I was recently asked to review a Steak and Roasted Sweet Potato Dinner by Sun Basket.
I explained that I had not actually eaten said dinner so I couldn’t, honestly, review it.
They didn’t offer to send me one and didn’t seem to care … Continue reading.....
I may have mentioned in the past my propensity for buying new kitchen gadgets, using them once (or twice) and then forever losing them in the hidden corners of the pantry.
It doesn’t always happen that way…. Just often enough that my desire for something … Continue reading.....
One of the things I have missed since living on this side of the pond is easy access to good Mexican food.
Actually, I’d be happy with difficult access to mediocre Mexican food….
The best I can do is the Old El Paso section of … Continue reading.....
I rarely do this – but this is a total guest post.
Since today is Tea Day, and this was sent to me in time to post and I am currently wandering the streets of Paris and not paying the least attention to my own … Continue reading.....
It’s summertime and many a cooks’ thoughts turn to salmonella.
And most thoughts about salmonella center around eggs.
I was once told that more people die in Spain in the summertime from salmonella than from car accidents.
If you have ever driven in Spain you … Continue reading.....
Long, long ago, in a place far, far away, I saw a recipe for Salmon Chaud Froid.
It was most likely in Bon Appétit magazine, as that was the first cooking magazine I subscribed to.
It was a whole salmon, covered in a glossy mayonnaise … Continue reading.....
I like to have salads on hand in the fridge in summer.
I don’t often remember to put them on the table for dinner, but we we tend to graze a bit more in the summer and they’re great to snack on during the day.… Continue reading.....
I’m trying something new….
And I need your opinions.
I’m using a new service from Edamam that adds nutritional information to my recipes. (update: service cancelled, recipe in my own format…. never mind….)
In theory this is all good, right?
But I kind of feel … Continue reading.....
Summer is officially here.
The temperature climbed above 30C (86F) today, for the first time this year.
That’s 3 beautiful days in one week.
Grilling time is officially here.
We’ve just been toying with it up until now….
Summer is also about easy…. This is.… Continue reading.....
I hate it when I lose my posts!
I had it all done, I hit ‘save’ and it disappeared.
It was time to make dinner so here I am, doing a repeat with my morning coffee.
Oh well…. Probably wasn’t interesting anyway. (I believe that’s … Continue reading.....
