Roasted rhubarb – a simple, elegant dessert for the long hot days of summer!

Marinaded in apricot jam and spices and cooked in cola, these ribs are easy and tasty!

A delightfully refreshing vegetable soup for the warm weather.

A mix of vegetables cooked in chicken broth.

Bismati rice spiced with cardamom.

A classic French quiche from Dorie Greenspan’s Around my French Table.

An easy and elegant snack to accompany your apéritif: mustard bâtons.

Eclairs filled with luscious vanilla pastry cream and coated with rich chocolate ganache. Easier than you would think!

A pastry is filled with a crème pâtissière, or pastry cream, and finished off with a powdered sugar glaze which is poured over the top.

This Dorie Greenspan take on broccoli will make even the most die-hard broccoli haters swoon!

Scallops with caramel-orange sauce: easy enough to make on a weeknight, elegant enough to serve to guests.

Seared Scallops with Caramel-Blood Orange Sauce, garnished with fried shallots, for French Fridays with Dorie

If you need some fun in your life, this week’s FFwD recipe, a salty, buttery cookie, promises just that.

Beggar’s Linguine, with nuts and dried fruit, and the Inspirational French Chocolate Confection

This savory cheese and chive bread is studded with cubes of home cured Canadian bacon. So easy, so pretty.

Smoked Cheddar, Chive and Walnut Bread, for French Fridays with Dorie, plus another worthy savory quick bread

These beef short ribs from Around my French Table are tender and tasty. Best ribs ever.

This Dorie Greenspan mousse cake is twice baked for extra texture and flavour. Check out those layers!

For French Fridays with Dorie – Michel Rostang’s Double Chocolate Mousse Cake. Sublime!

End the year on a sweet note with speculoos from Dorie Greenspan.

Dorie Greenspan’s “go to” beef daube is a new winter staple in our house.

A simple cake, using farina with a glazed caramel top