pasta

Tuna Spaghetti Pie, and Cookies Everywhere…Drop in and Decorate!

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Go directly to recipe Christmas Cookies. Along with the Tree, the Lights and lots of Candles; nothing says Christmas like Christmas Cookies. They're different from regular cookies; they're richer, prettier, fancier, more decadent. My favorite Christmas breakfast is a big, steaming mug of dark, Spanish Chocolate and a big plate of Christmas Cookies.  (Actually, I … Continue reading…

Pasta with Red Beans and Ham; The Learning Curve

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I love it when I spend two solid days working at my computer and accomplish absolutely nothing. Nada!  Rien!  Zip!  It’s exhausting! I’m back where I started on Saturday morning.  And, I might add, damn glad to be here! It all started simply enough.  In case you didn’t know, (duh!) I have a website, Thyme … Continue reading…

Pasta with Sage and Parmesan, and dirty hedges

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I spent last week with my ass in the air and my head in the dirt.  I was cleaning hedges. What, you didn’t know hedges needed cleaning?  If you don’t they end up looking like this: It’s something I didn’t know needed doing until we moved here.  My mother had a hedge: a perfect, neat, … Continue reading…

Cappelletti with Creamy Sauce and Ain’t No Flies on….

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Go directly to recipe It's another beautiful, warm autumn day here in the Vendée.  I'm sitting in my office with the windows open.    No, not to let the fresh air in; to let the flies out. I remember my mother getting upset because there was a fly in her house.  One fly. I walked … Continue reading…

Pasta with Wild Mushroom Sauce, and Life on the Not-So-Wild Side

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One often hears people wax poetically about the ‘old world charm’ and ‘old world manners’ of Europe, all of which is true. What those same people don’t discover, unless they move here, is that some of those old world manners aren’t so charming when faced on a daily basis. Mon mari didn’t notice anything particularly … Continue reading…