A passion for food

"Madame" has been after me to share what we do in the kitchen, so here goes! I have a passion for preparing and serving great food. I have a goal of getting a great meal on the table every evening in around 45 minutes - the time it takes when I get the phone call that "Madame" is leaving work until the time we eat. I look for fresh ingredients - in season, supplemented with herbs, peppers, and very occasional tomatoes from the garden.

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Sunday, September 11, 2022

Steamed White Fish

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 Some friends came over for dinner one evening and we co-cooked. He taught me a technique that I have since tried on my own - and I love it....
Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner

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We have been doing a lot of virtual wine tastings of late. Each of them takes about an hour, so our standard format is to have some nibbles ...
Wednesday, November 1, 2017

OnePotChicken

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A friend of ours had bariatric surgery recently. So he eats far less now than he used to. It's important that what he does eat is reall...
Sunday, February 2, 2014

Clams are so versatile

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Saturday was a chapter of accidents - I missed a hair appointment, so had to go later. That messed up dinner plans. The French beat the Eng...
Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Clams with Linguine

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We were on vacation in England. Renting an apartment which meant that I didn't have all of my usual cooking toys, the ovens were calibr...
Friday, January 29, 2010

Simple chicken soup

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I have been feeling under the weather - with a cough/cold/sore throat. Unimaginably grumpy - poor Madame. So I thought maybe some chicken so...
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