Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Eating in Europe. The foods can be different, the manners can be different, and the results can be hilarious…. after the fact.
Everyone should have a good recipe for wild boar…. Shouldn’t they? It’s hunting season in the mountains (and everywhere else). Our friend doesn’t hunt but the locals in the village regularly bring him a leg of boar or haunch of venison. I bring him the celeriac whenever we visit…. For some reason, he can’t get … Continue reading…
Gnocchi, boiled first, then fried, get a wonderful, crunchy exterior and a light-as-a-feather interior. Here they are finished with a savory mushroom sauce. I used a small number and served it for a first course, but you could easily double everything and have it as a side dish. Or triple (maybe not quite) and have … Continue reading…
I first discovered Savoy cabbage about 3 years ago and it’s been one of my favorite winter vegetables ever since. It cooks faster and is much more tender than the more common (in the US, anyway) white cabbage (think cole slaw). It adds just the right crunch to stir-fries, it’s great added to soups and … Continue reading…
When one has almost 5 lbs of asparagus one can afford to be creative. After steaming and frying and roasting and grilling, serving it with butter or olive oil or lemon or Balsamic vinegar I decided to add meat. Normally I put a variety of vegetables into a stir-fry, but with all the lovely asparagus, … Continue reading…
Rumor has it that there’s a Big Game this weekend. To be honest, I had to Google ‘Super Bowl’ to be sure. It doesn’t have much of a following here. It is broadcast here, live on some channels, but it starts after midnight, on a Sunday night. You can see why parties aren’t really big. … Continue reading…
Is there foreign travel in your future? Or maybe dinner at that new French restaurant you've been wanting to try? Have you ever read an entire menu, then realized that, while you knew there was beef and chicken, you hadn't a clue as to how they were fixed? Never fear – your cheat-sheet is here! … Continue reading…
One big food holiday is over; an entire four weeks of nibbling, noshing, snacking and supping is on the horizon. If you came here looking for my usual, somewhat healthy, somewhat lo-cal recipe to help survive the holidays…. Not today, sorry. If you cam here looking for something pretty or fancy or flashy for entertaining … Continue reading…