
Ratatouille Revisited
Ratatouille is perhaps my least favorite French dish. Overcooked vegetables are really not my thing. I know they are supposedly “carmelized”, but I still don’t like it. Ironic as it is, our garden produces all of the ingredients for Ratatouille, and Joshua was determined to convert me into a Ratatouille lover. He promised to make the Ratatouille...

Herbed Eggplant Stuffed Tomatoes
Since our arrival in the south and with the (overly) productive tomato garden, every French person near and far has requested that I make tomate-farcis. It seems that anything farci (stuffed) is treasured as much here as grandma’s apple pie is in the states. So, I made up my own concoction for this filling recipe using as many...

Zucchini Slaw
Who doesn’t love a good coleslaw? We were making pulled pork tacos the other night and decided that such a unique taco needed a unique slaw. Since we have zucchini coming out of our ears from the Riviera Kitchen garden, we thought it would be fun to make a zucchini slaw. The flavors from the zucchini...