Springtime Wild Edibles
By Marie-Christine Perry Before our kitchen gardens start brimming with the first fruits and vegetables, we can turn to foraging to have a few options for fresh greens, flowers and roots as we take walks through woods and meadows. Foraging for wild edibles is a great pleasure, but one must exercise caution. The first rule of foraging […]
A Trip Around the World From Your Pantry
Notes from a French Kitchen By Marie-Christine Perry As our new way of life becomes a routine, we are faced with shopping much less often and more randomly, and with having to be creative with our pantry. If you, like me, are well stocked on the basics and find you are bored with the recipes […]
An Easter Feast
Notes from a French Kitchen by Marie-Christine Perry Early spring brings the first fruit and vegetable of the season to the table, and to me, it always means the first asparagus, tiny potatoes, early peas, spring lamb and early strawberries. These are the makings of a great Easter lunch or dinner: fat white asparagus, steamed […]
Notes From a French Kitchen
The Classic Bûche de Noël Is a Highlight of the Christmas Table By Marie-Christine Perry Every year as December approaches, memories of Christmases past flood my mind: the walk to the church for midnight mass, the whole family in its Christmas finery with seven children excited and awed; the joyful surprise of the glittering tree […]
A Provençal Summer Evening With Friends
Notes From a French Kitchen By Marie-Christine Perry The farmers market beckons, full of this summer’s bounty, and conjures Provence, France, where every small village market on the hills offers an abundance of the local favorites – shiny purple eggplants, large juicy tomatoes, pale green and yellow zucchini, and sweet peppers in a variety of shapes […]
