La Petite Gourmess

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Hi, Cupids!
Craving something chocolate?
Here's a luscious recap of some favorite chocolate treats, just in time for Valentine's Day!

Mousse aux Deux Chocolats (Two-Chocolate Mousse) and Soufflé au Chocolat (Chocolate Soufflé)

Chocolate Pudding Cake

Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip and Pecan Cookies

Whip up something lovely for your sweetie today!

xoxo

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Beignets aux Pommes

Homemade Ravioli with Roasted Tomato Sauce

Ricotta-Stuffed Squash Blossoms

Soba Soup w/ Maitake Mushrooms in Soy Broth

Oeufs Moulés au Madère

A Tribute to Julia Child's Ratatouille

Hunter's Pie

Grilled Portobello Burgers

Soufflé Glacé aux Fruits

Parker House Rolls

Lazy Daisy Cake

Bread!

Pommes Purées

Drunken Pasta

Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip and Pecan Cookies

Carrot Pancakes w/ Salted Yogurt

Summer Corn Salad with Smoked Ricotta Dressing

Pasta al Brunelleschi

Shortbread Sweeties

Carrè de Porc Rôti Choisy

Apple-Pear-Cranberry Pie w/ Pecan Crumble

Oven-Roasted Cod w/ Tomatoes, Olives, Capers, Garlic and Lemon

Bouquetière Garniture

Slow Cooked Pork Tenderloin w/ Ginger, Nutmeg, Clove and Red Wine Confit Gravy

Eggs Benedict

Crispy Tofu Burgers w/ Sweet Sriracha Mayo

Peanut Butter Pie

Meatless Lasagna

Grape Focaccia

Cabbage Wraps w/ Ground Turkey and Mango Salsa

Ouefs Cocottes à la Crème

Grilled Chicken and Roasted Red Pepper Panini

Favorite Posts

A Match Made in Heaven: Brussels Sprouts, Beets and Feta
Talula's Table
Pasta al Brunelleschi (Beef with Red Wine Sauce)
Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip & Pecan Cookies
Apple-Pear-Cranberry Pie with Pecan Crumble
Hunter's Pie
Grilled Chicken, Roasted Pepper, Basil and Mozzarella Panini
Hooray for Bread!
Homemade Ravioli with Roasted Tomato Sauce
Soba Soup! (with Maitake Mushrooms in Soy Broth)

Food Adventures

Paris
Morocco
Maine
New Orleans
Vermont
Summer Road Trip
Bahamas

Grenada: West Indies
The Midwest
The Midwest II

Gourmess Archives

My Motto

"You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients."

― Julia Child

About Me

Gourmess: I'm a petite but powerful marketing maven who should have gone to culinary school. Or moved to France. When I'm not at my day job in NYC, I spend most of my time in the kitchen coming up with creative cookery ideas. There is usually a mess involved. (Hence the GourMESS title.)

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Cookery Experience

In 2010 I cooked my way through the French Culinary Institute's official textbook, The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Cuisine, and prepared (and blogged about) every demonstration in the course. See a slideshow of my self-education in cookery here.

In 2012, I appeared on ABC's The Chew in the "Julia Child's 100th Birthday Party" episode.

Cookery Index

Apples Applesauce aspic Au bleu bacon and potatoes bacon and shallot pizza basil beef Beef with Red Wine Sauce blueberries blueberry bok choy bread brioche broccoli brown rice buttercup squash cabbage cabbage wraps candied ginger capers Carrot cake carrot souffle carrots celery root chayote chestnut chicken chicken and biscuits Chicken Tikka Masala chocolate bark chocolate chip cookies chopped tomatoes Christmas Eve dinner Cinnamon cocktails Cod Conch salad consomme cook-off coq au vin coriander Cornish hens couscous cream cheese crepes cucumber culinary school duck eggplant eggs fall Farfalle filet mignon fish fish tacos French Culinary Institute fresh frozen souffle fruit crisp garlic ginger Goat cheese gourmet Gratin green pepper ground turkey ham heirloom tomato hummus Hurricane Pie ice cream Jerusalem Artichokes lamb shank lamb shoulder leeks lemon lobster Mahi Mahi Mango rice mango salsa mint muffins mussels no-knead bread nutmeg olives onions Pad Thai Panini pasta pastry pâté peanut butter cookies Peanut Butter Pie Penne Picnic Pie pizza pork tenderloin pot au feu potatoes puff pastry quiche radishes ratatouille red pepper red wine Rhubarb roast chicken Roast duck roast pork loin roasted vegetables rosemary rosemary bread Sandwiches scallops seafood sesame oil Shepherds Salad shortcake shrimp Shrimp pasta shrimp recipes slow cooker recipes smoked mozzarella sorbet souffle soup strawberries Stromboli stuffed peppers stuffed shells summer sun tea vodka Sunchokes Sunflowers Superbowl sweetbreads swiss chard tarts Thanksgiving Lasagna Thanksgiving recipes tomatoes Tomolives Valentine's Day vermont watermelon watermelon radish West Indies wheat berry salad whole wheat yellow cauliflower zucchini

On Making a Mess of Things

“I would far prefer to have things happen as they naturally do, such as the mousse refusing to leave the mold, the potatoes sticking to the skillet, the apple charlotte slowly collapsing. One of the secrets of cooking is to learn to correct something if you can, and bear with it if you cannot.” ― Julia Child

The Gourmess MESS Meter

Minimal MESS/ingredients/clean-up (Category 1-3)
Moderate MESS/ingredients/clean-up (Category 4-6)
Major MESS/ingredients/clean-up (Category 7-9)
Mega MESS/ingredients/clean-up (Category 10 and up)

Find more info on the MESS levels here.

My FCI Slideshow: Bon Appétit!

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