Food, Travel, and Cooking!
This is a lovely soup that I like to make with veggies from the Farmer’s Market and herbs from the garden. It’s nice to serve as a first course or as a main course served with wholegrain bread and perhaps some cheese. Once the veggies are prepped, it’s a cinch to throw together! I have […]
One of the things I really love to do is test out recipes that sound interesting. The other day I was thinking of making an arugula salad with mosto cotto, which is cooked grape must, because I just happened to have some on hand. We bought it on our last trip to Chianti, and I’ve […]
If you like saffron, this one is for you! The flavour and fragrance of the saffron and wine is wonderful! When I make this dish I often serve it in the Italian manner, using some of the sauce to dress the paccheri/pacchero pasta as a primi?1st course, then serve the chicken drizzled with more sauce […]
There is just something about apple cider (the hard stuff) in a sauce, adding new crop apples and some great bacon and voila, you’ve got yourself a great combination! You might like to serve the chicken with Colcannon or mashed potatoes, or maybe even dumplings. The chicken can be done either on the top of […]
A long-time favourite at our house! Redolent with ginger and fresh thyme, a perfect autumn dinner, perhaps served with spaetzle or roasted potatoes. The sauce is delicious! Any leftovers would make a great sandwich with some of my Spiced Fruit Chutney. Makes 6 Servings Rub for the Roast: 1 Tbsp. minced fresh thyme 2 ½ […]
Once upon a time there was a very happy cook, me! Nowadays, not so much. I blame the poultry police! I don’t think there are many who don’t love a really good roast chicken or turkey. Something that has been in the back of mind for a number of years re-emerged when were in England […]
It’s getting to be the time of year when I regret the loss of buying a proper turkey, known as New York Dressed. Here’s a post “Cock-a-Doodle-Do” about my feelings about that! We really enjoy a proper and properly cooked turkey. We rarely bother anymore due to the unavailability of New York Dressed birds these […]
I saw some end of season eggplant at the Farmer’s Market and thought, what better way to use it, than to make this for Veggie Monday…not saying you can’t make it on other days! This makes a really, really tasty vegetarian main course. A nice addition might be a salad and crusty bread. What I […]
Properly cooked pork chops should be wonderfully tender and juicy. This is one of those easy methods to keep up your sleeve, especially after coming home from work and having to come up with something quickly for dinner! Faster than ordering in a pizza! Makes 4 Servings (4) 1 ¼” thick, bone in pork chops […]
The combination of potatoes and celery root is scrumptious! And adding a little horseradish really adds zing to the mixture! It’s kind of like a little black dress, it goes with everything from roast beef, pork or veal to poultry. If you are wondering why the potatoes look a little pink in the photo, it’s […]