Jul 23
Sole Veronique is one of the dishes that is a perfect comfort food. It is extremely easy to digest and the lovely smooth, creamy sauce with grapes could lift anyone’s spirits or help them rise from their sick bed. However it is also a great dish as a light supper or as a fish starter. …
Jul 22
The first time I encountered clairet was on a bicycle tour through Bordeaux in France. At one vineyard we visited they talked about it briefly when they told us how they made their rosé. To begin with I thought they were just mispronouncing claret, but there is a connection. Centuries ago clairet, known as rouge …
Jul 22
To make Homemade Peach Ice Cream, fresh handpicked peaches are not absolute requirement. Yes, the peaches used in this ice cream recipe were handpicked but because so many peaches had been picked, the peaches used for this batch of homemade ice cream been frozen whole and peeled and stoned at a later date. One of …
Jul 21
I was at dinner the other night, speaking about food while we were eating, when Janette told us that her husband had been trying to make aioli sauce. He had first tried to make it in a blender, but had given up in frustration, but after watching an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s ‘No Reservations’ in …
Jul 21
Recently I picked about 15 – 20 pounds of wild Mustang Grapes near my house and generated 15 Cups of Grape Pulp after boiling down the whole grapes and straining the mixture through a colander to separate the juice and pulp from the skins and seeds. I was prepared to make three batches of Homemade …
