Young Lady has been clamoring for zucchini soup. (I know right?). It’s too soon to get them from the garden … See that zucchini forming along with the flower at the end? Most of you didn’t read me back then, but I have a recipe for making zucchini flowers here. Anyway, zucchini’s are like rabbits and I’m sure this one… Read More
Hors d’Oeuvre
It’s time to pick the radishes so I sent Young Knight out to harvest them and he did an impeccable job pulling the ones that were the right size and leaving the ones that were too puny. These home grown fellas made me think of the most common way of serving them in France, as an hors d’oeuvre with butter… Read More
La Purée (Vegetable Soup)
Soup is a very common meal in France. It can be served as an appetizer, but given that the French eat sparing dinners, it’s more likely to be the main course. The most common is a vegetable soup, called “purée.” You take some large leeks. Chop them into rounds and rinse them well to remove the sand. Of course you… Read More