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Cooking in Sens
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Living, Drinking and Eating in Burgundy, France
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Linguini, Fava Beans and Oeufs de Cabillaud Fume

If you know me by now, you probably realize that usually when I break into French in the title, I’m apprehensive that my readers with delicate palates (Frugal) might choose to skip the post Lin...

6 h ago

Mini Strawberry Trifles

I don’t know if the English version of the Saveurs magazine has the same recipes as the French version, but the June French issue has some delicious recipes. I’ve never had trifle before ...

1 day ago

Warm Haddock Salad with Wax Beans and New Potatoes

The new Saveurs June edition has a number of interesting recipes using fresh beans and peas. Since it’s the season, I’ll be trying several of them. You’ll be dismayed to know that I...

1 day ago

Oven Braised Flanken Beef Ribs

It would be dishonest if I didn’t say I wasn’t slightly annoyed that my barbecued flanken ribs http://cookinginsens.wordpress .com/2012/05/28/beef-ribs-maca roni-and-cheese-memorial-daype nt...

2 days ago

Sens Marche Brocante 2012

Each year the town of Sens hosts a huge flea market or marche brocante that is set up on the promenade that rings the town. Of course we never miss it. There are dishes to buy and skillets to look fo...

3 days ago

Beef Ribs, Macaroni and Cheese, Memorial Day/Pentecost

This weekend Memorial Day is celebrated in the U.S. and Pentecost in France. Three day weekend and time for barbecues. Of course I went to the deep country in Villiers-Louis where my Weber grill has ...

4 days ago

Le Patio: Les Tartines

Le Patio of Sens is a sandwich and salad bar restaurant located in downtown Sens, next to the market. We visited a while back and tasted their very fresh salads http://cookinginsens.wordpress .com/201...

5 days ago

Salade Gesiers de Canard

I was in the market this morning to pick up some beef short ribs I had ordered, cut American style. The butcher was right next to Jean Louis, the foie gras man http://cookinginsens.wordpress .com/2012...

6 days ago

Pho, Pho, Pho

My favorite thing about pho is the pairing of crunchy vegetable toppings with hot flavorful soup. This was very good. Thanks R.S.! Unfortunately, I was unable to find fresh bean sprouts and had to us...

24 may 12

Stuffed Pork Filet Mignon with Sauteed Spinach and Roasted Sweet Potato

Cruising through the market today looking for thinly sliced sirloin for the Pho http://cookinginsens.wordpress .com/2012/05/23/what-were-havi ng-pho-lunch-tomorrow/ , Jade and I saw this pork filet mig...

23 may 12 1 person likes this

What We’re Having Pho Lunch Tomorrow

There is a fantastic site called Ang Sarap http://angsarap.net/, featuring the cuisine of the Phillipines and Asia, that has become one of my favorites. Wonderful recipes and gorgeous photography, I ...

23 may 12

Lemon and Honey Salmon with Chinese Cabbage

It’s been a while since our last salmon fix. Today’s the day! We prefer our salmon skin on, so that’s why it was beyond annoying when I thawed the beautiful salmon fillets from the ...

22 may 12

Pan Roasted Artichokes

For the curious, here’s something about me you probably didn’t know; repetitious mention of the word “healthy”, when referring to food preparation and/or consumption brings ou...

20 may 12

Crispy Pork Belly

In the never ending struggle towards crispy skin pork belly, I decided to try the salting method over at Sea Salt with Food http://www.seasaltwithfood.com /2012/05/crispy-roast-pork-bel ly.html. I̵...

19 may 12

Bucatini with Meatballs

Does it count against me in the “The Game of Freezers” that I took out ground pork and veal to make meatballs, but put in a really irresistible pork belly? It’s not my fault. I was ...

18 may 12

L’Ambiance des Halles: Bouillabaisse Maison

L’Ambiance des Halles is my fishmonger. In addition to selling fresh fish and seafood, they have a shellfish bar, small restaurant and seafood platters for take away. Difficult to please when i...

17 may 12

Oven Pork Chops with Sauteed Apples

Because I was gallivanting around with Jade this morning, drinking coffee with Jacques, visiting the market and the pharmacy, chatting with M. Parret, I didn’t have much time to think about tod...

16 may 12

Boudin Noir with Pear and Potato Gratin

Today was boudin noir’s turn to come out of the freezer. I was pretty happy about this; our market guy makes the best boudin noir whether mixed with apples or onions or just plain and is hot an...

15 may 12

Tuna Salad

This salad should really be called “refrigerator salad” as I put it together with odds and ends from the refrigerator. I just wanted to use my supermarket, green plate for something Tuna ...

15 may 12

Villiers-Louis: Deep Country

What a nice Mother’s Day! Even though Jade and I were the only ones celebrating Mother’s Day today, we joined our friends Alain and Sophie of Villiers-Louis in a celebration barbecue for ...

14 may 12

Corolles d’Alsace Salad with Tuna

Tomorrow, on American Mother’s Day, Jade and I are invited to Villiers-Louis, deep country, for an al fresco lunch and barbecue. Wanting to make a pasta salad to bring, I spent a lot of time in...

12 may 12

Poached Egg with Grilled Vegetables

One of my neighbors, a die-hard bookophile, visited a village vide grenier this past weekend, finding a first edition, French dictionary printed in 1658! He was so delighted! Vide grenier means to em...

11 may 12

Herb and Garlic Crusted Pork Roast

The little 1 kg or 2 lb pork roasts I find here are perfect when you are not feeding a crowd, but still want to feed 4-6 or 2 with leftovers for sandwiches. I bought 3 of these when they were on sale...

10 may 12

Glazed Chicken with Turnip Potato Puree

In 1991, we were evacuated from Port Au Prince, Haiti because while the Haitian president was in Washington, D.C., the military decided to call elections; coup d’etat. The U.S. government was s...

09 may 12

Tagliatelle with Bacon and Peas

The “Game of Freezers” continues with this wonderful pasta made from frozen fresh tagliatelle, frozen peas and frozen bacon. Still working on the freezer in the North(the house) and looki...

08 may 12

Buttery Oven Baked Chicken Wings

This used to be the only way I would make chicken wings; coated with seasoned flour and baked in butter. The wings are crispy on the outside, juicy and tender inside. After that, if I wanted a sweet ...

07 may 12

Crab Quiche

I found a new plate at the 3 Musketeer grocery store for 2 Euros. You can’t see it, but it’s got a little purple chicken in the center. Cute. That’s why I made this breakfast. And t...

06 may 12

Herbed Magret de Canard Salad with Pears and Roquefort Dressing

I guess it’s day 6 of Vide Congelateur (empty the the freezer), but it feels like day 20! It’s not that there are not good things to be made from the freezer, it’s just that cooking...

05 may 12

Spicy, Lacquered Sea Bream

There were 3 agendas today: 1) Try out my new paella/fish frying pan 2) Move that sea bream in the freezer onward 3) Display the garden fresh radishes given to me by Alain. Done! Spicy, Lacquered Sea...

04 may 12

Fabada My Way: Chorizo, Mouro, Grillaudes and Bean Stew

My inspiration for this recipe comes from Marcus at Country Wood Smoke http://countrywoodsmoke.wordpr ess.com/2012/03/08/smoked-morc illa-and-chorizo-fabada/. I saw this recipe in March and started my ...

03 may 12

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