Food for the year

Holiday Bouche   - on Xmas Eve  with  Bubbles - delicious Coffee and hazelnut - yum

                                            The table is set with a reflective glow

Xmas eve dinner is delicious and delightful - a time to reflect on the year past - all those tasty meals, all those marvelous morsels - and here at home a chance to enjoy husbo's cooking and to set the table with old new things and new ideas.   My mother's embroidered tablecloths, xmas crackers and delicious food Gravlax home made and outstanding, Venison with sauce Grand Venier, apples stuffed with chestnut puree and braised endives. Cheese and salad.  Coffee and Hazelnut bouche.
A grand time and great feast

Good red meat

A piece of steak, a glass of wine and tomatoes.....

Pot Roast

A delicious meal cooked by El Hubbo for a cool night.
Pork Loin with vegetables. Yum....

back blogging about food - what is better talking about food or eating it ?

Sweet sweet sixteen

My daughter celebrated her 16th birthday - it was a divine strawberry tart and Sangria for afternoon celebration with family. Food made by Hubby and proud dad. Tasted goood!

Eating on the road

On the road in France, stopping on the highway to get lunch.
What a selection, at the the store. We go into a 7 eleven type place.
Everything you can imagine for a great picnic in minutes.


what shall I chose?

let me get a closer look at the ingredients

biscuits or cookies of every flavor

Tomatoes, Quiche, dessert.

Or should I take a baguette?

ok what about a slice of apple tart or a nice yogurt dessert?

juice and water in every color, candy and chocolates of every description.
and coffee tea from the machines.
plus all the travel stuff you need.

Big lovely bathrooms.
I love this shop. Eat on the bench outside and we are off.

Delicious dessert

Melt in the mouth delicious, dessert by Laurent Duchene.

French country lunch

Just back from France, after enjoying good simple food
like this country lunch in the Touraine, Rabbit pate with Vouvray bought in Vouvray , the day before, Pork Chops, with a Rose, and goat cheese, my favorite with the sweetest strawberries.
Time to lie under the sun and soak up that giant sky.

See the food

We visited the Crab Cooker - only real crab place in the Bay Area. They say.
It was fun. Casual, with excellent food!
We had the coconut shrimp to start. Very big juicy shrimp with a thin crust.
Yummy lobster sandwich and a delicious lobster club
Another feast to delight the eye and stomach!

4th of July BBQ

Al Fresco Meal

Sunday Dinner at our friend Corinne.
Who is a fine cook. and always makes it looks so easy.
Suddenly peonies are showing up all over. the tables is set outside.
Parma Ham and blue cheese salad to start. Yum
Served with a crisp Spanish Rose. Lovely taste.
Salmon on the bbq wrapped in foil with thyme, served with fresh red currant sauce (from the garden) asparagus and baked potatoes.
and for dessert -
Grilled peaches, carmelized sauce with whipped cream and coconut macaroon

Now thats Sunday Dining at its finest.

Mulberries

My neighbor has a Mulberry tree - lovely luscious and sweet. The most delicious taste in the world when the mulberries are picked and eaten straight off the tree. And it stains your hands and lips.

Lavender and lunch

What a visual delight to eat at Tootsies. Felt like we were miles away from the daily treadmill.
A cloud of purple lavender, tasty sandwiches, hot tea and donuts.......yum.