Mussels Oh Mussels Alive Alive Oh – An Eclade For You
Many years ago I tasted the most amazing dish near Bordeaux – local mussels cooked in a nest of pine needles set over hot coals. THIS SPECIAL WAY OF COOKING MUSSELS IS CALLED ECLADE. Called Eclade, the origins of the dish sit with the mussel fishermen there who landed their boats. They arranged the mussels […]
Stuffed Potatoes on the Grill
Stuffed potatoes. Is there anything more glorious sounding. START WITH THE RIGHT POTATO The potatoes here are a sweet, tender baking potato called Ramos, which is similar to a Yukon Gold. We get them year round. Now, of course, along with the last of the 2016 harvest, which is still firm and delicious, we’re getting […]
Herbes de Provence
Herbes de Provence is the nearly mythical blend of green herbs from the Mediterranean landscape called the garrigue. When you walk the rocky trails in this region, it’s impossible not to think of pizza baked in a wood-fired oven, grilled eggplant with goat cheese, lamb roasted over the coals. HERBS DE PROVENCE PEDIGREE – LABEL […]
BAY-GRILLED MONKFISH – LOTTE GRILLE AU LAURIER
This recipe for bay-grilled monkfish involves fire and smoke, yet it’s done on your stove and it will not make your smoke detector whine (at least it didn’t mine). It’s an indoor grilling recipe, but your guests will be convinced that you somehow hung from the balcony with a grill and produced this amazing fish. […]
HERBES DE PROVENCE
This is an almost mythical herb mix traditionally made with herbs that grow wild throughout Provence. There, it is added to everything from soup to fresh goat cheese; it echoes the landscape on the plate, evoking the hot, rugged landscape, the delicate villages perched atop hills.. I make my own blend of these herbs and […]
Grilling without a Grill
Grilling without a grill. How can that be possible? It’s simple, because everyone loves the flavor of grilled foods, but we don’t all have the luxury of a back courtyard or a porch, a front garden or even a side alleyway where a grill can sit year-round. So, the following recipe for Bay Grilled […]
Miche’s Two Ingredient French Apricot Jam – ’tis the Season
Evreux, June 3, 2017 – Miche lived to be 101 years old. Right up until she left us she was talking about her amazing two-ingredient apricot jam, among other things, and the tricks she used to make it. She also wanted to point out the bird on the steeple outside her window and remind a visitor […]
