Monthly Archives: April 2014

Les Boites de Surprises de Nico

Posted on April 29, 2014 by cookinginsens

I love both extravagant packaging and surprises! Babou’s husband, Nico, “peeped my hole card” and provided me with both. That’s why I gave him half of my ribs. But we’ll discuss that later. At first, he sent me his thanks … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged bbq, cooking, food, food photography, France, macarons, mustard, pork, recipe, ribs, sauce | 32 Comments

Georgian Inspired Fresh Garlic Chicken Tajine

Posted on April 25, 2014 by cookinginsens

I adore fresh garlic and I was so fascinated by the look and flavors of the garlic chicken stir fry at Georgia About that I was determined to “hijack” the recipe, using chicken thighs from the freezer. Waste not, isn’t that … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, Georgian, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged Chicken, cooking, Europe, food, food photography, fresh garlic, Georgian, recipe, tajine | 38 Comments

M. Parret Makes a Veal Roast

Posted on April 24, 2014 by cookinginsens

Back in the day when M. and Mme Parret had the cheese shop they would also sell fresh milk, measured out in half liters, liters, whatever the customer wanted. Michel and Monique were eating lunch with us on Tuesday and Michel … Continue reading →

Posted in Appetizer, Cooking, Dessert, Food and Wine, French, Main dishes | Tagged cooking, food, food photography, France, French, home cooking, Sens, traditional | 37 Comments

Easter Leg of Lamb

Posted on April 23, 2014 by cookinginsens

1 month before Easter I ordered a Mont St. Michel, pre-sale leg of lamb. The man at Maison Trotoux assured me he could get one and that it was a good thing I was ordering early because he had lots … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, French, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged cooking, Easter, flageolet, food, food photography, France, leg of lamb, recipe | 24 Comments

Irish Pork Pot Roast

Posted on April 23, 2014 by cookinginsens

I have lots of photos on my camera and can’t seem to catch up. I guess I’ll begin at the beginning, before I left Stuttgart. This pot roast is a pretty good recipe inspired by the new cookbook my husband bought for … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, Irish, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged cooking, food, food photography, Irish, pork, pot roast, recipe | 27 Comments

Shrimp and Sausage Stuffed Calamari

Posted on April 15, 2014 by cookinginsens

At some point when I was shopping in Stuttgart, I found a bag of enormous calamari tubes at the Italian grocery store. My idea was to stuff them with some of the store’s fabulous looking sausage. However, overtaken by life events, … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, fish, Food and Wine, Italian, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged calamari, cooking, food, food photography, recipe, sausage, Shrimp, squid, stuffed | 59 Comments

Refrigerator Spicy Shrimp Stir Fry

Posted on April 15, 2014 by cookinginsens

I bought a lot of veg from Fresh Paradise, forgetting that I was leaving at the end of the week; bell peppers, mini courgettes, snow peas, mini asparagus, etc. Couldn’t let them go to waste and there was that large … Continue reading →

Posted in Asian, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes, Vegetables | Tagged cooking, food, food photography, recipe, Shrimp, spicy, stir fry, Vegetables | 18 Comments

Grilled Veal Ribs with Japanese Potato Salad

Posted on April 14, 2014 by cookinginsens

It’s strange but I guess rolled meat roasts are not common in Stuttgart. I did find one a while back but after that experience I always buy them in France to bring back to Stuttgart. With so many other cuts of … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Asian, Cooking, Food and Wine, Japanese, Main dishes, Recipes, Salad, side dish | Tagged asian, cooking, food, food photography, grilling, Japanese, potato salad, recipes, ribs, veal | 33 Comments

Babou’s Mustard

Posted on April 13, 2014 by cookinginsens

At our last coffee meeting before I left Sens, Babou, with tears gushing, handed me an empty jar and sobbed, “Since you’re going to Germany, could you bring me a jar of this mustard?” This reminded me so much of our … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, German, Main dishes | Tagged condiment, cooking, food, food photography, German, mustard, sausages | 14 Comments

Personality

Posted on April 9, 2014 by cookinginsens

I’ve never much cared for rabbits as pets, nor guinea pigs or fish. I like my pets to have a discernible personality, like cats and dogs. Almost everything else is food. Look at the personality on those rabbit legs! Deep … Continue reading →