Welcome

We are a retired American couple living in France, enjoying the good life with our cats. Our house is in a small hamlet among the Ste. Foy vines. We also have a sailboat that the male half of the spousal unit sailed across the Atlantic in the summer of 08. When the weather warms we will start to visit the sailing ports of Europe. Our stories chronicle our life in France: the good life, the hard life, and the sailing life.

Friday, June 5, 2009

Paella chez nous


The ready to go paellas in the market look so appealing, but we have never bought any. For the most part, I think it is because we enjoy cooking and would rather do it ourselves. Here is our first attempt at trying to make paella at home. The shellfish is so delicious here, I always have fish stock in the freezer, and we are up to our eyeballs in peas. We used clams, mussels, and large shrimp along with the traditional red and green peppers (sorry Karen), onion, garlic, paprika, saffron, and rice. A satisfactory first attempt.

No comments: