How times flies when one is having fun! One is having fun…. Right? Right??? I had fun this week: reading new blogs, finding new pasta recipes, trying to get out of my cooking slump…. Nothing like traveling around the globe, reading how other people treat their pasta to get a little inspiration. Without further ado….. Presto Pasta Nights, Week 177: The Round-up! (HeeHaw) First in this week was Ruth, herself, … Continue reading →
I'd lost the will to cook. Not to eat, mind you…. That never goes away. Nor to drink…. So much wine; so little time. I'd simply lost the will to cook. It would appear that I have gotten into a rut. I'm no longer content merely to put a decent meal on the table. It has to be creative. Colorful. A feast for the eyes as well as the palate…. … Continue reading →
No work to report on this week…. What with mon mari lazing around the hospital and all. He’s not being completely idle – he cleaned off a lawn chair, parked himself under the apple tree by the front gate and painted said gate. Now he’s making noises about finishing my kitchen cabinets – you know, those last 5 cabinet doors that never seemed to get made….. To give you an … Continue reading →
‘Mama said there’d be days like this…’ There is a Chinese curse: ‘May you live in interesting times.’ Yesterday was an ‘interesting’ day. It all started about 6am…. Our phone seldom rings. Our phone never rings at 6 in the morning….. NEVER! Mon mari is in hospital. He had surgery late in the afternoon on Tuesday. (more about that tomorrow) At 6am, Wednesday morning, I am awakened out of a … Continue reading →
I’m not sure what’s going on in my garden at night. I have radishes turning into big, hulking bullies. That could be the result of lack of discipline on my part as chief (and only) gardener. I accept the blame. But…. What’s wrong with this picture? I planted 2 types of courgette: the green, striped, traditional one (known as zucchini across the pond) and the pretty yellow one (known as … Continue reading →
I haven’t been making pasta lately No, I’m not on a low-carb, no-carb or any other sort of diet. I’m on a new potato eating frenzy. In case you’ve never read this blog before….. We eat with the seasons. And right now it’s new potato season. I picked up a box of a new (to me) kind last week – A.O.C. Like wine, and so many other things in France, … Continue reading →
I really don't know how famous it it….. But his kids love it, so that counts for a lot. It's not true Puttanesca with the sausages…. But that's what we cooks do – modify the recipe to suit our tastes and feed our families. This wonderful recipe was sent to me by one of my readers, Howard, from Chicago, Illinois. He doesn't write a blog but thought this would be … Continue reading →
