Art of the Home


First White Peaches of the Season for Easy Peach Melba

First White Peaches of the Season Peaches feel like summer so imagine our joy when we found some fragrant white peaches at a local store a few days ago. And although they smelled like they were just picked from a peach tree, we did not find them at the farmers market but at a warehouse […]

Easy Creme Caramel Recipe

Easy Creme Caramel Recipe (Crème Caramel Renversée) How about a crème caramel (crème caramel renversée) for dessert tonight? We have an easy creme caramel recipe for you! Closely related to the elegant crème brûlée, this down to earth creamy French dessert can be prepared with staples you already have in the kitchen. And, our easy creme caramel recipe […]

Cinco de Mayo Easy Guacamole

Today, we are bringing some south of the border sunshine in the kitchen with an easy Cinco de Mayo guacamole. Homemade guacamole is easy to make and perfect to accompany nachos, homemade tortilla strips, or grilled steak kebabs. Sure you can serve this for Cinco de Mayo next week but it’s a nice appetizer for […]

Old fashion and Easy French Strawberry Dessert

Strawberries are starting to look good and are becoming affordable. Check a favorite old fashion and oh so easy French strawberry dessert: Fraises au Vin (Macerated Strawberries in Wine).  All you will need are: – Strawberries – A red table wine – Some sugar, and … – Good company – always a plus with any […]

Classic French Veal Stew (Ragoût de Veau)

How about a veal stew for Sunday lunch this weekend? A veal stew is a delicious Spring stew (not too heavy) that can be prepared in about 15 minutes and only needs to simmer for 1.5 hours. And consider this – you can make it the day before (even better this way) and you will […]

Turnip & Potato Soup (Potage de Navets-Pommes de Terre)

Our soupe du jour is a winter root soup — we are serving a turnip and potato soup (potage de navets-pommes de terre). This root soup has a feel of winter and with its white coat is very appetizing. It is simple enough to serve during the week but has its place in a weekend meal […]

French Menu du Jour: Comfort Food for the Weekend

This week-end, let’s plan for a heart warming menu – we need it!  So today’s Menu du Jour brings us much comfort — perfect when it is so cold but also still reasonably healthy. Menu du Jour #1: an old fashion watercress soup #2: a creamy sauteed chicken entree #3: a rustic and nutritious dessert Check below […]

Our Recipe Journal: Yogurt Cake (Gâteau au Yaourt)

  Today we are sharing a French dessert recipe from one of the Art of the Home recipe journals: Gâteau au Yaourt (Yogurt Cake). Our cahiers de cuisine (recipe journals) are a compilation of family handwritten recipes. These recipes span 4 generations of French women — some recipes date back to the early 1900’s! We are […]

Staying In? A Parisian Bistro Valentine’s Day Menu for 2

If you decided to stay in for Valentine’s day, we have a Parisian bistro style menu for you that is delicious but that is easy enough that you can fully enjoy each other’s company – that’s the point isn’t it? The first step will be to put on some good music and who else to […]

Easy French Dessert: Banana Pound Cake

The quatre-quart is a classic French easy to make cake. The idea and is that you use the same weight for the four (quatre) basic ingredients (eggs, flour, sugar, butter). The recipe below is a variation on the traditional quatre-quart (pound cake) that we use often when we have bananas that are too ripe to eat […]