Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Soup season is over, mon mari prefers not to eat pasta (notice how nicely I phrase that) so I officially declare it ‘Risotto Season’. If I had to choose one food to eat for the rest of my live it would be a toss-up between soup and risotto. Of course, once hot weathers arrives it … Continue reading…
There are a lot of conflicting opinions on the internet regarding cooking venison. Actually, there are a lot of conflicting opinions on the internet regarding everything and anything. In the interest of brevity, I’ll stick to venison. I have read: cook it fast (did that with the Venison Steak and it was wonderful), cook it … Continue reading…
Even though we’re no longer in the suit and briefcase trenches I still like easy mid-week dinners. I’m happy to spend a few hours in the kitchen on the weekends making something a bit more complicated, but, unless it’s hands-off, in the oven, cooking on it’s own, I like week-day dinners to be faster. Old … Continue reading…
This is loosely base on Corsican Beef, but, as I had already made that this winter, and I had some odd bits of pork in the freezer, I modified it a bit. It’s dedicated to all of you lucky people in the Midwestern U.S. who have had one last (sic) snowstorm. I promised mon mari … Continue reading…
Moist, tender pork tenderloin served with a thick, slightly sweet shallot confit… This is one of our favorite pork dishes – for winter. Spring arrived yesterday, which means summer cooking is not far behind. More about that later. To keep pork at its best do not overcook. The Food Police have changed their mind about … Continue reading…
Happy New Year! It's been kind of a dizzy week, so I'm trying to get organized, remember where I am and what I did, and catch up on food, photos and blogs. And, of course, pet the puppies….. Photos to follow. You may have noticed that we eat a lot of pork. The pork … Continue reading…
We bought new house phones yesterday. That would be the 'royal we'. Mon mari couldn't be bothered to look at them. As he refuses to answer it if it rings, he didn't see the point in actually attempting to render an opinion. Since he knows nothing about phones (not having used one in years) … Continue reading…