I suppose I should translate the title, hm? Rillettes is pronounced ree-yet and is a sort of pâté – you know, like liver pâté? The thing everyone loves to hate? Except rillettes is chunky and usually made of pork, usually topped with a thick layer of fat, the whole of which is eaten in sandwich form. Mmmm. Off to a… Read More
Ahem. Notice anything new? I have included a new tab on my landing page entitled “Cuisine” and it has all the recipes I’ve posted on my blog, almost all of which are French and fairly easy. (If you click on the word Cuisine it will take you there). I’m very excited about it. I hope you will try some of… Read More
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
Mr. Welcome and I are broke. So we decided to live off the fat of the land. I just found out you could eat zucchini flowers! First you have to take off those little leaves there (called “teeth” in French), but you can leave the stem. You trim the very top off and you wash. This is what a plate… Read More
