Comments on: Aix-en-Provence Black Olive Tart

By: Copywriters’ Kitchen Weekly Menu December 20, 2009 - Copywriters' Kitchen

Copywriters’ Kitchen Weekly Menu December 20, 2009 - Copywriters' Kitchen — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:39:07 +0000

[...] Christie’s Corner’s Aix-en-Provence Black Olive Tart, mesclun salad with Mustard and Herb [...]

By: Doreen Pendgracs

Doreen Pendgracs — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:25:10 +0000

I actually ate this dish in Aix in Oct and it was delicious! Thanks for bringing back the memories — and giving me the recipe.

By: Lorraine

Lorraine — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:23:04 +0000

I can barely type because I’m hyperventilating over this recipe: Black olives, creme fraiche, rich pastry. It leaves nothing to be desired.

By the way, as someone who bought her college-age son a Staub Dutch oven–but herself “makes do” with circa 1970 Revereware, I applaud your Dutch oven purchase.

I think it’s a sign of healthy self-esteem. And I’m sure you’ll use it with pleasure every single day.

By: Barb

Barb — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:27:09 +0000

MMMm.mm. This sounds tasty…I so would have tried to find the tart pan, too–in fact, I have my eye on one at Sur la Table…that I just WANT. And it’s not even that expensive…

And if you are a sap, that is a good thing in this instance. (My own mom did things like parboil pork chops and THEN bake them for an hour. You know. To kill trichinosis…Although in spite of that, I do have memories of lots of experimental dining in my house…)

By: Charmian Christie

Charmian Christie — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:32:04 +0000

I loved the concept, too. And Cherly (the other Cheryl) will likely embarrass her sons in ways she has yet to imagine.

By: Charmian Christie

Charmian Christie — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:31:00 +0000

I think there is a piece saved for you.

Unless Andrew ate it.

By: Charmian Christie

Charmian Christie — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:30:32 +0000

They do not bicker. However, the daughter does worry that she might not be able to write a cookbook with her mother. It’s more recipes and tips than anecdotes.

My mother never made fun of my adolescent crushes but DID constantly embarrass me from the ages of 12 to 18 merely for existing. Does that help?

By: Cheryl@5secondrule

Cheryl@5secondrule — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:25:55 +0000

Cheryl A., you got that right! Trust me, if I had daughters, I’d never jinx myself with comments like that.

By: Cheryl Arkison

Cheryl Arkison — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:42:25 +0000

Cheryl is only allowed to say that stuff because she doesn’t have daughters to repeat her own terrors!

What a lovely concept for a book.

By: Robin Smart

Robin Smart — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:37:58 +0000

Book sounds fun and clever. I wish I had known how you were taking the shot of your tart. I could have sampled one end and it never would have shown up in the shot, and I would LOVE THIS RECIPIE!!!!
Love,
Robin