I only use fresh, home-made ingredients…..
Except when I don’t.
The quality and availability of fresh, filled pasta of all shapes in our area is amazing.
While I am still happy to occasionally make ravioli, I never mastered the art of making tortellini or tortelloni … Continue reading.....
Having a vegetable garden (potager) is one of the most rewarding endeavors one can undertake.
It’s a lot of work for six or seven months, depending on your growing season, but being able to grow and eat your own vegetables all summer, fresh from the … Continue reading.....
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.....
We went from summer to fall in a day.
The weather is cool, the morning are wet and foggy and mon mari is contemplating lighting a fire in the evening.
So that means I have only a short time to make all the summer foods … Continue reading.....
This is such a simple recipe it really should not require any explanation….
But when I looked at the photo I decided perhaps I should say a few words.
First – the goat cheese I use is the kind that comes in a little square … Continue reading.....
This is another dish that we have been making since the beginning of time. I say ‘we’ because there are discussions as to which one of us makes the better version.
It’s mon mari’s favorite pasta dish.
Before he became a T1 diabetic and … Continue reading.....
I have always had mint in my herb garden.
Well, after having mint in my actual herb garden I now grow it along the fence where it can be controlled by the lawn mower. It does have a tendency to spread rapidly and take over … Continue reading.....
As a change of pace I decided to make something with asparagus and green garlic…. It being spring and all.
If you don’t have access to green garlic, you can substitute 1 clove of garlic, minced or 2 tbs garlic chives and 2 green onions, … Continue reading.....
