Kig Ha Farz
Flavors of Brittany
On the GR 34As an inveterate hiker, I think any season is a good one for taking to the trails, particularly as a break from intense work, when the mind…
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Flavors of Brittany
Figs on the Grill
Hangar Steak and Figs on the Grill
Eileen and Betsy are back! Busily grilling their way through French Grill, they've just sent this new missive!! "So we had last Saturday night set aside to do something…
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Hangar Steak and Figs on the Grill
Fondant Normand with Plums
Techniques and Vikings – Just another Week at On Rue Tatin
Bonjour from the warmest French October since 1878, so say the meteorologists. it's lovely waking up to blue skies every day, watching as the leaves turn slowly from green to all…
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Techniques and Vikings – Just another Week at On Rue Tatin
Tarte Tatin Parfaite!
Tarte Tatin
Every time I make Tarte Tatin I think about my time as an apprentice in the kitchens at La Varenne. There, Chef Albert Jorant taught us pastry. I worked with…
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Tarte Tatin
Sweet Potato and quail eggs from FRENCH GRILL
Sweet Potatoes and Eggs – French Grill
I got to thinking about eggs the other day. My thoughts were stimulated by my friend Betty who gave me, as a hostess gift, a dozen eggs from her husband’s…
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Sweet Potatoes and Eggs – French Grill
Smoky Pork Shoulder fhphoto
French Grill Fandango
Dateline:Hot Springs, Virginia. Eileen and Betsy are back… with their LABOR DAY FRENCH GRILL FANDANGO “No one really cares that OUR objective is to cook our way through French Grill,”…
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French Grill Fandango
Honey-Grilled Pork Chops
Last Minute Labor Day Menu
EEEK! I almost forgot Labor Day! It's my calendar's fault; it is supposed to keep me informed of all holidays everywhere, but the "settings gremlin" flipped a switch and here…
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Last Minute Labor Day Menu
Grilled Eggplant Salad
This recipe for Eggplant Salad (which I serve as an appetizer) comes from one of my favorite books, HONEY FROM A WEED, by Patience Gray (Harper and Row, 1986). The…
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Grilled Eggplant Salad
Grilling Their Way Through FRENCH GRILL
The other day I received an email from Betsy Regnell, whom I met when she and her friend Eileen Doherty came to a class at On Rue Tatin, some many…
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Grilling Their Way Through FRENCH GRILL
Doux des Landes
Confit of Peppers
Every year I make a batch of pepper confit (confit means to cook very slowly usually in oil or fat) with Doux des Landes (capsicum annum) grown in the fields…
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Confit of Peppers