by Julie du Pont | Oct 3, 2013 | Gluten Free, Salad
Nights out with the hubby feel like mini vacations these days even though they only last a few hours. On one such mini-vacay this past weekend, I tasted a delicious tuscan kale salad at a cute little French restaurant near our home called Boulevard 18. It inspired...
by Julie du Pont | Sep 28, 2013 | Gluten Free, Main
I have been experiencing a lack of creativity as of late — likely due to too little sleep and too much work and life commitments. Consequently, I didn’t even play with this recipe from the October Food & Wine for Coq au Vin. Granted, I did change the...
by Julie du Pont | Sep 15, 2013 | Gluten Free, Starter
The Farmer’s Market in New Canaan is fortunately still overflowing with fresh zucchini, some monster sized, and they are delicious in this Chilled Zucchini Soup with Shrimp. Farm fresh zucchini are excellent grilled or roasted, but I was looking for something...
by Julie du Pont | Aug 27, 2013 | Gluten Free, Side
It’s August – late August. I found myself at the farmer’s market this past Saturday morning — buying more ears of corn than my family could possibly eat because, well… the days are numbered. Presented with too much corn to serve my small...
by Julie du Pont | Aug 18, 2013 | Gluten Free, Starter
This July we had the pleasure of dining at Blackfish in Truro, Cape Cod. As we sat waiting for a table to open up at this hidden, farm to table gem of a restaurant, we ate steamed littleneck clams in a bacon infused cream broth. They were the divine nectar of the...
by Julie du Pont | Aug 4, 2013 | Gluten Free, Main
Everything really is better with bacon, particularly center cut bacon. This romaine and bibb lettuce salad with blue cheese and bacon proves the point. We served this salad along with some extra large T-bones and a tomato and mozzarella salad last night. No one...
