Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
I’m offering up this tasty little dish as a bribe for your opinion. We had this as a first course. We always have a first course on the weekends. In case you’re wondering how / why we eat so much on the weekends… We don’t. Yes we have a first course, but our main course … Continue reading…
Gnocchi, boiled first, then fried, get a wonderful, crunchy exterior and a light-as-a-feather interior. Here they are finished with a savory mushroom sauce. I used a small number and served it for a first course, but you could easily double everything and have it as a side dish. Or triple (maybe not quite) and have … Continue reading…
While I take a break visiting family, step back with me in time to 3 years ago, when we were homeless, to the beginning of this project…. And all of our frustrations: I have concluded, in my vast and intensive study of my fellow humans, that everyone has a ‘thing’ which, totally out of proportion … Continue reading…
A long time ago, in a place far, far away, in another life, I went to a restaurant show. Not the kind of restaurant show for the general public; the kind of restaurant show for people whose business was restaurants: People who sold to, bought for, managed or owned restaurants. The one fact that I … Continue reading…
As it’s almost past time for me to be making gnocchi and pasta (spring and the annual switch to summer cooking on the horizon) and I know you are all on pins and needles to know how I finished the butternut squash…. Here it is. Let me qualify that bit about the butternut squash. I … Continue reading…
I used to covet a Kindle. A short while ago I upgraded my cravings and I now covet an iPad. I would appreciate it if The Powers That Be would duly take note. I also covet a pressure cooker. I have coveted a pressure cooker for several years (I'm nothing if not faithful to the … Continue reading…
Lots of people brag about their beamed ceilings. I will have a beamed closet, so there! Of course there are certain disadvantages to having a beamed closet, such as the beam attaching on the outer wall at just over 5 feet off the floor. I believe we will have tiered hanging rods. After mon mari … Continue reading…