New York for Thanksgiving

Cris Oblenis brings us a turkey from Stone Hill Farm where he does the animal husbandry...they send all their meat to Blue Hill Restaurant and other top New York restaurants..

Daisy Nichols, who most recently cooked at Buco Alimentari with Jason Jones cooked the bird to perfection,

Our new favorite vegetarian Indian restaurant in London's Marylebone Lane called Woodlands..

Eating in Scotland

Dinner in Scotland We ate Grouse shot on the moor north of Inverness, wild salmon caught that day on the River Caron and a bit of Haggis to go with it.. and of course whiskey from the local distillery to wash it down...

chez george

this is my favorite of all restaurants in Paris

chez http://slowcooking.homestead.com/

Umbria, fried zuchini flowers stuffed with mozeralla and anchovy, Jenny Nichols cooking lesson

Paris in summer

the beach in Paris by the Seine! La tour Eiffel...shopping in 'la puce' for louis vuiton..then moules frite or steak tartar for lunch...

we dined that night on the terrace of George on top of the Pomidou where the menu of beautiful fresh colorful food inspired us on that hot July evening...

dinner a la italienne...

outdoor cooking our favorite

paella on my new outdoor grill

Meshwi a Moroccan speciality

You cannot believe the day we watched the prepation of this feast. A traditional Clay oven sealed to roast the sheep whole..as they have done for centuries.

Back to Borough Market at the end of September

I went back to Borough Market on this trip on a windy and cold Friday lunchtime and the place was abuzz with people and stalls selling all the most wonderful of very English fare..anything from Stilton cheese to freshly shot Pheasant, partridge or grouse. Skate and cockles in bright blue tubs next to huge rounds of cheshire cheeses.

There is a stall with foie gras and another of sausages. French pastries next to a lady making raclette under a hot grill. Sliding her bubbling toasted cheese onto potatoes and served with pickles.

Sausages or bacon baps served with grainy mustard or crunchy pork crackling with a dollop of apple sauce.

It was impossibly tempting but in the end we chose to have lunch in the oyster bar and washed yummy Irish oysters down with black and foamy guinness. We ate a few potted shrimp and some herring roes on toast ..this made a perfect lunch in the cosy warm and crowded atmosphere and we decided what we would buy in the market to take home for dinner.

the Porchetta man

London's Borough Market is quite the happening foodies heaven,...moved onto this tasty morsel of porchetta sandwich slathered in applesauce!!!

have a pickled egg with your fish and chips

Is there a gold fish in this bag???

have a pickled egg with your fish and chips

or a pickled onion

Borough Market London

Near London Bridge and Tower tube station is this fantastic covered market in Londons' old east end. I found this wonderful stall selling varieties of paella...