You may have heard of the classic French dish Steak au Poivre.
This isn’t it….
You may also have read my opinions on French steaks which is why I chose to do this with pork tenderloin.
French pork is excellent, succulent , and tender.
I’ve been watching cooking shows again….
Well, not seriously watching, it’s more background noise when I’m in the kitchen.
I’ve heard this tip before but never tried it. I heard it several times over the course of a week so I finally succumbed to the … Continue reading.....
I usually can’t be bothered to make a marinade that requires cooking, but I found this in an old cookbook, Great Grilling, and decided to try it.
I made a few substitutions, using what I had on hand. If you don’t have mirin, use dry … Continue reading.....
This is not a slow cooker recipe; it’s a skillet recipe. The slow cookers have retired for the season.
The Spanish, like most people living in a country with a warm climate, grow and eat lots of peppers.
We all know I don’t like hot … Continue reading.....
I had a great shallot and onion harvest from the potager last summer.
Even better, they all, almost 200 shallots and over 100 each red and white onions, kept very well.
I must have the curing and storing bit mastered, finally.
Or I was lucky…..… Continue reading.....
Yes, another edition of the Secret Recipe Club
This month week I got to meander through the index at Bewitching Kitchen. Sally is a fellow expat but she’s from Brasil living in the US. Like me she loves to cook, exercise and golf. We … Continue reading.....
You know those days….
You have no idea what to fix for dinner.
You look in the fridge – there’s an open jar of olives, half of a red pepper, a few mushrooms, a bit of feta….
Throw it all in a skillet and 30 … Continue reading.....
Capers and olives are a combination I never tire of.
Sometimes I add lemon; sometimes white wine; sometimes neither….
It has a fresh zing that perks up the taste-buds – something most people can use to cut all the holiday sweetness this time of year.… Continue reading.....
