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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Grilled Chicken with Cherry Salsa for Donald
Donald P. is an old friend of mine. Meaning that I’ve known him for over 30 years, and he’s old Poor thing, his doctor told him that he could no longer continue to eat “high on the hog”, … Continue reading
Capitaine: Nile Perch with Twice Cooked Yams
When my husband was in the Peace Corps, he recalls seeing them pull a Capitaine/Nile perch from the Niger river that was the size of a man! No more. The river is not what it used to be and with … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Cooking, fish, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes, Vegetables
Tagged appetizer, capitaine, cooking, Fish, food, Niger, nile perch, panko, recipes, yam
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Sauteed Foie Gras sur Brioche with Cherry Sauce
Well it’s the beginning of the cherry season and my thoughts turn to La Madeleine. It was at this 2 star Michelin restaurant here in Sens, that I had a hot appetizer of sauteed foie gras with cherry sauce. Patrick … Continue reading
Soba Noodle Soup
If you have been craving slurp-able Japanese noodle soup, today is the day! Boy howdy, this was really good! I had no idea what I was doing, until I had done it. I believe it was the soaking … Continue reading
Strawberry Mousse
Jade’s off from school today so it was a good day to make dessert. Totally influenced by the market, we decided to go with the strawberries again. We again chose the Gariguette variety which is handsome, packed with … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Dessert, Food and Wine, French, Recipes
Tagged cooking, dessert, food, fruit, mousse, recipes, strawberry, sweets
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Roasted Duck Legs with Wine Sauce, Shallots and Celeriac
What I wanted to serve with the duck legs was yams but I neglected to go to the market yesterday. Luckily, I found this moon rock-looking celeriac in the Carrefour City and since I like celeriac, I was good … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, French, Main dishes, Recipes
Tagged celeriac, cooking, duck, food, French, recipes, thyme, wine sauce
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Deep Fried Salmon with Creole Remoulade
I know this is almost sacrilegious, saying salmon and deep fried in the same sentence but I needed an excuse to fry something with panko again (the oysters were not enough) and to use Dave’s Creole Remoulade sauce. If you … Continue reading
Posted in American, Appetizer, Cooking, fish, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes
Tagged Champagne, cooking, creole, deep fried, Fish, food, panko, recipes, remoulade, salmon
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Oysters Two Ways: Kaki Furai and Baked with Garlic and Parsley
I’ve been dreaming of my mother’s fried oysters. I just didn’t want to shuck any oysters. There’s plenty of them in the open market, supermarket and in the new fish market across the street from the open market. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Appetizer, Asian, Cooking, fish, Food and Wine, French, Hors d'oeuvres, Japanese, Recipes
Tagged baked, cooking, deep fried, food, Japanese, kaki furai, oysters, panko, recipes, Seafood
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Goma-ae Sesame and Spinach Salad
Japan Centre, a Japanese supply on line store, sent me an e-mail last night with this recipe. I didn’t intend to post today but I like spinach and the recipe was interesting, so I decided to just make the spinach, … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, bento, Cooking, Food and Wine, Japanese, Main dishes, Recipes
Tagged bento, cooking, food, Japanese, recipes, sesame, spinach
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