i have arrived... cookin' with my new le creuset

beef shanks in red wine sauce

yep, it was everything they said it would be... i was able to scrape the brown bits off the bottom of the pot and save the flavor without the bitterness of a burn and clean up couldn't have been simpler... it just made me happy! my dearest gifted me a 5 qt. marseille le creuset braiser for christmas and i did a delicious beef shank sauce in it this past weekend. i found the recipe in food & wine and liked it because it was pretty simple and straight forward. it was great for a small dinner party too. there were four of us and there was plenty to go around; be sure to serve the dish at the table so your guests can soak up all of the delicious sauce with hunks of bread once their plate has been cleaned : )

a taste of thailand, siam rice cooking school

siam rice thai cookery school

who would have thought that this white girl from ohio could actually make a decent curry? well, not on my own but it was pretty delicious! jack and i did a day at the siam rice thai cookery school in chiang mai, thailand and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves : ) check out the travel page for full details~