When I was in high school eons ago when the world was new and all….I was not known for being cutting edge. I was the very last one to break down and try to style my hair a la Farrah Fawcett. I was skeptical of straight leg jeans and wore elephant bells well beyond the point that everyone else had cigarette leg jeans going on…I refused to give up my platforms for ballet flats…and even after I got married I fought getting a microwave until the late 1980s.
I mean, I don’t believe the world is flat or anything but I …read more

Although I made this spicy apricot glaze for chicken it would also be fantastic on pork.  It is sweet and spicy, tangy and smoky with layers of flavor. It really was delicious.  You can find the whole Father’s Day Menu here.
Father’s Day is always fun around here. This year, however, Marc is working on that day so I was glad to test the menu ahead of time. He was very enthusiastic about the chicken, and he tends to be a meat and potatoes (and lasagne) kind of guy. There is enough heat to the glaze to keep it from being …read more

Lemongrass is not something I use much.  I love Asian food but I have not really played around with the ingredients a whole lot- I guess I am rather in a rut with European and classic styles, with a little Tex-Mex thrown in. It is a comfortable place for me…not much thought goes into the flavor combinations and I am familiar with the techniques.  My family likes it.  What more can you ask?
Umm….variety?  Challenge? Stepping out of the box with flavors?
The last time I shopped I saw lemongrass at the little natural grocer I use and I decided I would …read more

Sometimes I surprise myself.  This was one of those times.
It seems like pork has been on sale a lot at the local Tom Thumb store.  Translated that means that the Audets have been eating a lot of pork!

I wanted something different and I wasn’t sure what.  I knew that I wanted rosemary potatoes because I bought four rosemary trees after Christmas for a ridiculously low price.  In other words, you can plan on seeing a lot of rosemary dishes.
But for the pork I wanted something..different..something..spicy..but not southwestern.
I was sipping a cup of chai and all of a sudden I felt …read more

Here are the pictures! Thanks Marc!!

I will post pictures of this in a bit. You see, there has apparently been a mutiny in techni-land and my computer is not speaking to my camera. Even my husband, who is the computer fixer in our family, has been unable to mediate between the two. He has graciously and wonderfully volunteered to take my camera to work and load the pictures on his laptop when he has time and then emailing them to me. As soon as that happens pictures will magically appear on today’s recipe. Life is good.
Anyway. In my …read more