France may be the home to over 500 cheeses but I don’t often see any that are smoked.
Maybe it’s because the preference seems to be for soft cheeses….
The other day, at my favorite Grand Frais, I found a Corsican smoked sheep’s milk cheese.… Continue reading.....
You may have heard of the classic French dish Steak au Poivre.
This isn’t it….
You may also have read my opinions on French steaks which is why I chose to do this with pork tenderloin.
French pork is excellent, succulent , and tender.
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A few months (or more) ago, mon beau-frère, who lives in Hawaii, sent me a simple recipe for Pasta with Sage and Carrots.
He knows how much mon mari (his brother) loves sage. Must be a family thing,,,,
Anyway….. I read it, liked it, … Continue reading.....
There was a time in the not-too-distant past when I bought cook books whenever we traveled.
Wait….
I still do that.
Except now I do it surreptitiously as someone, who shall remain nameless, thinks that I have more than enough cook books already.
When we … Continue reading.....
The Bread Baking Babes baked a Catalan bread this month….
Actually, it’s really more like a Catalan pizza.
After having lived in Andorra for 7 years, and spending lots of time in Catalonia, I was rather puzzled that I had never heard of ‘coques’.
Then … Continue reading.....
The other day I thawed chicken breasts to cook on the grill for dinner.
Then it turned cold and windy and rainy….
I decided an oven dish was more in tune with the weather.
I googled chicken and potatoes to see if I could come … Continue reading.....
Spring and fall are seasons of firsts and lasts in our kitchen.
This is the last risotto of the season, made with the last of the green asparagus and the first of the fresh herbs.
Because the weather has been typical of May (cold rain … Continue reading.....
