Is it possible we’ve not made boeuf bourguignon together? I thought it not possible, but my recipe page tells me differently. Now that the weather is starting to turn in that grey, cold, Autumn direction, I’d say it’s time to make it. Boeuf Bourguignon means beef from the region of Bourgogne. If you want to pronounce it, take the vowel-sound… Read More
I might have discovered my love of meat sauce over rice from living in Taiwan, or my love of roast chicken over rice from living in a Latino neighborhood in Manhattan, or the whole affair might have been cinched when I bought a roast chicken from an Egyptian guy here in France, who said that the sauce was so finger-lickin’… Read More
Well lookie here … another recipe fresh off the heels of the ratatouille. I should mention that I kind of have something in the works to split my blog into two parts so that those who are just interested in the recipes can follow one feed, and those who have no interest whatsoever can completely ignore them. How’s that for considerate?… Read More
I found this interesting recipe here for filet mignon de porc. It uses vanilla. And coriander. Together! And since another friend brought me vanilla beans back from Madagascar a day after I had used my last one (I could start trafficking these), what better way to get them put to good use than … to use them! You need about… Read More
It’s finally starting to feel like Fall so I’m making a traditional Provincial summer dish called Gratin d’Aubergines. A gratin is any dish with bread crumbs or cheese that has been baked to a golden brown. Call me crazy, but eggplant parm (which is a pretty close equivalent) feels like Fall to me with those deep purples and reds and hot tomatoey… Read More
Lasagna is easy to make – did you know that? It is! You can even mess up like I did (in this post) and it still looks, smells, tastes mahvelous! Fry up some onions (about one medium to large, although I used frozen pre-chopped here). Then stir fry some ground beef, about a half pound. Add a teaspoon of salt… Read More
