Sunday’s. What’s with a Sunday? Late morning wake up calls. Sleeping in, or perhaps a little morning nookie. Long punishing solo runs pounding the high road or by ways. A dawn cycle with a cycling buddy to the village down the valley. A round of golf with your high school mates. Painting, drawing, reading, writing. … More Recipe: Roast Spatchcock Chicken, Baby Potatoes, Broccoli & Tomato.
My dear friends, I trust this month of September has been treating you well. I am currently only working half time so I have launched an Instagram page sharing my food journey. It includes some stories, and some recipes where I can fit it into that medium, but sometimes it’s not possible, so you can expect … More Recipe: Miso Pork Belly with Shiitake Mushrooms and Spinach
Another recipe quickie. This has been put on my meal plan every other week since we have been home. It’s quite adaptable if you know what you like to eat and can mix it up depending on the contents of your fridge. Last year I discovered quinoa after spending quite a few shopping hours with … More Recipe: Quinoa Salad
Growing up, strawberries would grow in abundance in our garden every October, and not one year would go by (that I can remember) that I would not have a Hot Milk Sponge Cake made by Mom, and it would be covered in garden-grown strawbs’s. Mom would always use a butter icing over it, and later … More Baking and Mom’s Sponge Cake
Last week marked my two year anniversary of not working, and it’s raised the question “Do I still introduce myself as a chef (de cuisine) if people I meet ask me what I do”? Two years of not waking up at 5am, two years of not driving to work under the dawn light with music … More Recipe of the week
Pinot, Bretzels, and Cathedrals 