1 Cook, 2 Countries & A Taste For World Cuisines: Cooking A La Mode De Chez Nous - Cuisine d'Hier Et d'Aujourd'hui! For the love of home style cooking and great food. Memories are made of this!
By La Cuisinière | Kitchen Musings
Side By Side Refrigerator – My new basement “ice box” is a Samsung side by side refrigerator. Out of necessity, most of this past weekend was spent hunting for a new fridge. It was not an easy task with so many models, both new and discontinued, now available for sale. Many models are being discontinued […]
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By La Cuisinière | World Cuisine Recipes
Easy Eggplant Moussaka Recipe – For Sunday dinner at Mom’s, I created an easy version of eggplant moussaka. Of course, we could be like Miss Clairee and call it an aubergine moussaka recipe! I also would venture to say there are as many variations as there are great cooks in Greece. Is It Eggplant or […]
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By La Cuisinière | Kitchen Musings
Taste of Home Cooking Magazine – Which is your favorite Taste of Home® cooking magazine? Trying to duplicate the “taste of home” is the very reason I started cooking years ago when we sorely missed the flavors of familiar home-style dishes. What Others Cook ==> flavors From Local Cuisines Around the Globe Taste Of Home […]
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By La Cuisinière | Kitchen Musings
Cuisinart DLC-X Plus – As of February 2016, parts for this specific food processor were already difficult to find. The limited stock of replacement parts is now completely gone. Update a.o. November 2018: This article was originally published in February of 2016 when replacement parts for the original DLC-X were still available in limited quantities but dwindling fast. […]
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By La Cuisinière | Soups
Easy Italian Sausage Soup – Which is your favorite? This easy sausage soup with fresh spinach, gluten free pasta, and shredded aged Parmesan or the more traditional and old fashioned chicken soup full of fresh vegetables and Ditalini pasta? Here are a few variations on this easy sausage soup: Two Chorizo Kale Soups! Vegetable Chorizo […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes
Looking for an easy grilled chicken thighs recipe? The idea was to take on a Rachel Ray recipe for grilled chicken thighs. Chicken thighs marinated in olive oil, garlic and rosemary; drizzled with balsamic vinegar and grilled wrapped in prosciutto. Last night’s dinner had to be quick and easy. So I imagined it to be. It sounded […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes
Pork Pot Roast Slow Cooker Recipe – Let’s start off 2016 with a succulent pork roast dinner! Packed with garlicky flavor, this slow cooked pork pot roast is simmered in white wine until it is “fall apart” tender. This rolled pork roast is surrounded with crispy bits of Pancetta, carrots, celery and as much garlic as […]
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By La Cuisinière | French Country Cuisine Recipes
French Leek and Potato Soup – a French country style Vichyssoise – ranks high on our list of comfort foods in the soup category. It is my Dad’s favorite soup, dating back to World War II years. I have letters, even telegrams, stating that a huge steaming bowl of leek and potato soup would hit […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes
Salmon Roast Recipe – They loved the Salmon roast served with lemon dill sauce! How often do you come across a huge salmon fillet rolled into a roast? It is an easy way to serve a crowd of seafood lovers and makes am impressive main dish at any gathering. Make Any Dinner Special With This […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes
Roast Leg of Lamb with Garlic and Rosemary – Sunday dinner at Mom’s calls for a recipe on a “pièce de résistance” scale. This past Sunday it was an old fashioned roast leg of lamb. Yes, I am blowing the diet to a certain extent but every so often, she enjoys a regular type of meal […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes , Veal
Veal Lasagna! With mushrooms. It’s the best and most delicate tasting lasagna you will ever taste. Yes! Here is a quick and easy way to make a delicious lasagna using the ground veal I often find in my (and your) neighborhood markets. At close to seven dollars a pound, ground veal is more expensive than the leanest ground […]
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