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Vegetable Gardens, part 1: The Easy Plan; Radish, Fennel and Lettuce Garden Salad
Radish, Fennel and Lettuce Salad Vegetables gardens.
Zen and the art of lawnmower maintenance; Black Quinoa
When we lived in the Vendée we had over 100 rose bushes – only 1 planted by me and that because it was a gift.
Béchamel Sauce; Do unto others? Please... Don't.
Bechamel Sauce How do you like to be treated when you're sick? Not seriously sick, just a little sick; like a cold, or the flu….
Hot and Sweet Grilled Pork Chops; What goes up....
What goes up must come down – or so the proverb would have us believe.
German Summer Salad; Trap Shooting with live pigeons; Weekly Menu
My last post, about walking in the mountains in Andorra, brought back a lot of memories about that small Principality.
Gardening, part 3: Compost; Fried Green Beans
Until I actually started my own compost pile I thought compost was a smelly pile of garbage one kept behind the garage.
Garlic Dill Pickles; The Garden, part 4
You laid it out carefully, planted, hoed, fertilized with your very own organic compost, watered, and now you get to the fun part: harvesting! Wait a second….
Preserving the Harvest: Courgette; Gardening continued....
Nothing can strike fear into the hearts of a gardener like seeing a zucchini grow from 3 inches to 10 inches overnight.
Courgette (Zucchini) with Feta and Greek Olives; The Update
Work has commenced in earnest, chez nous.
Grilled Cornish Hens with Molasses Glaze; Eyes before Ease
The French may carry the whole idea of language purity a bit too far at times but at least they don't deliberately torture it.
Sautéed Endive with Avocado; Chilblains?!?!?!; Weekly Menu
Endive with Avocado Have I been time-traveling? Transported back to the 18th century? I have chilblains….
Tomato and Red Pepper Soup; A good day!
Tomato and Red Pepper Soup What are a few seeds in the face when one is finally sleeping in one's own house? Our house, like most old houses in the French countryside, used to be a farmhouse.
Veal Parmigiana; Stocking the Pantry
Veal Parmigiana My pack-rat little self is starting to feel secure again: I have food in the pantry.
Tuna and White Bean Enchiladas; Unpacking, repacking, unpacking again....
Tuna and White Bean Enchiladas
Pasta with Spinach, Mushrooms and Goat Cheese; Through the Looking Glass...
Pasta with Spinach, Mushroom and Goat Cheese If I could be Alice in Wonderland, and slip through the Looking Glass, I would.