How I Taught My Brother To Cook

Improvisational Tuscan-Provençal Cookery (and other good stuff to eat)

Hilary Conway

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I drained everything on newspaper then served on a plate. With the state of the world it would hardly be appetizing to be take a bite of the fish and be looking down at typical, everyday demoralizing headlines. I prefer to eat without any media on t…
22 hours ago
should never touch a plate, but served wrapped in a greasy newspaper (BTW eels are often used for this dish)
yesterday
Patrick added a photo
yesterday
I heard that during WW II, they ate tulip bulbs in Holland. It was worse in Europe than in America ( for food), but my parents lived in Mobile, Alabama (on the Gulf of Mexico), (where my father who was disabled and couldn't join the army and worked…
on Tuesday
and according to my grandparents it was one of the only thing to eat during wwII. Besides my mother doesn't want to eat jerusalem artchoke either !
on Tuesday
the major benefit of the microwave is for extracting cancer-causing chemicals from your tupperware, and leaching them into your food
on Tuesday
Oh. I thought it was the Israeli response to suicide bombers.
on Tuesday
The microwave is fine for defrosting bread, but not all breads. These rolls must be eaten fresh the first day or as toast the next day or else they are beyond repair.
on Tuesday
Actually, the Jerusalem Artichoke was the root cause of the French Fart War of 1632 as well as the Uncivil War of 1856 in the USA.
on Tuesday
looks good to me! and farting is fine, right Pat?
on Tuesday
no !
on Monday
first boiled, them braised and I add herbs, parsley, pepper ... nobody at home want to hear about this vegetable anymore except me !!! It tastes like artichoke and hazelnut, inconvenient ... you fart very very very much, lol
on Monday
do you make your own nougat?
on Monday
braised with cream?
on Monday
yes, lingonberries. we can get them at IKEA
on Monday
I made chicken and dumplings last night. It's not in the book because Patrick wouldn't send me Ma's recipe. I had to improv it. Turned out good. Basically, brown chicken, add vegetables and herbs, add some liquid, put a top on and stew. When it's do…
on Monday
What a beautitul little bread ! Oh please, no bread in the microwave ... yikes.
on Sunday
Thanksturking !
on Sunday
I saw the english name for "airelles" on a jar at the supermarket : lingonberries ! do you know what I mean now ?
on Sunday
Laura added 2 photos
on Sunday

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