Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Do you ever lose the will to cook? Not to eat, but to cook? It happens to me, occasionally…. with the change of seasons. I think the problem is that the seasons never quite manage to change fast enough to suit me. I’m perfectly content with winter and winter cooking until that first warm, spring-like … Continue reading…
I’ve been playing with stuff this summer. Or rather playing with stuffing stuff this summer. I stuffed and smoked this Pork Tenderloin in June. It was delicious. But I wanted spirals. So I tried it using turkey cutlets with these Grilled Turkey Rolls in July. Nice spirals…. So I thought I’d give the pork another … Continue reading…
Summer cooking, men and barbecues. Somewhere, deep in the bowels of history, there must be a buried document that stipulates that women slave over the hot stove and all other areas of domesticity that take place back in the steamy kitchen. In order to do their fair share, men must stand outside on a pleasant … Continue reading…
Everything that happens, chez nous, seems to happen in installments. Nothing can ever be straightforward and simple. After my proud, and somewhat smug, announcement of getting our boiler / furnace working, it promptly stopped. I noticed right off that something was wrong. 90 seconds into my shower, roughly 30 seconds after getting my hair and … Continue reading…
Years ago, before we lived here, we were in London, window-shopping with another couple. The wife spotted a figurine she wanted to add to her collection. They discussed it a bit, as it was rather expensive, then decided to buy it. She asked if the husband had a check. He did. He opened his wallet … Continue reading…
Pork with Peppers and Olives When we were very young our parents knew everything. When we were teenagers our parents knew nothing but 'experts' knew everything. As we get older we realize that the experts don't know much either. Doctors 'practice' medicine and lawyers 'practice' law. All we can do is hope that, when our … Continue reading…
Pork Tenderloin with Brussels Sprouts I had the most astonishing thing happen yesterday morning…. The phone rang, which, in itself, is a rare occurrence. I answered and was told to wait on the line for someone. At least, I think that's what I was told. One can hardly ask a recorded message to repeat itself. … Continue reading…