Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Last week I gave a brief primer on ‘styles‘ in food. This week it’s sauces. Sauces are a bit more simple. Note I did not say sauces were simple. Like anything in the kitchen, there are the basic sauces and the modifications made by the person wielding the spoon. The well-known: allioli – garlic mayonnaise … Continue reading…
Is there foreign travel in your future? Or maybe dinner at that new French restaurant you've been wanting to try? Have you ever read an entire menu, then realized that, while you knew there was beef and chicken, you hadn't a clue as to how they were fixed? Never fear – your cheat-sheet is here! … Continue reading…
I'm getting braver with my pressure cooker. Admittedly, I didn't use it for months. It was summer, after all, and in summer we cook outdoors not indoors. Somehow I couldn't see the pressure cooker being particularly useful on the barbecue. But now it's winter. It's past time for my pressure cooker and I to become … Continue reading…
I'm feeling a definite lack in my education lately. Actually, what I'm feeling are sore muscles that are a direct result of the gap in my education. If you recall, a few weeks ago mon mari and I were 'doing firewood'. This meant that he stood in one place wielding the chain saw while I … Continue reading…
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: We have mains water now. The Powers That Be came Wednesday and did whatever. Now all we need to do is to rent a … Continue reading…
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…
Did you hear cursing this past week? Mon mari was plumbing. He hates plumbing. According to him, he has enough plumbing parts to start his own store. According to him, if he needs a specific part to finish the job he never has that exact piece. He’ll have to go to the store. And the … Continue reading…