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Tomato Paella
After several years of doing fairly ridiculous things whilst traveling, I’ve gotten to the point where, when I suggest spending the night in an airport/train station/bus stop to make a cheap layover...
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Pork Stew
SCENE A Paris apartment. It is Sunday, which, as all good Parisians know, is the perfect day to mope around in your pajamas, drink lots of coffee, do all your laundry and clean all the surfaces in your...
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My Grown-Up House
Several weeks ago, I promised you pictures of my new house, and then I promptly disappeared. I’m sorry. I could blame school starting up again and days that start at 7am and finish at 9 or 10 at...
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Mustard Pork Roast with Apples
It’s difficult to explain to people who don’t live in Paris how easy it is to forget that I’m here. I’m not saying this to rub it in your faces, honestly. Sometimes I find myself sitting in front of...
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Rôti de porc, homemade applesauce, “carrot fries”
I’m pretty lucky when it comes to the Country Boy… as far as boys are concerned, he falls on the “fairly awesome” side of the scale. No housecleaning task is too girly for him; he was raised helping...
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pork roast, cornbread, cucumber salad
Sunday lunchtime is a serious affair in France. Around noon, the stairwell in my seven-story building starts to smell like garlic, onions, roasting chicken skin. The line from the bakery goes out the...
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sanglier, gaulois, dol de bretagne
I’m afraid that I may not have been entirely frank with you, friends. You see, as I reread past posts about my life here in France, you get all of the good stories. The funny encounters. The moments...
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Pork Chops, Mushrooms, Roquefort Sauce, Broiled Figs
When last we spoke, dear reader, it was summer. I was posting about tarts topped with berries from Paziols and looking forward to going back to the States for a month. Well, summer is over now. I’m...
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Pork Roast with Cherry-Beer Sauce
I think I’m getting old. And yes, I’m fully aware of the irony of that statement. But it doesn’t make it feel less true. I feel like I’m getting older, like there’s less “spring-back” in my way of...
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autumn roast pork, potimarron, chestnuts, onion
When I first moved to France, I was convinced that I would glide effortlessly into a group of French people, and these people would be my French friends. Co-expats, you may now stop laughing at my...
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Barbecue Pork Roast, Corn, Avocado, Tomato
What is home? I know that I’m not alone in not knowing. While the same question used to cause me an unbelievable amount of anxiety, I feel as though it doesn’t trouble me quite so much anymore. But...
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Beef and Pork Shoulder Lasagna
The older I get, the more I notice a profound difference between the things I want to do and the things I want to have done. I guess it’s because when you’re little, there’s not too much pleasure to be...
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Oven-Baked “Barbecue” Ribs
Yesterday, I turned 30. Yikes. No, in reality, I’m actually super cool with turning 30. Mostly because I know a lot of awesome people who are already in their 30s, and if they’re any indication, it...
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Pork Chops with Blackberry Sauce
When I had my first French office job, I had a bit of a reputation for making “weird” salads at lunchtime. For me, there was nothing weird about them: a combination of avocado, lime juice, tahini, red...
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Pulled Pork Curry with Sweet Potatoes
The Country Boy is not terribly picky, but there are a few things that he hates that I love, two of which are coconut milk and chile. And while he’s very sweet in saying that there’s no need for me to...
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Crepinette with Lentil and Carrot Salad
I’m a pretty adventurous eater, so whenever I see a new item on offer at my local coop, I jump at the chance to try it out. Usually, this means a cheese or sometimes an heirloom vegetable; this week...
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Crépinette and Southwestern Salad, Two Ways
“Southwest” is a word that means two very different things in France and in America. Whereas in the States, the southwest evokes flavors like corn, black beans, and chile, in France, the southwest is...
View ArticleSuper Simple Oven-Baked Ribs
One thing I love about sourcing meat from a farm rather than from the supermarket is that it has so much flavor on its own – which reduces the amount of stuff I have to do to it to make it delicious....
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