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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Grilled Chicken with Cherry Salsa for Donald
Donald P. is an old friend of mine. Meaning that I’ve known him for over 30 years, and he’s old 🙂 Poor thing, his doctor told him that he could no longer continue to eat “high on the … Continue reading
Capitaine: Nile Perch with Twice Cooked Yams
When my husband was in the Peace Corps, he recalls seeing them pull a Capitaine/Nile perch from the Niger river that was the size of a man! No more. The river is not what it used to be and with … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Cooking, fish, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes, Vegetables
Tagged appetizer, capitaine, cooking, Fish, food, Niger, nile perch, panko, recipes, yam
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Sauteed Foie Gras sur Brioche with Cherry Sauce
Well it’s the beginning of the cherry season and my thoughts turn to La Madeleine. It was at this 2 star Michelin restaurant here in Sens, that I had a hot appetizer of sauteed foie gras with cherry sauce. Patrick … Continue reading
Soba Noodle Soup
If you have been craving slurp-able Japanese noodle soup, today is the day! Boy howdy, this was really good! I had no idea what I was doing, until I had done it. I believe it was the soaking … Continue reading
Strawberry Mousse
Jade’s off from school today so it was a good day to make dessert. Totally influenced by the market, we decided to go with the strawberries again. We again chose the Gariguette variety which is handsome, packed with … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Dessert, Food and Wine, French, Recipes
Tagged cooking, dessert, food, fruit, mousse, recipes, strawberry, sweets
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Roasted Duck Legs with Wine Sauce, Shallots and Celeriac
What I wanted to serve with the duck legs was yams but I neglected to go to the market yesterday. Luckily, I found this moon rock-looking celeriac in the Carrefour City and since I like celeriac, I was good … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, French, Main dishes, Recipes
Tagged celeriac, cooking, duck, food, French, recipes, thyme, wine sauce
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Deep Fried Salmon with Creole Remoulade
I know this is almost sacrilegious, saying salmon and deep fried in the same sentence but I needed an excuse to fry something with panko again (the oysters were not enough) and to use Dave’s Creole Remoulade sauce. If you … Continue reading
Posted in American, Appetizer, Cooking, fish, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes
Tagged Champagne, cooking, creole, deep fried, Fish, food, panko, recipes, remoulade, salmon
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Oysters Two Ways: Kaki Furai and Baked with Garlic and Parsley
I’ve been dreaming of my mother’s fried oysters. I just didn’t want to shuck any oysters. There’s plenty of them in the open market, supermarket and in the new fish market across the street from the open market. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Appetizer, Asian, Cooking, fish, Food and Wine, French, Hors d'oeuvres, Japanese, Recipes
Tagged baked, cooking, deep fried, food, Japanese, kaki furai, oysters, panko, recipes, Seafood
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Goma-ae Sesame and Spinach Salad
Japan Centre, a Japanese supply on line store, sent me an e-mail last night with this recipe. I didn’t intend to post today but I like spinach and the recipe was interesting, so I decided to just make the spinach, … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, bento, Cooking, Food and Wine, Japanese, Main dishes, Recipes
Tagged bento, cooking, food, Japanese, recipes, sesame, spinach
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