Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
While I take a break visiting family, step back with me in time to 3 years ago, when we were homeless, to the beginning of this project…. And all of our frustrations: I thought I would share some snippets of our temporary life in Vlad’s house: Here is my clothes washing machine: It’s a top loader, … Continue reading…
1001 It's a palindrome. In fact, it's a mirrored palindrome. In case you don't remember what a palindrome is, it's a word (racecar, radar, mom) or a sentence (Madam I'm Adam; I did, did I) that reads the same forward and backward. A mirrored palindrome does it in when viewed in a mirror (A TOYOTA). … Continue reading…
I get three American magazines delivered to me here in France. My Discover magazine, which is a science magazine, always arrives on time, regular as a Swiss clock. My Saveur magazine, which is a food magazine, is somewhat less punctual. I received the October issue two weeks ago…. and the November issue 3 days later. … Continue reading…
Mon mari is getting dead tired of me wandering and wondering what to take photos of for the update. I keep telling him no one will believe that he has spent all this time touching up the walls before he can get the insulation up. I keep telling him that I, and the rest of … Continue reading…
Mon mari managed to get a little work done without me here to supervise…. Although most of it is not photo worthy. More to the point, I’m not going into the cellar with my camera to take pictures of the plumbing he had to do to hook up two more radiators. It has a low … Continue reading…
I have been making Coq au Vin for years. It's always been a delicious family favorite but never quite achieved the same wonderful glossy, rich sauce of the bistro. This was brought home once more the last time we were in Paris. At Chez René we had the best Coq au Vin ever created by … Continue reading…
I was introduced to Rock Cornish Game Hens when I was at university. Being poor college students a friend and I arranged to clean house for two guys every Sunday in exchange for dinner and drinks. Naturally, we had to do the cooking. Neither of us actually had much experience cooking, but what we lacked … Continue reading…