Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Go directly to recipe When we were gainfully employed, back in the beginning of time, we did a bit of business in London. We always flew into Gatwick and had a favorite spot we liked to stay in not too far from the airport. It was a lovely, country house hotel, with grounds that we … Continue reading…
The good, the bad, and the weird or our 'petite vacance'…..and some photos. Comments may or may not have any actual relationship to the photos near them. Château de Fontainebleau (we did not stay here…. we didn't even got to tour it, it's closed on Tuesday) The most inconvenient thing about staying in country house … Continue reading…
Go directly to recipe Country Girl City Living has been teasing us with the scent of "the most delicious chicken paprikash known to man", which started me reminiscing about our stay in Budapest and my lovely "Blue Fountain Flutes". We were in Budapest just after the 'wall' came down. Actually we needed a visa to … Continue reading…
Go directly to recipe Waterlife: the theme for this month's "Heart of the Matter", promoting healthy eating for a healthy life. I'll let everyone else explain how incredibly good fish and shellfish are for us and our hearts, full of Omega 3 and 6, and all that. I'm taking a stroll down memory lane. I … Continue reading…
I have no idea what it is about me that seems to attract old men. Not 'older' men: the silver-haired, ruggedly good-looking, smooth-talking, debonair type; OLD men: the stoop-shouldered, cane-wielding, pot-bellied, somewhat aromatic type! We stayed in Verdun on our way to Germany a few weeks ago. We had originally been in Verdun on one … Continue reading…
We were in Kaiserslautern, Germany last week, also known (by me) as Little America. There is a large U.S. military presence there, something in the range of 80,000 persons, and it's very obvious. Everyone speaks English, the roads are overrun with big American cars (hummers, SUV's) with American license plates, all the advert's are in … Continue reading…
Many years ago, back in the beginning of time, when I lived in Minneapolis I used to shop at a 'high-end' supermarket. There were chandeliers in the frozen food aisle and a gift shop selling Baccarat Crystal. It started out as a special occasion treat. I'd go there for dinner party or holiday shopping because … Continue reading…