Food, Travel, and Cooking!
A particular favourite of mine! These tasty squares ending up on a lot of “goodie” trays for many of the “sandwich lunches” I catered. Easy to make! Would be good with a coffee I think. Makes An 8” Square Cake Pan Preheat the oven to 325 F. Grease an 8” square metal cake pan or […]
A very tasty spezzatino (stew) made in the north east area of Italy. It’s quite simple to prepare and is braised in the oven. Traditionally it’s served with polenta (see below).I have served the stew as a second course, preceded by a pasta first course but it would also be lovely served with some veggies […]
We’ve been talking about driving down the road one day to visit Portland and we finally we made it! My driver decided he did not want to make 504 km (313 miles) drive that takes around 6 hours, depending on how “nice” the American Customs guys are at the moment! So…we booked seats on the […]
Herbs you dry yourself are greener and a lot fresher tasting than anything you can buy. Thyme is something I use a lot and even though I have three plants in the garden, I find I need more. I buy a couple of bags of fresh thyme and dry them. and have been doing so […]
TOMATOES, TOMATOES, TOMATOES. I simply adore them! If you grow your own tomatoes, or you stock up on them at your farmer’s market These are wonderful! This is an especially good thing to do with end of summer tomatoes. Preheat the oven to 200 F. Cut approximately 2 pounds plum tomatoes in half lengthwise Core […]
This is a lovely soup that I like to make with veggies from the Farmer’s Market and herbs from the garden. It’s nice to serve as a first course or as a main course served with wholegrain bread and perhaps some cheese. Once the veggies are prepped, it’s a cinch to throw together! I have […]
One of the things I really love to do is test out recipes that sound interesting. The other day I was thinking of making an arugula salad with mosto cotto, which is cooked grape must, because I just happened to have some on hand. We bought it on our last trip to Chianti, and I’ve […]
If you like saffron, this one is for you! The flavour and fragrance of the saffron and wine is wonderful! When I make this dish I often serve it in the Italian manner, using some of the sauce to dress the paccheri/pacchero pasta as a primi?1st course, then serve the chicken drizzled with more sauce […]
There is just something about apple cider (the hard stuff) in a sauce, adding new crop apples and some great bacon and voila, you’ve got yourself a great combination! You might like to serve the chicken with Colcannon or mashed potatoes, or maybe even dumplings. The chicken can be done either on the top of […]
A long-time favourite at our house! Redolent with ginger and fresh thyme, a perfect autumn dinner, perhaps served with spaetzle or roasted potatoes. The sauce is delicious! Any leftovers would make a great sandwich with some of my Spiced Fruit Chutney. Makes 6 Servings Rub for the Roast: 1 Tbsp. minced fresh thyme 2 ½ […]