cooking for two

Pasta Salads, Summer Cooking and Cats on Heat

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First, some housekeeping: My ADSL line is, once again functioning.   Now, however, I cannot change my homepage from Yahoo.fr – which insists on welcoming me with all sorts of wonderful crap.  I HATE ?#@$%#@#$ user friendly software!  Give me some 1’s and 0’s and let me do it MYSELF! Oh yeah, thanks to everyone for … Continue reading…

In Praise of the Potato: the Misunderstood Tuber

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Go directly to recipe It's time for Weekend Herb Blogging!  This week is hosted by Anh of Food Lover's Journey.   Please stop by her blog on Tuesday (a day later  due to the holiday) to read all of the wonderful recipes and culinary insights.  Potatoes.  We either love them, hate them or love to hate … Continue reading…

The Grass is always Greener

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Go directly to recipe When we lived in Ireland mon mari used to get our smoked salmon for us.  He'd ride his bicycle down through Monskstown to the ferry landing to get the little car ferry over to the island of Cobh.  It only held about 20 cars.  With luck it would be full and … Continue reading…

Emerald Soup, St. Patrick’s Day and Tiddy Dols

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We don’t celebrate it here, nor did we in Andorra.  What really surprised me was that it wasn’t celebrated in Ireland either!  At least not when we lived there (1997).  When we lived in Minnesota, there was always a big celebration in St. Paul (twin city to Minneapolis) but, in retrospect, … Continue reading…

An Ode to Winter Cooking

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Go directly to recipe We do two types of cooking at our house.  In the summer, mon mari is in charge (sort of).  I do all the prep work, marinades, side dishes, etc.  and he does the actual cooking on one of the barbecues (gas, charcoal, smoker).  We rarely cook inside from about the first … Continue reading…

Pork Chops with Beer and Thyme

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Weekend Herb Blogging is being hosted by Anna from Morsels & Musings this week.  Brave girl to come back from a wedding to a big project.   Oh, BTW Congratulations! I gave a bit of thought to the post this week, choosing and discarding candidates.  We can write about an herb or edible plant (vegetable … Continue reading…