Monthly Archives: December 2017

Chicken with Sage Potatoes and Snow Peas

Posted on December 20, 2017 by cookinginsens

All of the other herbs in my garden are dead, but my sage is still “killing it” as my son likes to say. To show my admiration and appreciation of sage power, I decided to include it in someway with … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes, side dish, Vegetables | Tagged Chicken, cooking, food, food photography, pancetta, potatoes, recipe, sage, side dish, snow peas, Vegetables | 14 Comments

Ignominy of Defeat

Posted on December 19, 2017 by cookinginsens

During the ridiculous war between Ethiopia and Eritrea, our son and I were evacuated to Ireland. We lived in the Dublin Blackrock neighborhood, he attending the French Lycee in Blackrock while I worked at the American Embassy. The Embassy was … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Dessert, Food and Wine | Tagged cooking, dessert, food, lemon poppy seed, muffins | 4 Comments

Char Sui Lamb Chops with Turnips

Posted on December 18, 2017 by cookinginsens

This past week of snow and below freezing temperatures has pretty much put paid to the herb garden this year 🙁 However, the sage and rosemary are still fighting the good fight and I admire them for it, but … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Asian, Cooking, Food and Wine, Japanese, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged Char Sui, cooking, food, food photograpy, Japanese, Lamb chops, recipe, turnips | 6 Comments

I Disrespected the Yeast

Posted on December 17, 2017 by cookinginsens

There are a few things that I successfully bake from time to time to please and shock the family; gingerbread, peach cobbler and cinnamon roll cupcakes. I had sort of a bad day yesterday; de-snowing/icing the car, running up and … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Dessert, Food and Wine | Tagged cinnamon roll, cooking, cupcakes, dessert, food, food photography, pecan | 15 Comments

Japanese Donabe Steamer

Posted on December 15, 2017 by cookinginsens

A Japanese donabe is an “earthenware pot made from special clay for use over an open flame.” It came with a pretty cool steamer insert and can be used as a steamer and/or hotpot cooker. I’ve had this one for quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Asian, Cooking, Food and Wine, Japanese | Tagged cooking, cooking pottery, donabe, food, hotpot, rice porridge, seasoning, steamer | 12 Comments

Let It Snow

Posted on December 14, 2017 by cookinginsens

My husband has started to claim that he’s not retired but retiring. That’s why he left on Sunday morning for a consultancy and Christmas shopping boondoggle in Senegal. About 30 minutes after he left, it began to snow and has … Continue reading →

Posted in Asian, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes, Soup | Tagged asian, cooking, food, food photography, noodles, pork belly, recipe, soup, udon | 6 Comments

Creole Duck Breast with Warm Broccoli Coleslaw

Posted on December 8, 2017 by cookinginsens

Got a big winter haul of duck from the farm in New York; breasts, legs and a little “duck ham.” Now that I have a freezer, sky’s the limit 🙂 I rubbed this duck with Emeril’s essence before searing. A … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, French, Main dishes | Tagged broccoli slaw, cooking, creole, duck breast, food, food photography | 5 Comments

Aubergine and Paneer Curry

Posted on December 5, 2017 by cookinginsens

Disgusted with digging in the refrigerator’s freezer bottom drawer, hunting things we remember buying but can’t find but discovering freezer burned meats, poultry and fish that we don’t remember buying but obviously did, we finally bought an upright, stand alone … Continue reading →