Last Sunday, we and a few of our wine and food enthusiasts neighbors engaged in a progressive entree..

I've really missed not having a grill.  It's true I can cook many meats and vegetables on the stove ..

I mentioned to a friend in France that I was looking for a good quality cover for our feather bed.  ..

I've actually been in Sens since September 16th but I forgot my camera!  My darling husband thoughtf..

One home leave we sublet an apartment in the New Orleans' Garden district.  Foreign service home lea..

Our neighbor Jane gave me with an enormous, beautiful zucchini, vaguely intimidating but also challe..

Sleepless in Honesdale, I realized that it had been a while since I had made some homemade dashi bro..

I wanted spicy, Asian aubergine but not quite having the ingredients it called for and couldn't be b..

Indian aubergine are so cute and also rare in our supermarkets.  I got lucky with these. They remind..

The recipe for the cassoulet and the earthenware pottery originated in the town of Castelnaudry, Fra..