to catch all those crazy good drippings

If you decide to check out 3 books about French Cooking the next time you go to the library,

And if you decide to put them by your bed to look at before you go to sleep,

and if you find yourself waking up at 2am looking for the endive, pear, and rouquefort salad with toasted walnuts and a dijon vinaigrette,

or the lemon chicken served over croutons to catch all those crazy good drippings -  don't say I didn't warn you not to do it.

Looking at cookbooks before bed is a v.v.v.v.v. BAD idea.  

But while I was doing it I did find a recipe for these rosemary cashews.   They are served warm and will lend a certain je ne sais quoi to the traditional chex mix appetizer spread on Thanksgiving day at chez Mulvenon.  

Recipe is here if you want to pretend that you are a knowledgable french host too. 

Comments

[barbara]

Reading recipes online at 5 a.m. sure is an eye opener. I was drooling over pears and endive, then hubby walked in just as I scrolled to the cashews. Thanks for the recipe..he says he is making those tonight. We have everything but the kosher salt, which I have time to go in search of today. Mmmm, now I am hungry.

[Annie]

I would add "Lunch in Paris: A Love Story" to your pile. And then you could also (re)read "A Moveable Feast". It's obviously not a cookbook, but his food descriptions always make me simultaneously hungry and wishing I was in a Parisian cafe eating oysters.