I know that you can buy roasted peppers just about anywhere nowadays, but they just don’t taste as good as the ones I make myself. I’m not sure why that is, except possibly their freshness—I just know that the flavor is totally different and that with a grill pan it is so easy to do [...]

  With the great weather we are having I am even more anxious to eat food that tastes of summer. This recipe for carrot salad is a standby that is available everywhere in France. It is so simple and fresh tasting that it is hard to believe it has not yet become a staple in [...]

A night alone is the perfect time to make one of my favorite meals – creamed spinach and fried eggs. This is not a dinner I would make for my family, because they don’t like spinach. I find that hard to understand. I first had this combination as a child. My mother would take me [...]

A note to readers – I’m delighted to be blogging again! I had a false start with some technical difficulties and a lot to learn. I will be posting regularly, so use the RSS feed, email notification or bookmark the link. I look forward to reading your comments. Even though summer is long gone I [...]

I bought a grill pan about a year ago, but only fell in love recently. The idea of being able to grill inside had gotten my attention, but it was the cast iron version that I found worth experimenting with. When I purchased it I thought I would use it on my stove top for [...]