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Monthly Archives: July 2015
Chili Con Carne
Whenever I hear “chili con carne” I immediately picture a can of probably Hormel chili or a bowl of ketchup sweetened kidney beans on offer at a country diner. Chili con carne originally meant Mexican spiced beans with meat, not … Continue reading
Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Mexican, Recipes
Tagged beans, chili, chili con carne, cooking, food, food photography, Mexican, recipe
11 Comments
Castelnaudary Cassoulet
The July-August issue of Saveurs magazine has an interesting article on the Midi and in particular the village of Castelnaudary, famous for it’s cassoulet recipe and the locally made Not terra cotta “cassoule” it is cooked in. Unfortunately, I didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, French, Main dishes, Recipes
Tagged cassoule, cassoulet, Castelnaudary, coco de paimpol, cooking, duck, food, food photography, France, Midi, pork, recipe
33 Comments
Chez le ‘Monger
We’ve been craving tarbouriech oysters but alas my fishmonger says it’s not the season and if you buy them now, they’re white and poisonous looking inside. Bleah! In any case, although there’s no “r” in July, we booked an outdoor … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, fish, Food and Wine, French, Main dishes
Tagged food, food photography, French, Normandy, oysters, shellfish
18 Comments
It’s Too Darn Hot
This annoying and persistent French heat wave is adversely affecting both our appetites and attitudes! Normally summer weather in Sens consists of moderately warm days and not more than 3-4 days of beastly weather. I believe we’re now in the 3rd … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, French, Salad
Tagged cooking, crab, food, food photography, French, salad
18 Comments
Grilled Lamb with Fresh Beans
This is one of my favorite “I really can’t be bothered” ways to cook a leg of lamb and it’s perfection each time! It makes me feel magical 😀 You just take a leg of lamb (New Zealand or whatever … Continue reading
Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, French, Main dishes, Recipes, side dish
Tagged cooking, food, food photography, French, fresh beans, grilled, lamb, recipe
25 Comments
Bastille Day Celebration 2015
Sunday was M. Parret’s turn to host a celebration of his country’s national holiday, Bastille Day. He wanted to have little French flags for his table like the American flags I had for July 4th but he searched all over town and … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, French, Main dishes, Recipes
Tagged Basque, Bastille Day, cooking, food, food photography, French, piperade, recipe, Tart, Vegetables
19 Comments
Les Haricots Beurre
I love to see the haricots beurres(wax beans) in the market! That means that fresh coco beans are not far behind. In fact, I saw a handful of French canneberge (cranberry beans) in the supermarket but there wasn’t enough left … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, French, Main dishes, Recipes, Vegetables
Tagged cooking, food, food photography, haricots beurre, recipe, roasting, smoked duck breast, Vegetables, wax beans
30 Comments
