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An appetizer: Grilled Mussels with Balsamic
Heat grill to high (300 °C). Mix together minced garlic and shallots and add the cleaned mussels. Toss onto the grill and move them about until the mussels open and the juices evaporate. Remove from grill and place in large bowl adding minced, fresh coriander... Le Mesturet Almanac
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Chef recipe: Summer Grill Recipes
Article publié par Pascal Brot, the Chef le 22/08/2011 à 15:25
Catégories : Chef's Recipes
Tags : Grill Recipes, Mussels, Pork Tenderloin, Roasted Figs with Olive Oil and Honey
An appetizer: Grilled Mussels with Balsamic
Heat grill to high (300 °C). Mix together minced garlic and shallots and add the cleaned mussels. Toss onto the grill and move them about until the mussels open and the juices evaporate. Remove from grill and place in large bowl adding minced, fresh coriander... Tips from the Chef: Grill Cleaning Done Well
Article publié par Pascal Brot, the Chef le 19/08/2011 à 14:52
Catégories : Tips from the Chef
Tags : grill cleaning
Grill Cleaning Done Well
Summer is the season for barbecues and other grills. Carefully following simple recipes and using good quality ingredients can give excellent results with this method of cooking. The problem, for the grill for example, can be the cleaning. So how do you properly clean this utensil? Our Thought of the Day
Article publié par Alain Fontaine, the owner le 19/08/2011 à 14:07
Catégories : Our Thought Of the Day
Tags : thought of the day
Why are popes often old and sick? Answer: Young and full of health, they'd be too trendy and would be listed in the stock market. A solution for the crisis, perhaps!
Ouotation of the day
Article publié par Le Mesturet le 19/08/2011 à 14:05
Catégories : Quotation of the day
Tags : quotation of the day
The best work is not that which is most expensive, but that which is most successful.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Our thought of the day
Article publié par Alain Fontaine, the owner le 18/08/2011 à 09:32
Catégories : Our Thought Of the Day
Tags : thought of the day
When monetary values become more important that human values, it's the value of indifference and selfishness that soars.
The Mesturet Novel: The Life of Passions
Article publié par Le Mesturet le 11/08/2011 à 15:34
Catégories : The Mesturet Novel
Tags : The Mesturet Novel
Chapter One, the Awakening of the Senses, part 5: Jean had already known for several months. One evening in the winter of 1975, Charles rang the doorbell at Jean and Marie’s home. Marie opened the door and saw Charles, still as solidly built, still with his gentle smile. She remembered the evening of the summer of 1944 when she had run as fast as she could to bang on the door of Charles’ parents. It had been Charles that had answered as solidly built as today and with the same smile. Our thought of the day
Article publié par Alain Fontaine, the owner le 04/08/2011 à 22:00
Catégories : Our Thought Of the Day
Tags : thought of the day
Anniversary today:
August 4th, 1789: the abolition of feudal rights and privileges by the members of the French National Constituent Assembly
August 4th, 2011: and if we make an inventory of the current privileges... Our thought of the day
Article publié par Alain Fontaine, the owner le 03/08/2011 à 10:47
Catégories : Our Thought Of the Day
Tags : thought of the day
We don’t often comment on the news, but sometimes we have to respond when faced with the impossible and the intolerable. Therefore, a short, but pointed thought of the day. The tragedy in Norway makes it obvious once again that there is a return of something of the beast (or worse, but there isn’t a word for it) in human beings. Mesturet Anecdotes: History of the Paris-Brest Pastry
Article publié par Le Mesturet le 30/07/2011 à 12:03
Catégories : Mesturet Anecdotes
Tags : anecdote, paris-brest pastry
History of the Paris-Brest Pastry
Did you know…
The Paris-Brest is a crown-shaped cake made of choux pastry, filled with praline cream and sprinkled with flaked almonds. It was created in 1891 by a baker... Wine tip: Fixing a Wine Storage Mistake
Article publié par Alain Fontaine, the owner le 30/07/2011 à 11:28
Catégories : About Wine
Tags : wine tip, wine storage
You’ve inadvertently stored a bottle of wine upright for several months. It’s highly likely that the cork will have dried out and shrunk. The wine is no longer in contact with the cork and the latter can only protect the wine when it is completely moist. To solve the problem, all you need to do is keep the bottle of wine... 