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Monthly Archives: July 2014
Fame
Small towns are wonderful! Move to one and you’re sure to get your “15 minutes of fame.” On Monday I was interviewed by Olivier Richard, a courteous and clever journalist for our regional newspaper L’Yonne Republicaine. By Wednesday morning, my … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, French, Main dishes, Recipes
Tagged coco de paimpol, cooking, food, food photography, France, fresh beans, recipes
29 Comments
United Airlines Disrespects Quincy
Today my husband left Stuttgart for Frankfurt and after a layover of 5 hours, onward travel to Dulles Airport in Washingon, D.C. with our cats; Bandit(epileptic) in the cabin and Quincy in baggage. We decided not to drug Quincy because, … Continue reading
Posted in American
Tagged Germany, Lufthansa, pet safe, pets, travel, United Airlines, United States
45 Comments
Veal and Beans
Tomorrow a journalist from a local, regional newspaper, L’Yonne Republicaine, will come to interview me about my blog. This is particularly gratifying because although I’ve known that I have quite a few French followers, my blog is in English and Google … Continue reading
Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes
Tagged beans, cooking, food, food photography, recipe, stew, veal
30 Comments
Charolais Steak and Salad
Whenever I have a Charolais steak I always prepare it as simply as possible; salt, pepper, maybe with onions and or mushrooms. Good beef doesn’t need much. Today for lunch I quickly seared this rather thin steak in butter and added a … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, French, Main dishes
Tagged Charolais, cooking, food, food photography, French, recipe, salad, steak
20 Comments
Seche a la Creole Haitienne
Okay, I’m too old to travel. Because I wanted to cook and post with reasonable pictures, I went out, taking the head of Jade’s tripod with me, and bought another thing that fits on the head of the tripod. I … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, fish, Food and Wine, Haitian, Main dishes, Recipes
Tagged cooking, creole, cuttlefish, food, food photography, Haitian, lambi, recipe, Seafood
19 Comments
Interlude
Pack out was a nightmare but it’s done. I wisely went to the vet and got some drugs for Jessie and so she had a very laid back train trip from Stuttgart to Sens. I-do-not-understand what happens when I put my … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, fish, Food and Wine, French, Main dishes
Tagged cooking, food, France, moules, mussels, roquefort, Sens
18 Comments
Soy Sauce Poached Chicken
2 years ago when we were in this apartment, I would frequent a small butcher shop down the street. For old times sake I decided to pay him a window shopping visit and, refusing to consider the duck parts still … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes
Tagged asian, Chicken, cooking, duck, food, food photography, noodles, poached, recipes, soy sauce, stir fry
21 Comments
Crispy Duck Legs with Roasted Vegetables
Yesterday I went back to the house to get the 2 packages of duck legs, good butter, Jean Louis’ duck breasts, foie gras slices and assorted fish from the remaining refrigerator freezer. I took some other things out of the freezer … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, French, Main dishes, Recipes, Vegetables
Tagged cooking, duck, food, food photography, French, recipe, roasted, Vegetables
25 Comments
Apartment Living in Stuttgart
Well, we’re back in the tajine killing stove apartment again . German baby back ribs braised at home. Yes! Take out noodles from Ha Long, Stuttgart. Non!
Posted in Asian, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Vietnamese
Tagged baby back ribs, braised, cooking, food, food photography, Ha Long, restaurant, take out, Vietnamese
9 Comments
Magret de Canard and Toulouse Sausage Cassoulet
I think the Dog gave me this idea. I don’t have any cannellini beans in the pantry. I’ve got 2 kinds of hominy and chickpeas. In addition, normally I would have used duck legs instead of duck breasts for the … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, French, Main dishes, Recipes
Tagged cassoulet, chickpeas, cooking, duck, food, food photography, French, recipe, sausages, Toulouse
24 Comments
