Chef Janet Inspired Thai Tofu & Purple Cauliflower (with Basmati Rice)

I should probably rename this blog to something like “Being Inspired by Janet” since I’ve done so many of her recipes! Do you ever see photos of recipes and think, I dunno, it’s not particularly beautiful… but once you have read the ingredients you know it will be tasty?  This…

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Classic Omelette – Inspired by Sydney (and reinforced by Janet)

It’s something I wanted to try a long time ago and for reasons that escape me, I never did.  What am I talking about?  The classic French omelette. I remember watching Jacques Pépin make one and it looked so easy and yet… here I was eons later, still having not…

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Stanley’s Spaghetti con Zucchine alla Nerano

Back in November, 2021, I listened to Stanley Tucci read his book, Taste, My Life Through Food on Audible.  It was wonderful and his enthusiasm contagious. There were so many recipes, I had to buy the book.  Can you imagine trying to find the recipes in a recording? Even if…

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Risotto at All Costs

There are benefits to not having to worry about what to feed anyone for supper.  You can stand at your counter, open your container of leftover broth from Sunday night’s Chinese Fondue with your kids, which is now so thick it is almost a spread, and dip and scoop the…

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