‘Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colours, there are only so many flavours, it’s how you combine them that sets you apart.’ Wolfgang Puck Each year in November Puisserguier, the neighbouring village just North of Capestang, runs the Soup Festival, where two dozen locals…
Our last Sunday after two weeks of holidays, we took the kids to Szimpla Kert, a ruin pub turned Sunday Market for lunch. We ate a full assortment of food at the farmer’s market. There were sausages made out of Mangalitsa, the same domestic pig/wild boar cross we know from France. An organic bio baker was there selling his goods….
Quiche is a savoury open faced pastry filled with eggs, cheese and vegetables. Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 40 minutes Total Time: Under 1 hour Pastry Ingredients Buy pre-made pastry or make your own. 1 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup oil 1/4 water Mixture Ingredients 3 beaten eggs 1 cup milk 1…
Ingredients: 4 cups bread cubed (day old) 1 cup celery 2 large onions diced 1-2 garlic cloves crushed 1 cup chicken stock 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 2 Tbsp provence herbs 1 Tbsp white pepper 1 large apple cored, peeled and chopped Method Step 1: Brown onions in olive oil Step 2: add garlic & celery…
Puisserguier throws their annual Soup Festival, located one town over from our home in Capestang. Our family trucks the seven minutes to take part in the fun! There were tables lining the edge of the parking lot, with twenty groups ladling out cups of soup for people to taste and vote for. The atmosphere was…
INGREDIENTS: 3 large diced onions 2 crushed garlic cloves 5 large finely sliced carrots 2 diced celery sticks 1 sliced leek, the white part 1-2 chopped turnips 1 kilo dried, rinsed and cleaned lentils 2 liters vegetable stock or 3 vegetable stock cubes added to 8 cups water 2 tbsp. Provence herbs 1…
This Middle Eastern dish is rice cooked in bouillon, can be made with a variety of meats, done in one pot, and if done right, it can not only be tasty, but quick! The subtle saffron next to the sweet raisins and tart crisp red peppers is…
HOW TO MAKE: Spaghetti and Mint MeatBalls Ingredients 1 lb. extra lean ground beef 1 large onion finely chopped 1-2 crushed garlic cloves 1 Tbsp. dried mint 1 Tbsp. dried oregano breadcrumbs 3 Tbsp. 1 egg flour 2-3 Tbsp. olive oil Method: Mix all ingredients in a bowl except flour and oil. Form into rounds…
Recreating take-out style Chinese is easier than ever before. The key to this recipe is to have everything ready before hand, and simply combine the ingredients in your wok or pot. Ingredients 1 large onion sliced 2 garlic 1/2 cup shredded carrots 1 cup cooked chicken (leftover BBQ chicken works…
The ancient Greek poet Homer called old age “loathsome,” and William Shakespeare termed it “hideous winter.” So it is no wonder since the beginning of time, people searched the globe for ways to restore their youth. But it was the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon that explored the new world for the actual fountain…