Mozzarella pearls. They were new to me. I regularly see the normal-size ball of mozzarella di bufala, as well as the smaller balls and larger family-size mozzarella, both usually made with cow’s milk. But the pearls were new – and they were made with buffalo milk, not cow’s milk. Obviously, I had to buy them. I was going through the last of my summer food photos and realized I had … Continue reading →
I know it’s August, but I still have a few salad recipes to post. It’s still summer and lots of people actually buy lettuce so they can enjoy it for more then the short growing season. For more ambitious gardeners, one can plant lettuce now to harvest in the cooler days of September. The salad lovers of the world can never have too many recipes / ideas. This Sausage, Potato … Continue reading →
Last year we had so much lettuce I nearly filled our compost container to over-flowing. We ate it twice a day for weeks and it never looked like we picked any. I gave it to neighbors and friends by the sackful. This year, after stringing CD’s everywhere, we manged to have 4 main course dinner salads, and we each had one, big lunch salad. Then, even though it never grew … Continue reading →
I have a French potager. Well, of course I do. I also have French doors and windows and everything else…. I live in France. But my potager has taken it a step further…. It has French language cd’s floating above it. In my efforts to convince the birds to leave my lettuce and chard alone I strung cd’s everywhere I could attach a string. Rather than use music cd’s I … Continue reading →
There is still no bread flour or whole wheat flour available – at least not that I have found. Happily, for mon mari, lock-down has been lifted and he feels comfortable going to his favorite bakery for bread. Even better, one of the local asparagus growers has been parking his truck by the bakery and selling green and white asparagus. Spring is when the local farmers all bring their crops … Continue reading →
I no longer attempt to grow spinach in my potager. The first few years it was prolific and I had enough spinach for lots of salads. lots of gratins, and lots of soup for the freezer. Then the ants moved in. With the ants come the aphids (the ants farm aphids) and the aphids destroy the spinach. I disturb the ants as frequently and violently as I can but they … Continue reading →
This is a spring dish…. not winter comfort food but not yet summer grilling. It’s another favorite of ours. I seem to be revisiting past favorite dishes…. Is any one else doing that? Maybe it’s a subconscious effort to make life go back to normal. Of course it’s not working. Life going forward will be different than life in the past, That is as it should be. We, as a … Continue reading →
