New Year resolution: You only need one—learn why
Ending one year and starting a new one is an important passage we all go through as the days of the calendar end and we align to start...
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Adeline Olmer
- Dec 23, 2021
- 2 min
The trick to scrambled eggs a la Française
My father made Christmas breakfast every year and it was a treat. Scrambled eggs were his specialty. They weren’t ordinary scrambled...
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Adeline Olmer
- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
A wedding, a party, and lots of laughs
Last Friday we attended our daughter Olivia’s wedding to Greg—again. Thanks to COVID this was actually a redo. They were married last...
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Adeline Olmer
- Dec 9, 2021
- 4 min
Do you need help in the kitchen?— Here are 7 tips.
As you read this post, I am attending our daughter Olivia and Greg’s wedding part two. Last year they had a small family wedding at our...
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Adeline Olmer
- Dec 2, 2021
- 3 min
2 pie recipes without making pie crust
The other day, I was asked by a woman if I had a recipe for a really easy pie. She had one requirement: could she buy a pie crust instead...
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Adeline Olmer
- Nov 26, 2021
- 4 min
4 Recipes that use up all your leftovers
I hope everyone had a great and relaxing Thanksgiving; maybe relaxing is pushing it but how about stress-free. Thanksgiving leftovers are...
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Adeline Olmer
- Nov 18, 2021
- 3 min
Here are 6 tips to make your Thanksgiving stress-free
My first suggestion, is do what you need to do to make it easy for yourself. There is no reason to stress out when the holiday is about...
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Adeline Olmer
- Nov 11, 2021
- 3 min
Our memories are powerful tools
In Of Human Bondage, William Somerset Maugham describes the uniqueness of each life creating a pattern similar to the texture and...
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Adeline Olmer
- Nov 3, 2021
- 2 min
Why are aprons essential to cooking?
Food splashes, grease splatters, and stains happen. Aprons are important! Unfortunately, I don’t like wearing them. Instead, I wear spots...
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Adeline Olmer
- Oct 27, 2021
- 4 min
Mom's favorite apple tart—easy and good
My mother grew up in Normandy, France. She was full of memories of life near Étretat. But her stories would really come to life when she...
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Adeline Olmer
- Oct 20, 2021
- 2 min
Discovering that my book can really teach you how to cook—
The job of editing is hard. It isn’t a task I’m good at. So, I had Betsy, my editor, scour through the book many times to find all the...
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Adeline Olmer
- Oct 13, 2021
- 3 min
Fall’s colors bring good flavors
Fall’s arrival is announced by the display that happens when leaves change from green to the brilliant hues they turn before floating to...
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Adeline Olmer
- Oct 6, 2021
- 2 min
How walking makes me a better cook
A while back I changed my walks into meditative walks. I don’t remember if I read about it or if I just discovered how powerful it is....
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Adeline Olmer
- Sep 29, 2021
- 2 min
What’s your favorite food?
I was in New York City a couple of weeks ago getting my hair styled. The subject of my book came up; of course it did. The woman sitting...
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Adeline Olmer
- Sep 22, 2021
- 3 min
I celebrated my birthday—best-laid plans...
Yesterday, I celebrated my birthday. The plan was to meet my husband, Mark, and do something fun before we met the kids at a French...
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Adeline Olmer
- Sep 15, 2021
- 2 min
Easy sauces—here's a trick
One of the questions I get asked most is: why are sauces so hard and are they really important? The answer is yes, they are important. It...
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Adeline Olmer
- Sep 8, 2021
- 2 min
What an amazing week!
I am on a high from all the replies I’ve gotten from all of you responding to my book and blog. I write because I want to express my...
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Adeline Olmer
- Sep 1, 2021
- 4 min
Book launch — I’m so excited!
My book has been published and THIS WEEK IS LAUNCH WEEK!! As you know, I’ve been working on this book for a long time and now it is...
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Adeline Olmer
- Aug 24, 2021
- 4 min
A TART AND A TORTE—EITHER WAY IT’S ITALIAN PLUMS
Years ago, I read a story about a plum torte recipe created by Marian Burros that was published in the New York Times every September...
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Adeline Olmer
- Aug 16, 2021
- 5 min
Recipes are not perfect—here is how to fix them
Nach Waxman (pronounce “Knock”), founder of the revered bookstore Kitchen Arts & Letters in NYC, sadly passed away in the beginning of...
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