apartment- we ate at the homes of Parisians through VizEat. Odile also gives cooking lessons in her home. The butternut squash soup with crème fraîche and riz au lait she served for dessert were also amazing.<br />
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#4 My darling Pierre Hermé's creations- I tried a take on the Paris-Brest dessert from his new shop <a href="https://www.pierreherme.com/storelocator/champs-elysees" target="_blank">86 Champs</a> (a joint venture on the Champs-Élysées with L'Occitane but as much as I love that shop I only had eyes for Pierre)<br />
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#5 German-style hot dog from <a href="http://www.lestube.fr/" target="_blank">Le Stube</a>- I would never have found this one on my own. Leave it to <a href="http://myprivateparis.com/about-us/" target="_blank">Bertrand Tour Guide</a> to take us here. We got our dogs to go and ate them in the park at Palais Royal. Pique-nique!<br />
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#6 Rillettes de canard in a small café near the <a href="https://www.davidlebovitz.com/marche-daligre-aligre-outdoor-market-paris/" target="_blank">Marché d'Aligre</a>-- AP, my co-chaperone wouldn't agree, but I love rillettes- slow-cooked meat similar to pâté- this one made from duck, eaten on bread with little cornichons. Another Bertrand find.<br />
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#7 My cheese plate (I often eat cheese instead of dessert) from the cafeteria/restaurant on the top floor of Galeries Lafayette; we sat next to the ladies from the Chanel counter in their cute t-shirts; the view of Paris (not of the Chanel ladies) was pretty spectacular too-- la Tour Eiffel and le Grand Palais<br />
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Okay, full disclosure here-- AP and I later opted for (and shared) an éclair made by Christophe Adam- after we shopped and before we took off on more walking adventures--we needed our strength, you know. The "food court" in the Galeries Lafayette Maison building is pretty spectacular as well. Pierre Hermé has a spot here, too.<br />
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#8 My daily half baguette spread with demi-sel butter and jam at our hotel- nothing fancy, but what a great way to start the day. They have a fancy coffee machine now- no more little pots of strong coffee and warm milk- but the coffee is really good and it's much easier on the women who take such good care of us at breakfast.<br />
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#9 Mint tea and pastries at the <a href="http://www.restaurantauxportesdelorient.com/" target="_blank">Grand Mosquée de Paris</a>- oui, another Bertrand idea. We took the kiddos to the Jardin des Plantes (zoo, dinosaurs, park) and as our little afternoon pause-café we ducked into the tea room for a treat; a first for me! The glass of sweet mint tea was amazing.<br />
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#10 Galette (savory crêpe made with buckwheat flour) of ham, cheese and an egg in the Marais for lunch- a lovely Sunday morning treat<br />
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We had eating adventures outside of Paris-- Normandy, Senlis, Versailles-- but I will leave that for another day. Today's project is to try to duplicate the goat cheese crème brûlée. I have already made the hachis parmentier. It was not as good as Odile's... but I will keep trying. The Ex-Ex and Niece liked it and gave it a thumb's up.<br />
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<b>Hachis Parmentier </b><br />
<i>recipe from <a href="http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/hachis-parmentier-mashed-potato-casserole-373316" target="_blank">Genius Kitchen</a></i><br />
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SC's notes: I did not use instant potatoes (quelle horreur!) nor did I add tomatoes. Odile said she used a bit of tomato paste so I did the same. She added mascarpone to her potatoes (I should have) and most importantly, she used leftover beef stew for the meat. I didn't happen to have any in my refrigerator (beef stew doesn't last long here) so I substituted the best ground beef I could find. I will keep working on the recipe, but this is a good base. Garlic mashed potatoes would be good as well. I sprinkled some gruyère cheese on the top of the potatoes before putting it in the oven. I think that next time I will bake it 15 minutes longer.<br />
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<li data-ingredient="garlic+cloves" style="background: linear-gradient(to right, rgb(51, 51, 51) 40%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 20%) center bottom / 3px 1px repeat-x; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; padding: 14px 0px; position: relative;"><span class="qty" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin-right: 35px; text-align: right; width: 56px;">3</span><span class="food" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 154px;"><a href="http://www.geniuskitchen.com/about/garlic-165" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #892074; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">garlic cloves</a>, minced (or pressed)</span></li>
<li data-ingredient="butter" style="background: linear-gradient(to right, rgb(51, 51, 51) 40%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 20%) center bottom / 3px 1px repeat-x; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; padding: 14px 0px; position: relative;"><span class="qty" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin-right: 35px; text-align: right; width: 56px;">1</span><span class="food" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 154px;">tablespoon <a href="http://www.geniuskitchen.com/about/butter-141" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #892074; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">butter</a></span></li>
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<li data-ingredient="tomatoes" style="background: linear-gradient(to right, rgb(51, 51, 51) 40%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 20%) center bottom / 3px 1px repeat-x; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; padding: 14px 0px; position: relative;"><span class="qty" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin-right: 35px; text-align: right; width: 56px;">3</span><span class="food" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 154px;"><a href="http://www.geniuskitchen.com/about/tomato-151" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #892074; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">tomatoes</a>, chopped</span></li>
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<br />The Sabbatical Chefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672966159069489284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482248790473272321.post-92014774931070875952018-02-25T05:41:00.000-08:002018-02-25T05:41:52.652-08:00FeedersI am stealing from <a href="http://seandietrich.com/" target="_blank">Sean Dietrich</a> again today. Can't help it. I am head over heels in love with this man, his writing, his wife, Jamie, his hound dog, Ellie Mae, and his drawings. I will confess to him that I am using him as my guest blogger once again. I can't help it with this morning's story that popped up first thing in Facebook. Even FB knows of my love for Sean. He takes me back to my small town childhood. Sends me right up 1-40, takes the Bakersville Spruce Pine Burnsville exit and points me up the "mountain." He conjures up Mama Mildred, my Granny, my Grandma Christine, my aunt Jeannette, my mutt Poochie Pie Bell, the church ladies who are still cooking for funerals at Liberty Hill Baptist Church and First Baptist Church. He recently wrote about the death of Rev. Billy Graham and made me realize that the Crusades that I attended and watched on TV sitting on the sofa with Grandma Christine were not just for us North Carolina mountain folk. They even knew him in Alabama? Whoa. Really? Anyway, a while back I wrote about <a href="http://thesabbaticalchef.blogspot.com/2010/01/cookers-and-eaters.html" target="_blank">cookers and eaters</a>. Sean made me realize that there is a third category-- <a href="http://thesabbaticalchef.blogspot.com/2016/04/lookers-cookers-eaters-and-feeders.html" target="_blank">feeders</a>. (There are also lookers in there somewhere, but I am leery of people who just look...) So without further ado, friends, here are Sean's musings for today. After this, I will set out the butter and eggs to come to room temperature to concoct my own pound cake. Pound cake is known to cure just about anything. Seriously. Sending you hugs, Mama Mildred. Wish I could do it in person. With a big slice of pound cake just for you.<br />
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I am in the kitchen with an elderly woman named Pauline. And, dear Lord, can she cook.</div>
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Her son, Don, brought me here. He tells me his mother’s downhome fare is good enough to coax even the most depraved human being into behaving like a Pentecostal.</div>
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This is Pauline’s old home. She raised a family here. She doesn’t live here anymore, she’s too old. She’s in the retirement home.</div>
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This house sits vacant most of the time. Old photos line the walls. Bed sheets cover furniture. The last time they used this place was for a family reunion last year.</div>
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I arrive at eight in the morning. The smell of bacon hits me like a freight train. Crackling eggs. Biscuits. Grits. Holy Chet Atkins, I’m home.</div>
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Pauline is wearing 1962—red polka-dot apron, pearls. She’s all business. The woman is a feeder. If you don’t know what that is, have a seat at her table.</div>
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Her food is breathtaking. Her grits contain so much butter I need to say three Hail Marys and two Our Fathers when I'm finished.</div>
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After breakfast, she takes a breather. We wash dishes.</div>
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“Now,” she announces. “Let the REAL cooking begin.”</div>
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Class is in session.</div>
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I’m here as an observer, watching a feeder teach her son to make pound cake. It's a private moment. I feel privileged to see it.</div>
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Don is beside her, paying attention. She uses no recipes. She goes by feel.</div>
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“See,” Don tells me, “I always wanted to learn Mama’s poundcake. It’s the best there is, ask anyone, I just wanna carry on her legacy.”</div>
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You’ve never met her, but you already know her legacy. She represents every kitchen queen there ever was.</div>
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She is frilly aprons, Thursday-night Civic League, pear salad with cherries and shredded cheese on top, and an accent that makes your heart sore.</div>
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She cooks by handfuls, gut feelings, intuition, and can cure broken hearts with enough bacon grease.</div>
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Pauline learned to cook when she was ten. As a girl, she fed six brothers. As a married woman; three sons and a husband. Her whole life has been behind a stove.</div>
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“It’s what I am,” she says. “I feed folks.”</div>
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Her hands don’t work like they used to, and she gets winded after talking too much. She is not just an old woman. She is old America.</div>
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Her husband was a pipe welder—the backbone of this country. Pauline was his lumbar muscles.</div>
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Every day, another elderly woman like her crosses The River and the world loses another recipe index.</div>
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Pillsbury tube-biscuits are taking over the universe. Shoot me.</div>
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After a full day of baking, Don is testing his pound cake. His mother samples bites like a county-fair judge.</div>
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It’s impossible not to smile in this kitchen.</div>
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The old woman chews slow. “You DID it,” she says. “I’m so proud of you, Donnie.”</div>
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Don becomes “Donnie” again. I see it on his face. Even though he’s old enough to file for AARP, Mama's pride reduces all grown men into little boys.</div>
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She kisses him. The day is over. They send two cakes home with me. They shut the lights off to a vacant house.</div>
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I’m eating cake while writing you. My lap is littered with crumbs. I’m no expert, but this cake has a familiar taste. I can’t pinpoint the flavor. It hits the gut first. It’s sweet.</div>
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I know what it is.</div>
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This cake was made with the same ingredient all feeders use. The only ingredient that matters in this life.</div>
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Hug your mother today, if you have one.</div>
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Mama Mildred recently passed on this well-worn cookbook to me. She worked at Baxter's for several years and we used this cookbook extensively when I was growing up. My sister and I hand wrote quite a few recipes in it on blank pages, including this one:</div>
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<b><i>Bon appétit to all feeders out there. There is a special place in heaven for you. With a tricked out kitchen and a never-ending supply of butter and eggs. </i></b></div>
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I've heard the old expression, once in a blue moon, all of my life, but only just recently found out where it comes from. A blue moon is when there is a second full moon in a given calendar month. It isn't really blue, of course. Although Sam Bland, an amazing photographer, one of the Ex-Ex's best friends, brother-in-law to my sister-in-law, and uncle to the Adorable Granddaughter's mom (have I confused you enough?) sent me a blue one recently, along with the other photos of the moon in this post.</div>
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He used it in an article he wrote for <a href="https://www.nccoast.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/NCCF-OurCoast-2016_proof2-1.pdf" target="_blank">Our Coast Magazine</a>. I, too, am fascinated by the moon. I run outside with my iPhone or camera every time it appears, but my photos aren't much to brag about.<br />
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<i>(I started writing this blog about three weeks ago and I just have not been able to finish it until tonight. The passing of my mom's second husband and then the death of my father-in-law have been tough. Memories of my dad's death came rushing back. It has now been three years since my brother passed away. Death is a part of life. I know this in my mind, but it is tough on my heart. But... I think that I am ready to finish now.)</i></div>
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January 31 brought us the Blue Moon. And the day before that full moon brought the passing of the patriarch of our family. My father-in-law, Nelson Leonard Engebretsen, left us. I like to think that Nelson is somewhere on the other side of this moon looking down on us now. He would love the color of that blue moon because he was a die-hard Duke basketball fan. As a matter of fact, he watched Duke beat Notre Dame 88-66 from his hospital bed on January 29, his last night. </div>
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Nelson was the kind of man you meet once in a blue moon. Ask my mother-in-law, his bride and best friend for 62 years. She told us yesterday that they met when she was 15 years old.<br />
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Nelson and one of his buddies gave her a ride to the July 4 Sioux County, Nebraska rodeo. She sat between the two 17-year-olds in the cab of a pick-up truck and, as the drive to the fairgrounds progressed, she scooted closer and closer to Nelson and the rest is history. Nelson was a real cowboy, not the drugstore variety. He worked as a rancher and herdsman for most of his life, first in Nebraska then in North Carolina. He was tending cattle for TexasGulf when I came into the family in 1981. He worked for the state of Nebraska at Fort Robinson until 1970 when they closed the cattle operation there. A friend convinced him to move to Aurora, NC to tend cattle on reclaimed land after phosphate had been mined from it. He moved his bride and their three children, 1,850 miles from the only home they had known, leaving behind relatives and friends. I watched him tag cattle, birth calves, and corral steers.<br />
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Nelson was an extraordinary ordinary man. He loved Nebraska Cornhusker football, Duke basketball, Nebraska wheat fields, the Black Hills, being outdoors, God, his cat Socks, grilling, a cold beer while mowing the grass, and his family. I am so lucky that I was able to call him my father-in-law.<br />
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The Ex-Ex gave an amazing eulogy at his dad's funeral service. I will let him take it from here.<br />
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I'm a bit like my father- I do not cry often - but when I do, I don't have much control over it, so bear with me.<br />
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I'm Steve, the middle child and oldest son in our blessed family, and I am here to represent my sister Cindy, my brother David, and their families, as well as my wife and children.<br />
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I am also here to represent my amazing mother, who along with Dad, provided us all with a loving, happy, fun, nurturing home. One that I wish every child could have growing up.<br />
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My father moved our family to Aurora in 1970, after living and working as a rancher and cattleman in Western Nebraska where he grew up. Dad then spent some of the best years of his life as the herdsman for the large cattle operation that TexasGulf included at the time. He became an important member of the TexasGulf and Aurora community- making friends, being involved in the lives of many people and getting to know just about everyone. Our family has often talked of the bravery it took to make that move in 1970. Moving three children ages 6-13 to a new land, a new job, a completely new way of life. But my Dad was wise and brave and turned this leap of faith into a great opportunity and a great life that we have all benefited from for the last 50 years. My Dad did a lot of things in his job over the years, but what he was best at and enjoyed the most was his time as a cattleman or, as his grandsons like to say, a cowboy, both in Nebraska and in North Carolina.<br />
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To use a sports analogy, my Dad was an all-star. He was an all-star husband, an all-star father, an all-star grandfather, and, just recently, he became an all-star great-grandfather.<br />
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He was also an all-star son and brother to his own family in Nebraska. He loved his own parents and two younger sisters very much. I think that many here would consider him an all-star friend or co-worker or community member- maybe one of the best any of us has ever known. My Dad was also any all-star "griller" throughout his 50's, 60's and 70's. His skill was so intimidating- to the point where I am still reluctant to grill anything for the family!<br />
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My Dad did not have a college education- but was perhaps the smartest man I know. He could be a man of few words at times- but when he spoke it was always best to listen- he was wise, and he was a great conversationalist. Dad was smart and he was talented. He could recall and loved to tell stories from the Nebraska days, his childhood, our teenage years, special times with his grandchildren, and all the more recent happenings of our family and special events in our lives. We all will always remember the twinkle in his eye and the smile on his face when spending time just being with him and talking to him.<br />
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When his grandsons were younger we often found ourselves at Grandma and Grandad's house on holidays. Dad had a VERY large jar for collecting pennies. Aaron, Jake and Grant were always fascinated by it. One day, my Dad told them "When I'm gone all those pennies will be yours!" It think it was the youngest, Grant, who said "Where are you going and when are you leaving, Granddad?" Dad just laughed and said "Nowhere for a while... you'll have to wait a bit longer!" He retold that story dozens of times with a laugh.<br />
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We all know where you are now, Dad. And Aaron, Jake and Grant- Grandma says you can come get that big heavy thing our of the house anytime!<br />
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My mother told me the story of when they were first dating in the 1950's in Nebraska. She said to him once "I've never known a person named Nelson who wasn't rich or famous (Rockefeller, Mandela, Nellie Foxx, Ozzie Nelson). And my Dad said to her "Well, sweetie- just give me time!"<br />
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My Dad was famous, I think, to all of us here today.<br />
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My Dad was rich. You see, our dad measured that type of thing differently and I believe he felt like one of the most blessed people ever.<br />
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If my Dad could speak to all of us right now- and he is listening- he'd say to the great folks of this church and to all of his friends--<br />
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--Thank you for a lifetime of memories and for helping make my life full.<br />
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--Keep helping people- try not to let things get too complicated and when in doubt, be kind to people.<br />
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My Dad was, in my eyes, the ultimate example of how to be a good man.<br />
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So, to me, David, Rick, Aaron, Jake and Grant- We have had an example right before our eyes of how to be a great father, spouse, in-law, brother, son, friend. Let's all try to remember to follow that example and be better at all of those things. Living up to how he did it is some serious pressure, I know. But let's try.<br />
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To Cindy, Teresa, Kim, Katie, Elizabeth, Makayla and little Kennedy and Lily, my Dad has lived and shown you what you deserve from the men in your lives. Help the men in your lives live up to that- try to be the kind of mother, spouse, sister, friend that our mother has been in her nearly 62-year partnership with Dad. Sometimes it may take patience with this crowd of men!<br />
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Mom, I'm pretty sure you've felt and heard Dad's words of comfort and love to you in these past six days. Everyone in this room knows you were the light of his life. And that he was that to you. That will never change. And we all also know that he hopes-- and expects-- you to enjoy many more of those happy days with your family, friends and your church.<br />
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We all need that and look forward to that with you. And we all love you.<br />
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Thank you, Dad. We love you.<br />
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And that’s just what they did. For six full days in Paris. Wednesday with Ghislaine (21,017 steps, 9.3 miles). It’s no wonder that I have a sore muscle (or something) around my left ankle. No blisters, though, I am happy to report. One sore toenail, but Tom at Posh Nails will fix that. TMI? Probably! I did use the métro sometimes. It was a bit frustrating that the Châtelet station is closed right now and that messed me up while trying to get to the Ritz to have a drink with friends in Bar Hemingway. It would have been faster to walk from my hotel, I think.</div>
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It’s a good thing I walked so much because I ate exceptionally well on this trip. Bertrand of <a href="http://myprivateparis.com/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">My Private Paris</a> made a couple of recommendations and I found a café on Rue Saint Dominique that I’ve wanted to try for a couple of years (it deserves its own blogpost). And <a href="https://www.acis.com/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">ACIS</a> treated us to two great meals, one being the apéritif dînatoire at the Pullman Hotel from the last post and the other, our farewell dinner at <a href="http://www.laperouse.com/en/histoire.html" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Lapérouse,</a> on the Quai des Grands Augustins. Not a place I would go on my own ($$$$) but what a thrill.</div>
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From the Mercier champagne to begin–</div>
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To the coffee and little coconut and jellied fruit bites to end.</div>
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And in between?</div>
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Appetizers served on the ground floor of the restaurant, with champagne.</div>
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I love the spoon. There were also gougères. And probably other delicious little bites. I always find myself talking too much to taste everything. <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Quelle surprise.</em> I found Bill who shares my love of Van Gogh. Kristi and Angela and I had a great chat. Jeremy won for best tie (Starry Night). Scott and Cindy and I became fast friends and spent time together on the food tour and at Bar Hemingway, along with Kristi and Angela. Janel, my roommate. Luis from Texas (who shared his Angelina Mont Blanc with us at the hotel afterwards- yes, we ate more). Amber and Eric. Pamela and Phil. Kathy from Nebraska. Laurie and Sean. Jeannie, Morgan, Caroline Ann from ACIS U.S. offices. Claire, Isabelle, and Bouchara from the Paris office. Bertrand.</div>
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We were then ushered into a big room upstairs for dinner.</div>
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At first, my tablemates and I were a bit confused–</div>
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This was served in a rather large bowl. Hmmm. Some new fad in the starter courses, I wondered? But the handsome young man (pictured above first serving champagne) cautioned us to wait because the dish wasn’t finished. And sure enough, in just a few minutes, another waiter came to add to the bowl. Voilà! Velouté d’asperges. Cream of asparagus soup. Very, very good.</div>
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The main course was duck. Le canard. I am very fond of duck.</div>
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With sweet potato purée.</div>
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Dessert was a first for me. Soufflé. Oui, seriously. I’ve never eaten one nor tried to make one. Until this one. Caramel. Served with sorbet.</div>
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Heavenly. Fluffy. Airy. Cloud bites of caramel air.</div>
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It was a lovely, delicious evening, as always with ACIS. They treat their teachers like royalty.</div>
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Some random photos. If you read about the history of this place, you may be a bit shocked but amused as well, I think. There are lots of little rooms and I wasn’t brave enough to poke my head into many of them. Rumor has it that George Clooney has been spotted here. I wouldn’t doubt it.</div>
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I really hope to find a tried and true recipe for soufflé. Cindy from California is, from what I heard on the trip, quite a baker, and has promised to send a recipe when she returns home. She and Scott extended their stay until Saturday. They are even luckier than I am.</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bon appétit! I hope that you enjoyed my eating adventure. I think that I need to get out a map of Paris and highlight as many streets as I can that I walked on. Before I forget and my ankle heals! And before the student adventure in March. Eat something good with someone you love! Or eat solo. Or make new friends! Be adventurous!</span></em></div>
The Sabbatical Chefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672966159069489284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482248790473272321.post-52931896007183215582018-01-19T08:07:00.000-08:002018-01-19T08:07:26.013-08:00Paris-- One more dayI was able to blog on Wordpress but not on Blogspot while away. I had a fabulous, amazing, delicious week in Paris. Here are two posts I did while on the road--<br />
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It has been an amazing trip. With only one more night to go. It always goes by so (too) quickly. I bought the macarons and chocolate today during a Montmartre food/art/history tour with the amazing Bertrand.</div>
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If you ever need a guide to show you around, Bertrand is your man. He knows Paris like the back of his hand. We learned about cheese, foie gras, bread, pastries, Picasso, other artists who lived in this wonderful neighborhood as well as the history of the quartier. <a href="http://myprivateparis.com/" target="_blank">My Private Paris</a>.</div>
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I saw where my beloved Vincent Van Gogh lived with his brother Theo.</div>
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There is so much to see if you take the time to follow the winding streets, such as Rue Lepic, to the top, instead of just taking the metro to Abbesses and then the stairs or funicular to the Sacré Cœur Church.</div>
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We had blue skies (Bertrand says he has an app for that on his watch) and wind, but, hey, it’s January. Who cares anyway? There are two things I cannot control during my trips– the exchange rate and the weather. Right?</div>
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I ate lunch at a little café Bertrand recommended, Le Colibri. Excellent. Stéphane, the owner/server (?) suggested “farandole de légumes farcis” and I took him up on it.</div>
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Delicious. Yellow pepper, zucchini and tomato. Now you see it–</div>
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Now you don’t. It was that good. Stéphane asked me if I liked it, I nodded enthusiastically to which he replied “Si vous êtes contente, je suis content.” If you’re happy, I’m happy.</div>
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I love making desserts, but I really don’t eat them all that often. Tarte Normande is hard to pass up, though. I’ve tried to make it, but without a great deal of success. It is not like this…</div>
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I suppose I will keep trying!</div>
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I have made some wonderful new friends and I saw a few from last year and the year before. This type of experience feeds my soul (as well as my tummy) and makes me a much better teacher. I put my heart into teaching and I am so lucky that I get to experience France twice a year. I think I bring that enthusiasm back to my classroom. I certainly give it my all.</div>
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This trip will deserve a much longer blog post and a couple of new recipes when I get home. Until then, how about a photo of tonight’s souple à l’oignon gratinée? A great dish for a chilly rainy evening.</div>
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Bon appétit à tous!!</div>
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The view from the street just as I turn the corner to my hotel, the Hôtel de Senlis, just next to the Panthéon.</div>
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I am just next door to Victor Hugo, Marie Curie, Louis Braille and Jean Moulin. Just to name four. I feel very safe! And smarter and more courageous.</div>
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Bonne nuit, dors bien. À demain.</div>
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It is pretty glorious here in Paris. After walking all day, I decided to take a break in the shadow of Notre Dame. I went in to the cathedral to light a candle for Mme Christiane Buchanan, my high school French teacher.</div>
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I always do this when I am in Paris. Merci, madame.</div>
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There was delicious eating going on last night on the 10th floor of the Pullman Hotel (used to be the Hilton Paris). This was our view–</div>
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ACIS treated us to an apéritif dînatoire. Ready?</div>
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And looking at them now, I realize there were things I did not photograph before eating. Oops! My bad. Little bits of lots of goodness.</div>
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Check out this cute little eating utensil!</div>
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Très pratique!</div>
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Breakfast today at hotel —</div>
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height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><img class="wp-image-9807 size-full" data-attachment-id="9807" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9913" data-large-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9913.jpg?w=676?w=676" data-medium-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9913.jpg?w=676?w=225" data-orig-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9913.jpg?w=676" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://thesabbaticalchef.com/2018/01/13/eating-in-paris-days-1-and-2/img_9913/" sizes="(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px" src="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9913.jpg?w=676" srcset="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9913.jpg?w=676 676w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9913.jpg?w=1352 1352w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9913.jpg?w=113 113w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9913.jpg?w=225 225w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9913.jpg?w=768 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><img class="size-full wp-image-9804" data-attachment-id="9804" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9912" data-large-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9912.jpg?w=676?w=676" data-medium-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9912.jpg?w=676?w=300" data-orig-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9912.jpg?w=676" data-orig-size="1656,1242" data-permalink="https://thesabbaticalchef.com/2018/01/13/eating-in-paris-days-1-and-2/img_9912/" sizes="(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px" src="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9912.jpg?w=676" srcset="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9912.jpg?w=676 676w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9912.jpg?w=1352 1352w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9912.jpg?w=150 150w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9912.jpg?w=300 300w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9912.jpg?w=768 768w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9912.jpg?w=1024 1024w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><img class="wp-image-9803 size-full" data-attachment-id="9803" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9911" data-large-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9911.jpg?w=676?w=676" data-medium-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9911.jpg?w=676?w=300" data-orig-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9911.jpg?w=676" data-orig-size="1656,1242" data-permalink="https://thesabbaticalchef.com/2018/01/13/eating-in-paris-days-1-and-2/img_9911/" sizes="(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px" src="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9911.jpg?w=676" srcset="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9911.jpg?w=676 676w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9911.jpg?w=1352 1352w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9911.jpg?w=150 150w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9911.jpg?w=300 300w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9911.jpg?w=768 768w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9911.jpg?w=1024 1024w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><img class="wp-image-9806 size-full" data-attachment-id="9806" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9909" data-large-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9909.jpg?w=676?w=676" data-medium-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9909.jpg?w=676?w=300" data-orig-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9909.jpg?w=676" data-orig-size="4032,3024" data-permalink="https://thesabbaticalchef.com/2018/01/13/eating-in-paris-days-1-and-2/img_9909/" sizes="(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px" src="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9909.jpg?w=676" srcset="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9909.jpg?w=676 676w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9909.jpg?w=1352 1352w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9909.jpg?w=150 150w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9909.jpg?w=300 300w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9909.jpg?w=768 768w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_9909.jpg?w=1024 1024w" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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Lunch at a café near Le Grand Palais just off the Champs-Élysées-</div>
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The was the perfect bite– cantal cheese, gésier and a fried potato-</div>
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When I put those three together, I felt kind of like the rat In Ratatouille before he gets electrocuted.</div>
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And now, lo and behold, it’s dinner time. Off to explore the neighborhood around my hotel to find something yummy.</div>
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Bon appétit et à plus!!</div>
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</article>The Sabbatical Chefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672966159069489284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482248790473272321.post-4213814709587577852018-01-06T15:46:00.000-08:002018-01-06T15:46:31.620-08:00City Daily Photo<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<a href="http://paristhroughmylens.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Virginia Kelser Jones</a> is a photographer and Paris lover. We are Facebook friends, although by looking often at her photos, I feel as if I know her and that we have shared several meals and glasses of champagne in la Ville Lumière. I decided to enter one of mine at <a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">City Daily Photo</a> after I saw the one she entered. I saw this llama at The Divine Llama Winery on a recent trip to Mt. Airy, North Carolina. I love these critters and I thought the light was <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">magnifique.</em></div>
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So, I want everyone to know that I just got up off the sofa, out from under this amazing blanket (a late Christmas gift from an 8th grade girlie and her mom), put on my clogs, and braved the cold- 24˚F- to take a couple of photos for you. I am brave like that. Teaching the kiddos yesterday, after a two-week break, was exhausting. Hahaha<br />
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I love this holly-type bush/tree just outside my door.<br />
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The Ex-Ex is already out driving around in it. He went to check the roads so he can tell his coaches that their will be no coaching going on today. He also went to fetch my computer charging cord because I didn't believe it would really snow and left it on my desk. He likes to put the Jeep in 4-wheel drive and go exploring. <i>Pas moi</i>.<br />
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You can see his foot prints.<br />
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He did ask me to sweep the steps clear of snow if the spirit moves me. Hey, I did get up early and take a shower and put on my favorite sweatpants. I am not a total bum. And those steps might get swept in a bit. <i>On ne sait jamais</i>.<br />
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I have stuff to do right here on this sofa. Write this blog. Listen to some music while I type away. Right now, my very talented friend James Green is playing Dan Fogelberg's <i>Same Old Lang Syne</i> on his saxophone. I have a thing for sad songs and this is one of my favorites. Listen. James has his own YouTube channel in case you want to hear more.<br />
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And then if you want to listen to Dan sing it, here you go.<br />
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I also need to grade some pen pal letters that my students wrote before the break. I am going to hand deliver them to Mme M next week. I will indeed tuck them inside my suitcase and take them across the ocean. <i>Oui</i>, off to Paris next week. Just a tiny bit excited.<br />
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For three glorious days, I will be a guest of ACIS, spend some time with other teachers, wander the streets of the City of Light with Betrand, my tour manager and our tour guide next week. Then I will have three more glorious days solo. I have some trip scouting to do for the March student trip. A few places to check out in advance. I buy postcards of places and works of art that the kiddos will see to hand out to them so that they can prepare short presentations they will share with their fellow travelers during the trip. Last year, Bertrand and I came up with the idea of asking each of them to photograph their favorite work of art in the Musée d'Orsay (yes, you can now take photos in there without a long lecture from a guard). We also asked them to be prepared to tell us the name, artist and why the piece "spoke" to them. Later that day, we sat on steps near the École Militaire, if memory serves me correct, and everyone, including the adults, took turns. Definitely one of the highlights of the trip for me.<br />
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What else do I need to do today? Finish a project for Seth and Luke at <a href="http://www.bullcityburgerandbrewery.com/" target="_blank">Bull City Burger and Brewery</a>. A table and "curtain" for beer-tastings. I am their resident seamstress.<br />
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I am currently reading a biography of Hadley Richardson, the first Mrs. Ernest Hemingway. It is <i>Paris Without End: The True Story of Hemingway's First Wife</i> by Gioia Diliberto. (It's on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Paris-Without-End-Story-Hemingways-ebook/dp/B004X2IYM2" target="_blank">Amazon</a> Kindle for $1.99 today. I get nothing from Amazon for posting that, BTW. I have a Kindle app on my iPad and read a lot that way.) Sofa-reading under the new blanket seems like a nice way to spend some time on a cold day. I enjoyed <i>The Paris Wife</i> by <a href="http://paulamclain.com/" target="_blank">Paula McLain</a> a couple of years ago and decided to read more about Hadley.<br />
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Sister-in-Law sent photos a week or so ago of French onion soup that she made in her crockpot. Needless to say, I have been craving it since. (Dare I ask the Ex-Ex to stop at the grocery store on his way home to pick up onions and beef stock?? I usually have both but the cupboards are a bit bare right now.)<br />
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S-in-L and I also discussed the recipe when we were together during New Year's. This is one of my very favorite dishes. It is also probably the first thing I will eat when I hit the streets of Paris. Last year, I found a café near my hotel and ate a bowl of soup, sipped a glass of Côtes-du-Rhône, and watched a man delicately devour <i>un hamburger-frites</i> with a knife and fork. I wish that I could have videoed that feat. Hamburgers are the rage in Paris. I hear that there is also a hamburger food truck roaming around.<br />
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Anyway, <i>revenons à notre soupe. </i>Sister-in-Law is very clever and has her favorite recipes in Evernote and sent it to me. I use Evernote for my class assignments. It is so easy and user friendly. Using for recipes would mean that I could easily bring up a recipe on my phone while at the grocery store. Smart, right? Here you go.<br />
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<b>How to make French Onion Soup in the slow cooker</b><br />
from <a href="https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-french-onion-soup-in-the-slow-cooker-start-to-finish-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-215696" target="_blank">the Kitchn</a>. <br />
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I haven't tried it, but S-in-L and her husband raved about it. She cut the recipe in two since there are only two of them.<br />
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Season the onions.</span> Place the onions in a 5-quart or larger slow cooker. Stir in the butter, oil, salt, and a generous amount of pepper.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Cook on LOW for 12 hours.</span> Cover and cook on the LOW setting overnight until the onions should be dark golden-brown and soft, 12 hours or overnight.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Cook for LOW 6 to 8 hours.</span> Cover and continue cooking on the LOW setting for 6 to 8 hours. This is flexible; as long as your slow cooker holds moisture well (wrap a towel over the lid if quite a lot of steam escapes), you can cook the soup for hours. Longer cooking will only intensify the flavors. Taste and season with more salt and pepper if needed, and stir in the brandy if using.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Portion the soup into oven-safe bowls.</span> Arrange a rack in the upper third of the oven and heat to 350°F. Ladle the soup and onions into oven-safe soup bowls and place the bowls on a rimmed baking sheet.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Top with toast and shredded cheese.</span> Top each bowl with a slice of toast and a generous quantity of shredded Gruyère cheese, about 1/3 cup per bowl.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Bake for 20 to 30 minutes.</span> Bake until the cheese is completely melted, 20 to 30 minutes.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Broil for 2 to 3 minutes.</span> Turn the oven to broil. Broil until the cheese is bubbling and browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for a few minutes. Serve with chopped fresh shallot or onion if desired.</div>
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Recipe Notes</h3>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Adjusting Consistency & Thickness:</span> When I have made this, the soup has always been just the right consistency. But if yours seems a little thin or watery, you can quickly finish it off on the stovetop by simmering gently in a saucepan for 15 minutes or until the broth has reduced a little.</div>
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<b><i>Bon appétit and Happy Snow Day to all! Stay warm and toasty. Eat something tasty. Listen to some music. Read a good book.</i></b><br />
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An article written by Adam Nossiter for the <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">New York Times</em> partially republished in this morning’s <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Durham Herald-Sun</em> immediately caught my attention. It is about French chef Jérôme Brochot, owner of Le France in Montceau-les-Mines, giving up his Michelin star.</div>
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This is practically unheard of. Those stars, however, drive up prices and bring a lot of pressure. It is very difficult and very expensive to maintain the stars and add more. Halfway through the article, Sébastien Bras’ name jumped out at me. <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My</em> <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sébastien Bras?</em> I thought. Yes, indeed. Last fall, Sébastien, with his father Michel’s blessing, asked Michelin to remove his three stars. I googled and found this from the New York Times.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "lato" , sans-serif;">In 2013, I was asked to review a documentary film </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2141717/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Entre les Bras</em> </a><span style="font-family: "lato" , sans-serif;">(</span><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step Up to the Plate</em><span style="font-family: "lato" , sans-serif;"> is the English title), for </span><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The French Review</em><span style="font-family: "lato" , sans-serif;">, a publication of the American Association of Teachers of French. It is an excellent film. I actually know someone, a parent of one of my former students, who has eaten at Bras’ restaurant. That’s as close as I get in the grand scheme of degrees of separation to Michel and Sébastien. I did eventually send them a copy of the article and I received a very nice thank you note.</span></div>
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While googling Sébastien and Michel, I also found these videos of them preparing their signature dish <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gargouillou.</em></div>
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After watching the film several times and reading all I could find about them in order to write my review, I felt as if I knew Michel and Sébastien. I got rather attached to them actually. I hope that Sébastien is happy and has found joy in cooking again. I still hope to visit Laguiole someday and meet les Bras. It’s on my to-do list.</div>
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Here’s my review of <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Entre les Bras</em>. If you enjoy documentaries and food, this film is a great way to spend an hour and a half.</div>
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Last year, I was asked to write about <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2141717/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Entre les Bras</a></em> for the <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">French Review</em>, the official publication of the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF). The editor of the film section of the <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Review</em>, Dr. Michèle Bissière, lives and teaches in North Carolina and is active in our chapter of the AATF. She attended a presentation I made about my sabbatical or about cooking with my students. Not sure which. Anyway, she sent me a copy of the documentary, asked me to watch it, and write a review. Wow. Documentaries about French food and chefs are right up my alley after falling in love with Jacquy Pfeiffer in <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://kingsofpastry.com/film/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Kings of Pastry</a>. </em>Durham, NC hosted the <a href="http://thesabbaticalchef.blogspot.com/2010/04/kings-of-pastry.html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">North American preview</a> of the film as part of the <a href="http://www.fullframefest.org/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Full Frame Documentary Film Festival </a> and I wrote a review about it for our local newspaper. Jacquy and his wife were in the audience, no less.</div>
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I watched <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Entre les Bras</em> (<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step Up To The Plate</em> is its English title) several times and set about writing and daydreaming about actually eating there. I am not sure that dream will ever come true, but I started thinking about it again after recently reading Ann Mah’s book <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mastering the Art of French Eating</em>. Journalist Ann actually went to the Aveyron départment of France and interviewed Sébastien Bras. And Papa Michel came in while she was talking to his son.</div>
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I realized that I haven’t posted my review. I had grand plans to send it to Michel and Sébastien after it was published last spring, but either common sense got the better of me or I’ve been too shy to do so. Silly me. I need to mail it off with a fan letter. <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pourquoi pas?</em></div>
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Read the review and if you are in the mood for beautiful views of <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">la France profonde</em>, cows, and a glimpse into the life of a Michelin star chef, rent the film.</div>
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The parents of one of my 8th grade students have actually been to the restaurant in Laguiole… Sigh.</div>
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I recently read the story of Bernard Loiseau, a chef who committed suicide in 2003 at the age of 52, after rumors that his restaurant might lose one of its three Michelin stars. Remembering that tragic story and considering that we have elevated chefs to rock star status in the United States, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from a documentary about a three-star Michelin chef. Would Michel Bras be a temperamental egomaniac? Would he spend his time berating the wait staff in his restaurant or slamming pots and pans? Or would he be riddled with self-doubt? Or worse yet, would he have no confidence whatsoever in his son and heir-apparent, Sébastien, and belittle him?</div>
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Bras, <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">père et fils</em>, have a restaurant and hotel in Laguiole, in the Aveyron department in southern France, built on a hill with a breathtaking view of the valley below. Michel Bras is undoubtedly a perfectionist, as the viewer quickly finds out by watching him choose vegetables, herbs, and flowers for the restaurant. His ties to the land where he has spent his entire life seem to be as deep as his family ties. Michel is a slight, serious man, a runner, with round wire-rimmed glasses who looks more like a university professor than a chef. He is, however, quite an entrepreneur and has built an empire based upon his expertise in the kitchen.</div>
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Food is the Bras family business. Michel’s mother ran a restaurant and he followed her, taking over and earning Michelin stars. He decided to build his current showpiece several years ago, secure in the knowledge that Sébastien would stay with him in the endeavor. The premise of the movie is that Michel is ready to retire and hand over the reins to Séba, as he calls his son. I expected the movie to be mostly about Michel, but I found myself just as engrossed in the emotions of Sébastien and the idea of family duty. There never seemed to be a question of what his life’s work would be. The photos of him at a very young age in a chef’s coat and toque made for him by his grandmother foreshadow his destiny. But is it easier to start from scratch as Michel did or to inherit an empire and try to stay on top?</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Entre les Bras</em> is divided into seasons, a fitting and logical setting for a movie about food and life. The story comes full circle, in the course of a year, from spring to spring, watching four generations of family interact with one another around food. Sébastien works on his own signature dishes, telling his own story, built on the time spent with his grandparents on their farm. One touching scene shows Sébastien alone in the kitchen creating a dessert that he later calls his own <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">chemin</em>, or pathway, using elements from his childhood: bread (his dad), milk skin and chocolate (his mom), and blackberry jam and Laguiole cheese (his grandmother). He seems truly at peace with the completion of this dish. He must find his own way. He knows this and his dad knows this.</div>
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The changing of the guard occurs as the viewer watches Michel take down his photos and mementos from the office bulletin board and put away his notebooks filled with recipes and drawings. Sébastien’s notebooks and a final scene of Alban, Sébastien’s son, cooking in the kitchen with his grandfather, wearing a miniature chef’s coat and toque, replace them. Michel’s work isn’t finished yet.</div>
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From one of the first scenes, showing the plating of Michel Bras’ signature dish, <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gargouillou</em>, to the beauty of the Aubrac sunrises and sunsets, this is a stunningly beautiful and poignant story of the humans behind the creation of legendary food.</div>
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Searching for a recipe, I found Michel’s <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Coulant au chocolat</em>. Have you ever eaten a molten lava cake aka <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">fondant au chocolat</em> aka <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">moelleux au chocolat</em>? Well, <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">mon dieu bon dieu</em>, I just discovered that Michel INVENTED it. I have attempted it several times, but mine never seems to <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">coule</em>… to flow. I even found a video produced by FR2, a French TV station, about French desserts that features Michel and his dessert. It’s in French and the photos are amazing. If you don’t like chocolate, don’t bother!</div>
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There are a lot of recipes out there for this amazing treat. Here’s the one I will try next. Maybe this afternoon? When I need a break from grading exams? Should La Table de Claire be on my Paris to-do list? Well, <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">malheureusement</em>, that won’t be possible. It is <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">fermé</em>– permanently closed- now.</div>
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With black-and-white floor tiles, a Formica bar, modern light fixtures and a sunny terrace, this is the little bistro everyone dreams of having around the corner. La Table de Claire in the 11th arrondissement made its name thanks to the ‘chef d’un soir’ nights, in which amateur chefs would take over the restaurant. Chef Claire Seban has moved on to other projects, but the current chef/owner, Lofti Sioud, continues to serve a spontaneous cuisine inspired
by his travels and by seasonal produce. Because so many customers had a soft spot for Claire’s fondant au chocolat, it often appears on the menu.</div>
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Serves 8.</div>
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• 220g dark chocolate, the best you can afford</div>
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• 200g butter</div>
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• 100g white sugar</div>
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• 5 eggs</div>
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• 1 level tbsp flour</div>
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• A little butter for the mould</div>
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1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.</div>
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2. In a heavy saucepan, melt the dark chocolate and butter together over a low heat. Add the sugar and stir to dissolve. Let the mixture cool to lukewarm and add the eggs one by one. Finally, fold in the flour.</div>
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3. Pour the batter into eight buttered ring moulds placed on
a baking sheet, or eight buttered shallow dishes (crème brûlée dishes would work well). Bake for eight minutes.</div>
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4. Serve warm or at room temperature with a scoop of vanilla or caramel ice cream.</div>
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listening to the cat lap up water and to cars pass by at 7:15 on Christmas morning, I have the song <i>All I Want for Christmas</i> stuck in my head. Yesterday I had almost everything I need right under one roof. Adorable Granddaughter spent the night so she was crawling/toddling around the downstairs. Son #2 came in from Charleston by way of Charlotte, bringing Couper-Dog with him. Son #1 and EB came over to fetch Miss Adorable and stayed around to have some Maple View Farms eggnog and cookies. And for Miss Adorable to open her gifts. Not that she has any clue about what's going on other than there are some bright lights on a tree and tissue paper to pull out of bags.<br />
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They are off to visit the other grandparents today.<br />
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Christmas is much calmer when your children are 30 and 25. And way quieter. So I am in my silent house (even the cat has gone back to sleep now) thinking about what I want for Christmas, the real list. In no particular order:<br />
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<li>good health for my family, my friends and me</li>
<li>the satisfaction that comes from hard work and a job well done at the end of the day</li>
<li>kindness in this world</li>
<li>politicians who genuinely care about the people they represent, true civil servants</li>
<li>laughter</li>
<li>good books</li>
<li>an end to poverty, hunger and homelessness</li>
<li>more time with Mama Mildred and the SP gang</li>
<li>equity for everyone, regardless of their skin color, religion and geographic location</li>
<li>music to sing along with and dance to</li>
<li>delicious food and drink, shared with family and friends</li>
<li>travel</li>
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On today's menu, biscuits for breakfast. Or maybe French toast? Pancakes? (At least I already made the coffee.) For lunch, I will cook a roast beast (actually a beef tenderloin, I just like to call it that), gravy, garlic mashed potatoes, green beans/haricots verts, if you want to get fancy, yeast rolls and an apple-cranberry crumble-type dish using a recipe passed on to me by the BFF (Miss Helen's specialty). We will time this lunch so that it doesn't interfere with the Boston Celtics basketball game later this afternoon. Son #2 is a huge fan and has started writing for a Celtics blog.</div>
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Time to get on with the biscuits-- I hear the thundering paws of a white lab upstairs so the house is coming to life.</div>
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My final cookie creation from Christmas Eve--</div>
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<i>adapted from <a href="https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/" target="_blank">Sally McKenney's</a> Rainbow Kiss Cookies</i></div>
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1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa</div>
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1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened</div>
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2/3 cup granulated sugar</div>
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1 large egg yolk, at room temperature</div>
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2 Tbsp. whole milk</div>
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1 tsp. vanilla extract</div>
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24 peppermint kisses</div>
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<li>Whisk together flour, cocoa and salt in a medium-sized bowl.</li>
<li>Beat butter with an electric mixer until smooth, about 1 minute. Add sugar and beat on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes, scraping down the bowl a couple of times. Add egg yolk, milk and vanilla; beat on high speed until combined, about 1 minute. Scrape down sides and beat again as needed to fully combine. Gradually add flour mixture, beating on low speed just until combined. You may need to switch over to a wooden spoon to finish adding the flour- this dough is thick.</li>
<li>At this point, I wish that I had refrigerated the dough for 30 minutes so that it would have been easy to roll. You may do this, if you wish.</li>
<li>Shape dough into balls. Place them 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.</li>
<li>Bake cookies for 9-10 minutes, until set. When out of the oven, gently press an unwrapped peppermint kiss into the center of each cookie. Cool on baking sheet for 2-3 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely. Be careful handling the cookies until completely cool. The kiss gets melty from the warm cookie. (I messed one up and had to eat the evidence.)</li>
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**Sally's recipe calls for the balls of dough to be rolled in rainbow nonpareils or sprinkles before baking and then a chocolate kiss pressed into the center of each cookie when they come out of the oven. With all the different flavors of chocolate kisses out there, you could be quite creative.</div>
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<b><i>Bon appétit, Joyeux Noël and Merry Christmas, if you celebrate. If not, I wish you a plain old wonderful day. I hope that you are warm, safe and well-fed. And with at least one person you love.</i></b></div>
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<i>Non</i>, I am not posting about math problems. Heaven help anyone who asks me a math-related question. The kids in my after school study hall know that. I have a couple of 8th graders on call to help with anything more complicated that multiplication tables. And recently I proved that I am not even very good at that. I was at a workshop and we were asked to choose a number between 1 and 10, multiple it by 9 and then add the two numbers together. Oh, I can't remember all the steps but everyone should have come up with the same number. <i>Pas moi</i>. Nope. I was puzzled until I realized that I had goofed up the second step-- I need to study my 9's, I guess. I will get right on that. <i>Mon dieu</i>.<br />
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I am posting about my 2018 trips to... France. Of course. I count the days. And I even catch myself thinking "This time next month I will have already spent my week in Paris." I have no idea why I do that. It's exciting and depressing all at the same time. I go in January as a guest of <a href="https://www.acis.com/" target="_blank">ACIS</a>, the student travel company I use. They host global conferences for teachers who are taking students on trips. I have been lucky enough to go for the past five or six years. The conference lasts three days and I am extending my stay for three extra nights. I will meet with my fabulous Tour Manager, Bertrand, and check out some possible places to take the kiddos during our unscheduled time in March (that's the 76 part of the equation). I personalize the trip for my students so I am always on the lookout for new, interesting things to do with them. Bertrand's advice will be most helpful. ACIS has some great activities planned for us-- a guided tour of the Palais Garnier (the Phantom of the Opéra's home) and a walking tour of the Marais followed by a visit to the Picasso Museum. I always make new friends and see something new.<br />
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I wander around a lot. I get lost (I am better at getting lost than I am at multiplying by 9) and find myself in an undiscovered neighborhood or street. I plan to have a drink at the <a href="https://www.ritzparis.com/en-GB/fine-dining-paris/bar-hemingway" target="_blank">Hemingway Bar at the Ritz-Carlton</a> (if I don't chicken out- I figure there is always the chance that the bartender or doorman will look at me, realize that there is no way I belong there, and toss me out with a <i>Good riddance,</i> <i>Madame</i>). I hope to have foie gras at least once, if not twice. A slice of Galette des Rois from a good bakery. Maybe an MOF pâtissier. Last year, Christophe Michalak's creation.<br />
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A baguette from the shop that won the <a href="https://bonjourparis.com/food-restaurant-news/where-to-buy-the-best-baguette-in-paris-2017/" target="_blank">2017 Best Baguette</a> competition, the Brun Boulangerie in the 13th arrondissement. I don't know that neighborhood well. I look forward to getting lost. (last January-- lost looking for the Marquis de la Fayette's grave- a grand adventure)<br />
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But I hope to find the bakery first so that I will have something to snack on while finding my way out!<br />
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Perhaps I should let <a href="https://www.pierreherme.com/" target="_blank">Pierre</a> know I will be there.<br />
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He hasn't been able to clear his schedule in the past to meet up with me, but one can always hope, <i>n'est-ce pas</i>?<br />
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I will also be able to spend some time with my dear friend Mme M who lives not far from Paris. I think that she is going to take the train into the city. She will retire from teaching at the end of the school year and our 30-year student exchange/pen pal letter writing adventure will sadly come to an end. At least for our students. Not for us. She was/is my first real French friend and she has shown me so many wonderful places in her country and taught me so much. I hope that our adventures together never end. In 2008, we spent a weekend in Champagne, visiting champagne houses and sampling the vintages. Tough, I know. But seriously, someone has to do these things. Might as well be <i>moi</i>.<br />
At <a href="http://www.taittinger.com/" target="_blank">Taittinger</a> in Reims. <i>Santé</i>.<br />
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We got lost (big surprise, right?) and ended up driving through a beautiful vineyard. Having no sense of direction has its advantages.<br />
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Well, that's enough daydreaming for right now. I have Gingerbread Cookies to bake. Gwen Stefani's Christmas album, You Make It Feel Like Christmas, is playing. Her duet with main squeeze Blake Shelton is currently my favorite. Enjoy! Dance around if you feel like it. Guaranteed to make you happy.<br />
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<b>Gingerbread Cookies</b><br />
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<i>The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion, 2004</i><br />
<i>Yield: 3 dozen 3-inch cookies</i><br />
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3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) unsalted butter<br />
3/4 cup light or dark brown sugar<br />
3/4 cup molasses<br />
1 teaspoon salt<br />
2 teaspoons cinnamon<br />
2 teaspoons ground ginger<br />
1/4 teaspoon allspice or ground cloves<br />
1 large egg<br />
1 teaspoon baking powder<br />
1/2 teaspoon baking soda<br />
3-1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour<br />
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<li>In a saucepan set over low heat melt the butter, then stir in the sugar, molasses, salt, and spices. Transfer to a medium-sized mixing bowl and let cool to lukewarm, then beat in the egg with a whisk.</li>
<li>In a large bowl, whisk the baking powder and soda into the flour. Stir the dry ingredients into the molasses-butter mixture. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.</li>
<li>Preheat the oven to 375˚F.</li>
<li>Take the dough out of the refrigerator. Divide the dough in two and place it on a clean work surface lightly dusted with flour. Working one piece at a time, roll it out as thick or thin as you like. (King Arthur: We roll these cookies, which we prefer a bit less crisp and more chewy, to a 1/4-inch thickness.) Sprinkle enough flour to keep the dough from sticking to the work surface and rolling pin.</li>
<li>Cut out shapes with a cookie cutter, cutting them as close to one another as possible. Transfer cookies to cookie sheets lined with parchment paper. Re-roll dough as many times as necessary to use it all. </li>
<li>Bake the cookies just until they are slightly brown around the edges, 8-12 minutes, or until they feel firm. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for several minutes, then transfer them to a rack to cool completely.</li>
<li>Decorate with Royal icing, if you wish.</li>
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<b><i>Bon appétit and may you have adventures to look forward to in 2018. We all need something to dream about. Adventures are good for the soul! If you don't have a traveling companion, go solo. I highly recommend it.</i></b></div>
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<br />The Sabbatical Chefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672966159069489284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482248790473272321.post-50587388859791966252017-12-20T18:16:00.001-08:002017-12-20T18:16:37.769-08:00Pre-Christmas Confession<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So, confession is supposed to be good for the soul, right? What if I don't feel guilty? Do I still need to confess? Well, I will anyway.<br />
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Every morning on the way to my classroom, I pass a bin for used book donations. These books go to our annual school used book sale sponsored by the Parents Association. I love this book sale. I walk away with bags full of books. Books for me, books for Mama Mildred, books for friends, books for my classroom. And now there will be books for the Adorable Grandbaby. A couple of mornings ago, I glanced into the bin and spotted the book above. There was no way I was leaving that book for someone who would not appreciate it as much as I will. So, yes, I snatched it up. Actually, I very casually picked it up, started flipping through it and sauntered into my classroom still perusing cookie porn. I love <a href="https://www.kingarthurflour.com/?gclid=CjwKCAiA693RBRAwEiwALCc3u7tLQypQzFvK54g7AKqx52eLNLBGrFMY7gCfkbcjGOXgDHrJyHNYfRoCDmgQAvD_BwE" target="_blank">King Arthur Flour</a> and use no other when baking. 496 pages of recipes, photos, hints and advice when making cookies. Soften up the butter and preheat the oven!<br />
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And I promise to make a donation to the book sale in April. Baker's honor.<br />
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Here is the first recipe I am trying (stay tuned- I promise photos, the dough is in the refrigerator chilling as I type)--<br />
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<b>King Arthur's Special Roll-Out Sugar Cookies</b><br />
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<i>The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion, 2004</i><br />
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<i>Often sugar cookies are fat and soft, the cumulus clouds of cookiedom. But when you roll out the dough, rather than drop it from a spoon, you reach the other extreme: thin and snapping-crisp. Make them just a bit thicker, and you've got crunchy. These golden cookies, with their comforting vanilla flavor, pair nicely with ice cream or fresh fruit. The dough is also sturdy enough to be cut into fanciful shapes and decorated. </i>(Cookie porn, I warned you)<br />
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Yields: 42 cookies (depending on size, of course)<br />
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1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature<br />
1 cup sugar<br />
3/4 teaspoon salt<br />
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder<br />
2 teaspoons vanilla extract<br />
1/2 teaspoon almond extract, optional (I added another 1/2 tsp. vanilla)<br />
1 large egg, room temperature<br />
1/4 cup heavy cream or sour cream<br />
3 tablespoons cornstarch<br />
3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour<br />
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<li>In a medium-sized bowl, beat the butter, sugar, salt, baking powder, vanilla, and almond extract (if using) until light and fluffy. Add the egg and beat well. Add half the cream, all of the cornstarch, and half the flour; beat well. Add the remaining cream and flour, mixing just until all of the ingredients are well incorporated.</li>
<li>Divide the dough in half, flatten into rounds, and wrap well in plastic. Refrigerate for 1 hour or more, to facilitate rolling.</li>
<li>Preheat oven to 350˚F. Lightly grease (or line with parchment paper- my preferred method) two baking sheets.</li>
<li>Transfer the chilled dough to a lightly floured surface and place a piece of plastic wrap over it while you roll it out to keep it from sticking to the rolling pin. Roll the dough to 1/8-1/4-inch thick. Cut it into the shapes of your choice and transfer to the prepared baking sheets.</li>
<li>Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes, until they're set but not browned. Remove them from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to a rack to cool completely. </li>
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<i><b> Bon appétit and happy baking. Warm cookies make people feel loved. I am sure of that. And that's the best part of baking, in my humble opinion.</b></i></div>
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Meet The Banana. She is Pretend Daughter #1’s daughter. So, that must make her my Pretend Granddaughter #1, right? Maybe that is too much math for my brain on a Sunday morning. Pretend Daughter #1 and I go way back. She arrived in my beginning French class somewhere around 1991 or 1992 (more math). She was new to my school, driving all the way to Durham from Henderson. We bonded pretty quickly. In high school, she played softball on the Ex-Ex’s team and she stayed with us when her parents and brother went on vacations without her (he attended a different school so their vacation dates were different sometimes). She babysat for Son #1 and Son #2. She spent her high school and college summers babysitting for the BFF’s three sons so we spent a lot of time together at the pool and getting the gang together to play. She continued to study French at Vanderbilt University. She studied in France. She met her husband in Indiana although they are both from North Carolina and were most likely at some of the same events more than once. It was a beautiful wedding. She is a French teacher and dean of students in a great independent school. Mommy of two. I am a very proud Pretend Mother. It’s a rare and wonderful friendship we have.</div>
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Pretend Daughter knew I would be very distressed to learn that The Banana is allergic to eggs and has never had a homemade, warm, fresh-from-the-oven cookie. Heaven help us all. This little angel is how old?? (She was born on the birthday of my college BFF– what a wonderful coincidence!). Google to the rescue. I experimented with a couple of chocolate chip cookie recipes. One recipe led to another and a reviewer swearing that it was the best chocolate chip cookie she had ever made. I also experimented with a sugar cookie recipe, but it was god-awful. The dough wasn’t horrible, but the cookie was a major flop. I didn’t even taste more than a crumb when they came out of the oven. A waste of good butter and sugar not worth repeating. In the trash.</div>
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The first chocolate chip cookie passed the test. The Ex-Ex declared it okay. He has had numerous variations on chocolate chip cookies, too many to count. His mama makes good ones as well. Spoiled cookie consumer. I took a plate of these to school to test on 6th, 7th and 8th graders. They passed. They were good, but not quite what I was hoping for.</div>
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Recipe #2 produced a more cake-like cookie. I baked them on the night of a full moon, in case you care about stuff like that.</div>
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That, of course, has nothing to do with baking cookies. I just love full moons.</div>
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The Banana and Pretend Daughter #1 made cookies yesterday. And sent photos as evidence.</div>
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Getting ready…</div>
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And off we go…</div>
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Taste test… Did Pooh get to taste, Banana?</div>
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Ready for the oven…</div>
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Finished product…</div>
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Poor Brother Bear. No cookies for him yet.</div>
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<img alt="Noah looking on" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9716" data-attachment-id="9716" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone X","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1512810236","copyright":"","focal_length":"4","iso":"80","shutter_speed":"0.066666666666667","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Noah looking on" data-large-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/noah-looking-on.jpg?w=676?w=676" data-medium-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/noah-looking-on.jpg?w=676?w=225" data-orig-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/noah-looking-on.jpg?w=676" data-orig-size="1536,2048" data-permalink="https://thesabbaticalchef.com/2017/12/10/the-bananas-baking-adventure/noah-looking-on/" sizes="(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px" src="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/noah-looking-on.jpg?w=676" srcset="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/noah-looking-on.jpg?w=676 676w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/noah-looking-on.jpg?w=1352 1352w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/noah-looking-on.jpg?w=113 113w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/noah-looking-on.jpg?w=225 225w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/noah-looking-on.jpg?w=768 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></div>
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(He is the Most Adorable Granddaughter in the World’s future husband. Shhh. Don’t tell them. We will let them think that it was all their idea.)</div>
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I not only got photos of the big event, I also got a video thank you. Cuteness personified.</div>
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Pretend Daughter also found a gift for me on Amazon (where you can find absolutely anything). Once upon a time, a dear French friend of mine came to visit with her students. As a thank you gift, she brought me a bottle of a French perfume that had just made its debut. I wore this perfume for years. It is the smell that PD #1 associates with me. I gave it up about 10 years ago. I couldn’t find it any more, my life took a different turn, I found a new perfume. Now, thanks to a cookie-baking caper, Amazon and PD #1, it is back in my life and it smells exactly the same.</div>
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<img alt="eden" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9717" data-attachment-id="9717" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 6s Plus","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1512593915","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"125","shutter_speed":"0.25","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="eden" data-large-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/eden.jpg?w=676?w=676" data-medium-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/eden.jpg?w=676?w=225" data-orig-file="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/eden.jpg?w=676" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://thesabbaticalchef.com/2017/12/10/the-bananas-baking-adventure/eden/" sizes="(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px" src="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/eden.jpg?w=676" srcset="https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/eden.jpg?w=676 676w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/eden.jpg?w=1352 1352w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/eden.jpg?w=113 113w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/eden.jpg?w=225 225w, https://thesabbaticalchef.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/eden.jpg?w=768 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></div>
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The sense of smell is very powerful and should not be underestimated. A certain smell can instantly transport us back to another place and time. Whether its perfume or cookies baking in the oven on a chilly day. The stuff of memories.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookie #1</strong></div>
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24 cookies</div>
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<li class="ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">½ cup butter (1 stick)</li>
<li class="ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">¼ cup sugar</li>
<li class="ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">½ cup packed brown sugar</li>
<li class="ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1½ cups flour</li>
<li class="ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 teaspoon baking soda</li>
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<li class="ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 tablespoon water</li>
<li class="ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2 tablespoons vegetable oil</li>
<li class="ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 cup chocolate chips (or more)</li>
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<li class="instruction" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Preheat the oven to 350F.</li>
<li class="instruction" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Beat the butter with both sugar for 1 to 2 minutes, until creamy with hand or stand mixer.</li>
<li class="instruction" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Add in flour and baking soda. Mix.</li>
<li class="instruction" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Add water, oil, and vanilla and mix. (My dough was still a bit too dry so I added 1/4 cup of applesauce.)</li>
<li class="instruction" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fold in the chocolate chips with a spoon. (I chilled the dough for about an hour before baking.)</li>
<li class="instruction" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Drop by spoonful onto the baking sheet. I usually do about 1-2 tablespoons and put 12-16 on the cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes.</li>
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<strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookie #2</strong></div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">from <a href="http://www.spiceupthecurry.com/eggless-chocolate-chip-cookies/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">SpiceUpTheCurry</a></em></div>
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makes 12-16 cookies</div>
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<li class="wprm-recipe-ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 cup + 2</span> <span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">tablespoons</span> <span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-name" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">All purpose flour</span></li>
<li class="wprm-recipe-ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">½</span> <span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">teaspoon</span> b<span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-name" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">aking soda</span></li>
<li class="wprm-recipe-ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">a pinch</span> s<span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-name" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">alt</span> (<span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-notes" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">skip it if using salted butter)</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (my addition)</li>
<li class="wprm-recipe-ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 stick or ½</span> <span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">cup</span> u<span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-name" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">nsalted butter, </span><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-notes" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">softened to room temperature</span></li>
<li class="wprm-recipe-ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">¼</span> <span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">cup</span> w<span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-name" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">hite granulated sugar</span></li>
<li class="wprm-recipe-ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">¼</span> <span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">cup</span> l<span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-name" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ight brown sugar</span></li>
<li class="wprm-recipe-ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">½</span> <span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">teaspoon</span> p<span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-name" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ure vanilla extract</span></li>
<li class="wprm-recipe-ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2</span> <span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">tablespoons</span> m<span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-name" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ilk (or half and half)</span></li>
<li class="wprm-recipe-ingredient" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">½</span> <span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">cup</span> c<span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-name" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">hocolate chips</span><div class="wprm-recipe-instruction-text" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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Preheat the oven to 350˚ F or 180˚ C for at least 10 minutes.</div>
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Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.</div>
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Whisk dry ingredients (all purpose flour, salt, cinnamon, if using, and baking soda) in a bowl. Set aside.</div>
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Beat softened butter in another bowl with wire whisk or by electric mixer until it becomes creamy and smooth.</div>
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Add both sugars (granulated and brown sugar) to butter. Beat until it becomes fluffy (about 2 minutes).</div>
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Add vanilla extract and milk until incorporated.</div>
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Add dry ingredients. Beat just until well mixed.</div>
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Stir in chocolate chips with a spatula or wooden spoon.</div>
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If dough looks soft and sticky, chill it for about 30 minutes (or longer).</div>
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Make 1-inch balls from chilled cookie dough. Place on cookie sheet, a few inches apart from each other. Flatten the balls slightly with your fingers.</div>
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Bake for 10-12 minutes in preheated oven or until the edges are golden brown.</div>
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Cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes.</div>
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Remove it to cooling rack to cool completely.</div>
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