I found a great new source for good beef here: the vegetable store.
There is a chain of supermarkets here in France, called Grand Frais (big fresh). When I first started going there it was 90% fruits and vegetables, with a side aisle of international packaged foods – dried mushrooms, specialty rices, Italian canned tomatoes, etc. and a small butcher … Continue reading.....
When we had friends over before Christmas (Cranberry Crisp) I had my oven busy with roasting lamb.
Usually I try to have most of the food for dinner parties done in the oven so I don’t have to spend a lot of time in the kitchen.
I want to have fun, too…..
As my oven was occupied I … Continue reading.....
I do have a proper recipe for Slow Cooker Coq au Vin but this is an easy version.
I am seriously getting into easy cooking lately. I actually bought ready-made puff pastry nibbles for our first course last weekend.
I was in the frozen food store picking up scallops for our New Year’s Eve dinner (Coquilles Saint-Jacques) when … Continue reading.....
We have had a very cold, wet, rainy fall. The farm ponds are all full to overflowing which is supposed to happen by the end of March, not the end of November.
I have no idea where the winter rains will go but I’m grateful to be on a hill.
We’ve been lighting fires earlier than usual, every day, and … Continue reading.....
I never ate a parsnip when I lived on the other side of the pond.
I never knew anyone who had eaten a parsnip.
I had never even seen a parsnip, although I did know they existed.
It turns out that the Brits love parsnips. I learned that because after we moved to France my British friends were constantly complaining … Continue reading.....
While I have a cave full of butternut squash my big blue Crown Prince pumpkins didn’t do as well.
First, they were kind of gnarly…. They all had these strange tan ridges / growths on the surface. I have no photos of them, sadly. The harvest was at the same time I was tending a sick Bonnie so taking photos … Continue reading.....
It’s that time of year again…. The slow cookers are regaining their rightful place in our kitchen.
First thing to use up are the packages of pork odds & ends that have been accumulating over the summer.
As you all know I buy whole pork loins and cut my own ‘chops’, When I buy the loins they are always tied … Continue reading.....
This will be the last of the winter slow cooker recipes.
I’m ready to put away the slow cookers and have mon mari get out the barbecue grills.
It’s his turn to cook.
I had a strange thing happen with this recipe…. It cooked dry. When I went to stir it after about 5 hours, it was dry. Not burning … Continue reading.....
