Monthly Archives: August 2015

Trotoux Rotisserie Chicken

Posted on August 31, 2015 by cookinginsens

Another uncomfortably, hot Sunday 🙁 I bought a crispy, succulent, rotisserie chicken from Maison Trotoux and Le Parret made a salad of garden potatoes and green beans with Dijon mustard vinaigrette. That with a glass or two of Petit Chablis … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and Wine, French, Main dishes | Tagged Chicken, cooking, food, food photography, roasted, rotisserie | 23 Comments

Romancing the Pork Belly

Posted on August 27, 2015 by cookinginsens

Thinking of pork belly sandwiches with bottom of the pan relish, I cruised by the butcher/traiteur, Trotoux. Unfortunately, he didn’t have any suitable pork bellies 🙁 My second option was to go over to LeClerc, the supermarket that has okay … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, English, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes, Sandwich | Tagged cooking, food, food photography, fruit, pork belly, recipe, roasting, sandwich | 17 Comments

Tamale Whatever

Posted on August 22, 2015 by cookinginsens

When we were kids, my parents would take us to visit cousins in Richmond, California. The two things I remembered about these visits were the mosquitoes and the tamales. The mosquitoes were enormous, science fiction mutants and after an hour … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Mexican | Tagged cooking, food, food photography, Mexican, tamales | 19 Comments

Cassoule des Haricots

Posted on August 20, 2015 by cookinginsens

I met a little lady, like me, of a certain age at the Grand Frais the other day while searching fruitlessly for dried chilli peppers. She was standing in front of some beautiful fresh, cranberry beans, feeling each bean in … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, French, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged cassoule, coco, cooking, food, food photography, fresh beans, recipe, soup, stew | 33 Comments

Two Dollar Chuck

Posted on August 12, 2015 by cookinginsens

My husband says that Trader Joe’s is advertising an affordable wine, supposedly drinkable, for only $2. For those young professionals who crave the taste of wines aged in oak barrels, Joe’s offers the economical alternative of wine aged with oak chips. Well! … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged barbecue, cooking, food, food photography, grill, pork, recipe, ribs | 12 Comments

Vide Frigidaire Ratatouille

Posted on August 11, 2015 by cookinginsens

It’s so hot! While the heat doesn’t seem to stop me from shopping, I seem to run out of steam when it’s time to get in front of the stove/oven/grill. Also there’s a fabulous, new, Japanese restaurant in town and other … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, French, Main dishes, side dish, Vegetables | Tagged cooking, food, food photography, French, ratatouille, recipe, side dish, Vegetables | 23 Comments

Pappardelle avec Petit Pois

Posted on August 5, 2015 by cookinginsens

Inspiration for the pasta with peas came from Saveurs magazine. The recipe was a little crazy because the title was Pappardelle with peas and mint but there wasn’t any mint in the recipe however there was basil. Peu import, as they … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, French, Italian, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged Bayonne ham, cooking, food, food photography, pappardelle, pasta, peas, recipe, ricotta, zucchini | 31 Comments

Auberge de la Terrase, Moret Sur Loing, France

Posted on August 4, 2015 by cookinginsens

Yesterday was my birthday and Yves, a riverboat friend, had told me about a picturesque town about 35 kilometers from Sens called Moret Sur Loing. I wanted to go there 🙂 Gratuitous picture of flowers sent by our son from … Continue reading →

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