6 Mistakes to Avoid When Making Great Chili
Chili is easy to make; put all your ingredients into a big pot on your burner and cook. But if you want really good chili, prep requires...
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Adeline Olmer
- Oct 13, 2022
- 3 min
Apples and Pears—Fall’s Flavors —Simply Delicious!
Fall’s arrival is announced by the display that happens when leaves change from green to the brilliant hues they turn before floating to...
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Adeline Olmer
- Aug 19, 2022
- 3 min
Stuffing Vegetables
Stuffed vegetables are a common addition to meals. They are easily purchased, pre-made, at the local épicerie in France. In the US they...
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Adeline Olmer
- Aug 12, 2022
- 2 min
Salad de Tomate—Perfection
“It’s difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a home grown tomato.” —Lewis Grizzard TOMATO SALAD There is nothing...
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Adeline Olmer
- Aug 5, 2022
- 3 min
Italian Pesto vs. French Pistou
Pesto is the Italian recipe for a basil sauce made by combining basil, garlic, olive oil, pignoli (pine) nuts, and parmesan cheese. It’s...
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Adeline Olmer
- Jul 28, 2022
- 2 min
An easy side dish—looks and tastes so good
As the vegetables ripen and fill the tables of our local farmers markets, we need ways to cook this abundance before they are gone and an...
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Adeline Olmer
- Jul 21, 2022
- 3 min
Ratatouille made the right way!
In the summer, ratatouille is a dish that is available everywhere in Provence. The reason is that it combines all the vegetables and...
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Adeline Olmer
- Jul 14, 2022
- 2 min
Let’s talk tomatoes
Tomate Provençale to be exact. In Provence you will find these delicious tomatoes served with almost everything. Intense summer sun...
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Adeline Olmer
- Jul 7, 2022
- 3 min
Side dishes—what to make? Part One
Side dishes can get stuck in a rut. We tend to cook what we are used to eating. Those sides we were served as children are typically the...
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Adeline Olmer
- Jun 23, 2022
- 2 min
What’s for dinner?
Sometimes that’s a difficult question and other times not. This past weekend I didn’t want to spend a lot of time cooking—I just wasn’t...
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Adeline Olmer
- Jun 10, 2022
- 4 min
What freezing fresh food taught me—that you need to know
Sometime in January, I dove into my freezer to see what there was I could add to dinner. I grabbed a bag of corn that I’d cooked when it...
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Adeline Olmer
- Apr 27, 2022
- 3 min
Boarding school—good and bad memories
When I was in boarding school, I had a really hard time adjusting to the food. Going to the dining room for meals was my least favorite...
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Adeline Olmer
- Mar 3, 2022
- 5 min
A dessert I have to try
This past week I had a house full of guests—my family. It was so wonderful to finally be able to spend time with them after over two...
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Adeline Olmer
- Feb 10, 2022
- 4 min
Zoom cooking class—a surprise
This past week, I took a zoom cooking class. I wasn’t certain what to expect, but since I’m in the process of designing a class; I...
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Adeline Olmer
- Jan 27, 2022
- 3 min
Baby it's cold outside—white bean chorizo soup anyone?
It’s been very cold where I live in Westchester, New York, and this Saturday they are predicting a snow storm. I’m thrilled. The idea of...
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Adeline Olmer
- Jan 12, 2022
- 4 min
Untested recipes—so much can go wrong and yet...
Last week’s blog post made me think about what other things I do to challenge myself. When cooking, I love to make something I’ve never...
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Adeline Olmer
- Dec 22, 2021
- 2 min
The trick to scrambled eggs a la Française
My father made Christmas breakfast every year and it was a treat. Scrambled eggs were his specialty. They weren’t ordinary scrambled...
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Adeline Olmer
- Dec 2, 2021
- 3 min
2 pie recipes without making pie crust
The other day, I was asked by a woman if I had a recipe for a really easy pie. She had one requirement: could she buy a pie crust instead...
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Adeline Olmer
- Nov 25, 2021
- 4 min
4 Recipes that use up all your leftovers
I hope everyone had a great and relaxing Thanksgiving; maybe relaxing is pushing it but how about stress-free. Thanksgiving leftovers are...
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Adeline Olmer
- Oct 27, 2021
- 4 min
Mom's favorite apple tart—easy and good
My mother grew up in Normandy, France. She was full of memories of life near Étretat. But her stories would really come to life when she...
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