we returned from our lovely paris and london trip very well fed. while in paris we ate some wonderful croissants (do they even know how to make bad croissants?), and some great meals. two most notable meals in paris were at les papilles where we picked out our wine from the store shelves and ate a delicious market menu [...]
Archive for May, 2007
i’m full
Posted in cooking, food, recipes, restaurants on May 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
braised chicken redux: now with more green!
Posted in cooking, food on May 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
tonight was leftover night and it was time to give the braised chicken from monday night another try. that chicken, while tasty, was too beige for a photo. this time i perked it up with some asparagus (that we had to use tonight because tomorrow we’re going here) and some parsley. same peas recipe i [...]
beginnings (part deux)
Posted in cooking, food, recipes on May 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
i started this yesterday and then changed names, so technically this is the second beginning. or not really the beginning at all. whatever. here goes:
so, this blog will document my attempt at cooking without recipes. i’ve been cooking a long time, but i tend to be a rule-follower kind of girl. recently i’ve started getting interested in [...]
braised chicken
Posted in cooking, food, restaurants on May 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
apparently i’m really jumping in to this “no recipe” thing. tonight we had what i’m choosing to call provencal-style braised chicken with pancetta peas and rice. except for the peas, everything was very beige-ish, hence the lack of pictures. but fairly tasty in that homey way. i browned boneless, skinless chicken thighs in olive oil, [...]
