Comments on: Poulet Sauté Aux Herbes de Provence

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:45:31 +0000

Hey, I don’t know you – but I stumbled on your blog after googling “poulet saute aux herbes de provence”. Yours looks great. I followed the same exact recipe but my hollandaise sauce failed. It would NOT thicken. It looked soupy. Do you think maybe the pan juices were too hot? What did you do to make it thicken? I ended up adding some cornstarch, but alas it made it taste like…cornstarch… It was still good, but yours looks much better!

By: Candace

Candace — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:46:44 +0000

Jen, I’m a big fan of Paula Wolfert and she has a beautiful book, The Cooking of SouthWest France. Her recipes are always spot on.

Your chicken looks fabulous, by the way!

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:45:38 +0000

Kelly — I used to think I didn’t like it, and then I figured out I just don’t like chicken breasts — too dry and bland… thighs/legs, however, I really enjoy, and there’s rarely a problem with dryness or blandness. My boyfriend likes breasts (that’s sounds bad, doesn’t it :) ), so getting a whole chicken tends to work out for us… On a different note, do you have any favorite cookbooks for relaxing?

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:34:03 +0000

That looks fantastic. I definitely don’t make chicken enough. I too read cookbooks to relax. One of my favorite things to do is to go down to the library and lazily pull cookbooks off the shelf to read. I love it because it gives me a chance to cook from books that I probably would never buy, but that still interest me.

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:57:08 +0000

Mama JJ — the tarts sound fantastic. Have you ever tried combining peaches and blackberries? I love that combination

denise — I just ordered a dvd collection of Julia Child’s show on PBS. I can’t wait! On a different note, the chicken is part of Epicurious’s ‘Julia Child’s Birthday’ menu, and suggests ratatouille as a side dish… I have yet to find the perfect recipe, but epicurious’ was pretty good (if a little mushy for my taste).

By: denise

denise — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:36:24 +0000

This plate of food looks fantastic! I just happen to have some zucchini and chard too… Maybe I’ll make the chicken tomorrow. I can always come up with a temporary gratin recipe until you post yours.

Enjoy those books. My mom used to watch Julia Child when I was a little girl–memories…

PS “comments” are active again on my blog (no pressure, of course, just an FYI)