Have you ever actually eaten an endive? Or do you just skim your eyes past them in the grocery store? Or . . . is it possible you have never even heard of an endive (like me before coming to France)? It’s a bitter type of lettuce grown without sun, and although I shared a recipe for it cooked with ham… Read More
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
Today, World Moms Blog has a fun post about how everyone (well, a small chunk of the contributors) met their husbands. My story is there, although most of you know it by now. But you should totally go and read everyone’s story. Love is in the air! And now – the awkward segue. The difference between Scalloped Potatoes and Gratin… 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
Does anyone else feel like they had way too high expectations about what back-to-school would be like? In my head, I thought my windows would have already been washed by now, I would have already started a new exercise schedule and I would have already weeded my entire garden in preparation for the winter. The kids started on Tuesday. And… Read More
Before meeting my first French boyfriend in New York, the idea of having a salad as a main meal never even crossed my mind. I’ve since changed, of course, and even my children expect to be fed salad for dinner every once in awhile. And since it’s summer, what better time? There is this salad called “salade compagnarde” or “salade… Read More
