After that binge of testing out all of my Yucatecan recipes I had a lot of Masa Harina leftover. While I really like the taste of fresh homemade tortillas, I really doubt that I’m going to make a habit of preparing them. So what to do with the leftover Masa flour? I’m not a complicated [...]
A New Year’s Tradition
The New Year’s Day feast is the last of the winter holiday seasonal feasting traditions where food plays a main role in day’s celebrations. Many families have beliefs surrounding the making of this meal, by including recipes and food items that are believed to bring luck and prosperity in the New Year. My family’s tradition? [...]
Kulajda Mushroom Soup
The Czechs are wild about mushrooms. From a very early age, Czechs learn the difference between the edible and the poisonous, the good and the bad, and how to cook them. From July through November, you can find Czechs spending their free time searching the landscape for these gems. One of the ways to enjoy [...]
Butternut Squash And Potato Gratin
Creamy, cheesy, saucy, gratin.
Quiche Aux Epinards Et Champignons
Quiche aux Epinards avec Champignons et Oignons and Mixed Greens with Vinaigrette Nothing defines classic French food like quiche. Originating from the Lorraine region of France, the quiche of today includes much more than ham and can be eaten at any time of the day as a meal or as a snack. Quiche can be [...]
Galette Bretonne Avec Les Oignons Et Fromage
Galette Bretonne Avec Les Oignons Et Fromage What’s wrong with this picture? For you connoisseurs of French cooking, you’ll notice right away – leave your guess in the comments :) In French, the word galette can be a bit confusing. When is a galette a galette and not a kind of crêpe, tart or a [...]
Sauté d’Oignon
One of the tips experienced travelers to France will always tell to anyone who will listen is that you gotta try the food – whatever is put in front of you. Prior to my first trip to France, I would not have thought of a plate of fried onions as a valid side dish to [...]
Sweet Crêpes!
Chestnut Crêpes in my kitchen You can find all kinds of Crêpes in Parisian restaurants and cafes as well as at the to-go windows of the Crêperies throughout the busy sections of the city. Filled with everything from ham and eggs to chantilly – whipped cream – these petite meals or just plain treats are [...]
Potage Parmentier
Why Parmentier? A few potato dishes in France are named after Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (1737 – 1813) who is known as the promoter of using potatoes for something more than feeding the barnyard animals. Parmentier was a prisoner in Prussia during the Seven Years War and upon his return home to France in 1763 he could [...]
Salade Niçoise
Salade Niçoise is still somewhat of a mystery to folks who don’t live in the South of France. But it’s an easy salad to make if you have access to all of the ingredients, and of course, the recipe can be fumbled for those who can’t find all of the ingredients, or would rather skip [...]
