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Homekit and Google Nest Update

Last year I wrote about installing...

Homekit and Google Nest Update
July 10, 2019

Homekit and Google Nest Update

Homekit and Google Nest Update
Recipes

Beef Stew with Carrots and Polenta

My mother made traditional beef stew, in a pressure cooker (now called an "instant pot"), with onions, potatoes, and carrots, lots of gravy, and topped with puffy...

Beef Stew with Carrots and Polenta
June 1, 2019

Beef Stew with Carrots and Polenta

Beef Stew with Carrots and Polenta
Recipes

Pan-fried Salmon with Onions, Garlic, Capers, Rosemary and Lemon

This is a dish that I threw together while we were staying in Bonnieux during our long vacation in Provence and the Côte d'Azur in France. I bought the...

Pan-fried Salmon with Onions, Garlic, Capers, Rosemary and Lemon
September 28, 2018

Pan-fried Salmon with Onions, Garlic, Capers, Rosemary and Lemon

Pan-fried Salmon with Onions, Garlic, Capers, Rosemary and Lemon
Places We've Been

Bonnieux Day 1

We arrived in Bonnieux yesterday afternoon for a nine-day stay in another Airbnb apartment. After walking around this steep hill-side village last evening, looking for a...

Bonnieux Day 1
September 24, 2018

Bonnieux Day 1

Bonnieux Day 1
Places We've Been

Four Nights in Arles

We stayed four nights in Arles, Thursday to Monday. The annual Feria du Riz, a celebration of the rice harvest with music, art, and Spanish-style bullfighting,...

Four Nights in Arles
September 19, 2018

Four Nights in Arles

Four Nights in Arles
Places We've Been

Transport Modes

Every vacation trip requires transport: getting there and getting around. For our trip to France, getting there involved two modes of transport: air and rail. We elected to get...

Transport Modes
September 13, 2018

Transport Modes

Transport Modes

The Way We Eat

July 1, 2018

Letting the market guide the menu
Of course, I mean the farmers' market, not the financial or stock markets. One of the joys of living in Southern California is the year-round farmers' markets. ...
June 25, 2018

First Sweet Corn of the Season
Sweet corn appeared at the farmer's market on Saturday for the first time this year, so I picked up four ears of the yellow variety. I like to roast them in ...
June 23, 2018

Basil Inspiration
The basil we grow in a pot on our patio has become abundant so I wanted to use some of it before it bolts when the summer heat arrives. I found some ...
May 25, 2018

Griddled Pork Tenderloin on the Grill
A little frustrated with the early "June gloom" weather we've had for a week or so, I decided to break the mood a little by grilling our dinner the other ...
May 20, 2018

Pasta Puttanesca
There are several different origin stories about Puttanesca sauce, perhaps all apocryphal. The one most often heard is that it originated with Neapolitan ...
May 16, 2018

Quick and easy dinner on a cool Spring evening
The days have been a little cool this week, with the cloudy mornings and sunny afternoons that are typical this time of the year. So I wasn't in the mood to ...

Recipes

June 1, 2019

Beef Stew with Carrots and Polenta

Food News

May 20, 2018

Hard boiling (and peeling) fresh eggs from the market

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