Honey Grilled Pork Chops
Simple and elegant, this is a dish you can grill for a quick family weeknight dinner as easily as you can for a more dressed up Saturday night meal with friends. Pork is often served with something sweet, like apples or pears; here, I put the sweetness right on the pork. It lifts its flavor […]
Beef Brochettes with Curry
ASTUCE: note that the onions are cooked separately, because they take longer than the zucchini and the beef. You might say “Why include them, then?” Because they go so we-e-l-l with the beef and zucchini. You might just want to slide them on the skewer to make life easier, but it won’t make what’s in […]
French Scenes
Sometimes I’m overwhelmed by the beauty and curiosity of things I see as I walk around in Paris and Louviers, Honfleur and anywhere else I happen to be. It is a never ending tableau of bizarrities, beauties and everything in between.
Sad Can Be Happy
A very close friend of mine lost her father two weeks ago, so suddenly it was like being electrocuted and slammed into a chair. The gentleman was a friend of mine, too, someone warm, stable, funny, sometimes impatient and demanding, learned, cultivated, extraverted, always interesting, and a cook like no one else I know. I’d […]
