Photo credit: C. Bertelsen I love autumn. If it’s not the leaves and all the color, then I find poignancy in the drying and dying weeds littering the ground. They embody survival to me. One plant I pa… more →
Gherkins & Tomatoeswrote 13 hours ago: Bright blue ski and fluffy white clouds – sounds like a beautiful spring weekend. It looks like a go … more →
wrote 3 days ago: Recently a lovely French woman has been teaching me how to cook a few French classics. Here is the f … more →
wrote 3 days ago: The snow birds are back. No, I’m not talking about the swallows and Capistrano or even the loons and … more →
wrote 6 days ago: My step-mother made this after I mentioned how I bought The Little Paris Kitchen cookbook. She said … more →
wrote 6 days ago: Pure butter croissants. This post is about 4 years late, but better late than never. When I started … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Like a good girl, I read my bible everyday. It inspires me, alights my senses and sets my mood along … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Glasgow had a sudden heat snap today, though it seems as if it will be nothing more than a memory to … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Unlike Australa where our meat comes plastic wrapped on white polystyrene trays and bares no resembl … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Although I haven’t been participating in French Fridays with Dorie (or any other bake- or cook … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: This new cookbook offers delicious recipes for your petite gourmand. As many of you may remember, Br … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: It’s been a tough year for the Nye family. You know your parents are getting on in years when you’re … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: The French dish cassoulet. Seemingly every chef and his dog has a recipe for cassoulet, or his mothe … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Mastering the Art of French Cooking with Julia Child Courtesy reprint: Amazon This is the classic co … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: WHAT’S YOUR DREAM? READ ABOUT MINE: “Solitary Desire – One Woman’s Journey t … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Patch and I visited a newly opened French restaurant for our anniversary recently, and was not impre … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: I am trying to expand my cooking repertoire and make some French dishes. When I was at the Paris Mar … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Let’s celebrate. Today ends my first week as the new chef and food prep gal at Odradeks coffee … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Artichokes are sometimes scary to cook. In France I’ve eaten them a few times and have loved t … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: One of the first and most important—and most successful—cookbooks by America’s beloved Julia C … more →