My fav boeuf bourguignon comes from the Barefoot Contessa. I watched her make it on the food network and could smell it through the TV screen. Her book is called The Barefoot Contessa in Paris I think. I tend to make it for New Years if I've got friends over.
Chris | Homepage | 10.18.09 - 11:52 am | #

Susan - My vegetable garden is small too. I just put the pumpkin plant in a spot where some potatoes didn't come up. So there was a space to fill. The vines can take over the world, but one plant is okay.
Peggy | Homepage | 10.11.09 - 10:05 pm | #

That pumpkin looks wonderful. How much ground space did you need to give those plants for 3 pumpkins? I think that's why I don't try it - garden is too small.
Cousin Susan | 10.10.09 - 8:33 pm | #

That pumpkin looks wonderful. How much ground space did you need to give those plants for 3 pumpkins. I think that's why I don't try it - garden is too small.
Cousin Susanq | 10.10.09 - 8:32 pm | #

Ma - The dinner WAS fantastic! I'll cook for you sometime!

Sally - In our corner of the world, there were fields of wheat that couldn't get harvested. It rotted in the fields. Good thing we're a nation good at importing stuff or we'd starve!

Shammy - BB was wonderful but it does take a long time to make. Start the day before.

Mrs K - If there is no sun, stuff just won't grow. No matter how I try. I have had raised vegetable beds in the past.
Peggy | Homepage | 10.06.09 - 5:25 am | #

Peggy

Try raised beds for your veggies - better drainage, less stooping and it does seem to work. Tom Thumb tomatoes in hanging baskets have been brilliant. Mind lots of green ones - so chutney coming up.

How about Osso Bucco (spelling) I love it and it takes ages.
mrs K | 10.05.09 - 10:43 pm | #

I went to see the Julie and Julia film, and got somewhat inspired by all the French cooking and decided to look up the boeuf bourguignon recipe on the internet, which I have done, but haven't tackled it yet. Perhaps this weekend.... it will be Canadian thanksgiving weekend, when everyone id full of turkey, so perhaps BB will be a nice change.
Sorry to hear about your wet summer, we had the same experience here, but September made up for it with sun and blue skies.
shammy | Homepage | 10.05.09 - 5:46 pm | #

My question is, what did the Scottish grow to eat if it keeps raining all the time? I assume most of the produce you get in the grocery store comes from far off lands...
sally | 10.05.09 - 2:55 am | #

YUMM!!! bet that dinner was fantastic.
m.e. | Homepage | 10.04.09 - 9:44 pm | #