It’s Friday so I thought I’d post a fish recipe. It’s actually ‘Roast Salmon on a Bed of Leeks with Tarragon White Wine Sauce’ but Google doesn’t like long titles. Long keyword strings are okay, but not long url / titles. I always bow to the wishes of Google. One of the activities in my French class each week is recounting what we did over the past weekend. The first … Continue reading →
The French term for a savory, baking powder bread is ‘cake’. Really….. They even give it a proper English pronunciation. But, being American, calling this a cake just doesn’t seem right. And it’s not really a sweet / tea bread either. I settled on Savory Bread…. but it’s not really bread either. Whatever you call it, it was good sliced as is or with a dab of goat cheese and … Continue reading →
This is it. The last one of the season. Both slow cookers have been put into summer hibernation, not to be seen again until fall. The smoker and all three grills have been moved out of the barn and are in use. Summer, or, at least, summer cooking has officially arrived. Yes, yes, I know…. One can make wonderful barbecued chicken or ribs in the slow cooker. Trust me… that … Continue reading →
I’ve made a lot of quiche over the years. Some with a rice crust and, more recently, many with a shredded potato crust. I’ve never made a quiche with a pastry crust and I’ve never made the most traditional of all quiche: Quiche Lorraine. The other day mon mari asked me why. I had no answer… I shrugged (a Gallic shrug, of course). As always, I compromised (politicians take note: … Continue reading →
It’s time to clean out the vegetable freezer. It’s almost empty now, anyway. I usually defrost it around the first of March and turn it off until June when I start making soup from the excess spinach. By September it’s so full I couldn’t squeeze a stray sage leaf in. As usual, the last few bags are tomatoes, in this case cherry tomatoes. I had so many one day after … Continue reading →
I may have mentioned a few times that my mother was not a creative cook. She loved baking but did not enjoy cooking. After she died I nabbed her recipes. Easily 80% of them were for desserts, pies, pastries, cake, cookies, candy and anything else sweet. It’s sad, really, because I rarely make anything sweet. I digress…. While she may not have been a creative cook she was a competent … Continue reading →
I’m still seeing leeks in the markets, although they’re starting to get a bit past their prime. I’m pulling a big bunch of radishes from my potager every few days. Why not a salad? Serve it with a good country bread, or, if you’re feeling even slightly ambitious, make Palmiers using purchased puff pastry. The photo has Bayonne Ham Palmiers. Here is the recipe for Ham Palmiers (as well as a brief … Continue reading →
