Spring is springing and soon we’ll be segueing from winter oven cooking to summer grilling. This carrot salad is another one of our more popular market sides and while it’s fantastic in summer when good carrots abound at your favorite farmers market, it makes a great side for spring dishes. For example, this will pairContinue reading “Grated Carrot Salad (Carottes Râpées)”
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48 hours in Barcelona – Things to Do
After Cheryl and I got married we spent our honeymoon in Rome, Sardinia, Florence, and Barcelona. Barcelona came at the tail end for just a couple of days and we found ourselves wishing we had spent more time there and uttered words many travelers have said “well, we’ll just have to come back.” So whenContinue reading “48 hours in Barcelona – Things to Do”
Garlic Herb Stuffed Leg of Lamb with an Orange Mint Sauce
So remember a few posts back how I said I always make a leg of lamb for Easter? (No? Well go back a few and get caught up!) Since we were traveling I didn’t get to cook Easter dinner. However, upon returning to Chicago I noticed ham and lamb were both on sale. Imagine that. Continue reading “Garlic Herb Stuffed Leg of Lamb with an Orange Mint Sauce”
Easter Brunch Idea: Sausage Stuffed Artichokes
So I’m in the grocery store this week walking around looking for inspiration and I spy artichokes on sale. Just like asparagus, artichokes are coming into season and are yet another sign of Spring’s arrival. Artichokes can look scary and overwhelming to the home cook. What do you do with them? Supposedly they’re very difficultContinue reading “Easter Brunch Idea: Sausage Stuffed Artichokes”
The Roaming GastroGnome 