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Go directly to recipe Everyday I go down to the garden and pick all of the long, green things…and everyday there are still more to pick! I've fixed them in every way known to man (and woman), cold, hot, raw, cooked, shredded, cubed, sliced, sauced, stuffed and spiced. I've put them in everything I could … Continue reading…
Two things happened recently to make me think about those foods "foodies" (myself included…usually) would not classify as actual food. The first was at my book-club meeting last week with a group of Brit's. The subject was 'Food we can't get in France' (favorite topic). Among the yearnings for Lemon Curd and Marmite was Baked … Continue reading…
It's August. The French are on holiday. Well, not everyone. Some people are relegated to taking their holiday in July so they can fill in for the ones gone in August. But things are different. The postman stopped at the far gate last week when delivering my package from Amazon (bless him and bless them!). … Continue reading…
One of the hardships those of us who live 'abroad' are assumed to endure is the lack of certain foods. What those foods are and their relative importance depends on the person. The most common 'missing' food is sour cream. It's true that we cannot get sour cream in this primitive backwater but we can … Continue reading…
The saying goes "You are what you eat." By default that must mean "You are what you buy." Since supermarkets have a tendency to stock what actually sells we can tell a lot about a culture by what's on the shelves. When I am in the U.S. and want to buy olive oil, I have … Continue reading…
After many months of going to the fishmonger in Andorra, I realized that I needed to learn fish. My problems: I didn't know what the fish were (all the names were in Catalan) and, even if I did know their names I still didn't know what to do with them. So, every week I would … Continue reading…
I grew up in the Midwestern U.S…..and I have never figured out why the world refers to those 5 states (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and both Dakotas) as the 'Midwest' when they are so obviously 'Midnorth'…there is nothing western about them! I digress. The only water critters we had access to for dinner were what we … Continue reading…