Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Go directly to recipe It's traditional to have a Sauternes or other sweet wine with Foie Gras but it IS New Year's Eve and we don't often splurge on good champagne…I suppose we could have the champagne first…perhaps a glass will help me decide… Best get the cooking done. Anne, from AnneCuisine, has invited me … Continue reading…
Some people go to Paris for the shopping, some for the monuments, some for the museums. All of those things are nice, and give one something to do between meals. We’re one of the group that goes for the food….but, then we go everywhere for the food. I locate restaurants that we want to dine … Continue reading…
Julia Child once said that the world could be divided into eaters (Those who truly love food: start to think about dinner as they put the fork down for the final time at lunch; relish every morsel; embrace new flavors; search out interesting, untried dishes; walk by a shoe sale to spend hours in the … 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…
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…
Go directly to recipe Just as Sangria and Gazpacho are national dishes of Spain, Moules Frites is the quintessential French summer food. One sees it on chalk menu boards on the sidewalks and cardboard signs in the windows, everywhere, all summer long, sometimes as the only item advertised. And when Moules Frites are on the … Continue reading…
Spain is hot! It may be cool in winter and can be cold and snowy in the mountains (great ski resorts!), but for most of the year it is hot and the Spanish food reflects this. It also reflects the abundant variety of fruits and vegetables grown everywhere. One often finds some sort of vegetable … Continue reading…