Les trois tomates • The three tomatoes

Les trois tomates • The three tomatoes • sold

The tomato originated in the New World and was brought to Europe by the early Spanish explorers. For much of its early existence in Europe, the tomato was considered poisonous and was used only as an ornamental plant. What may not be as well known is how pervasive the tomato is in modern times in French cuisine.

The tomato, tomate in French, first came to Provence from Italy in the last half of the eighteenth century. It was a group of Provençales who introduced Paris to the tomato on July 14, 1790 as part of an early celebration of the new republic.

For a fabulous and delicious French Tomato Tart recipe by David Lebovitz, please click on the following link:

French Tomato Tart

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La pomme verte • The green apple

La pomme verte • The green apple • sold

Continuing with my 'Hommage à la France • 'Hommage à Antibes' ... I present to you 'La pomme verte • The green apple'.

Normandy is a major cider-producing region (very little wine is produced). Perry is also produced, but in less significant quantities. Apple brandy, of which the most famous variety is calvados, is also popular.

The mealtime trou normand, or "Norman hole", is a pause between meal courses in which diners partake of a glassful of calvados in order to improve the appetite and make room for the next course, and this is still observed in many homes and restaurants. Pommeau is an apéritif produced by blending unfermented cider and apple brandy. Another aperitif is the kir normand, a measure of crème de cassis topped up with cider. Bénédictine is produced in Fécamp.

Apples are also widely used in cooking: for example, moules à la normande are mussels cooked with apples and cream, bourdelots are apples baked in pastry, partridges are flamed with reinette apples, and localities all over the province have their own variation of apple tart. A classic pastry dish from the region is Norman Tart a pastry-based variant of the apple tart.

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Pomegranate IV

Pomegranate IV

So ... if you just happen to be at Steel Stacks this weekend, I will be painting there. There are lots and lots of beautiful pieces of artwork from local artists including paintings, jewelry, raku, wood carvings, photographs, ceramics and more ...

It's a wonderful comprehensive collection of great works. I hope to see YOU there !

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Pomegranate III

Pomegranate III • sold

Taking the bus ...

Well, Thursday evening I was driving home from my studio in Bethlehem. I was about two blocks from my home when I was driving under the train trestle. Well, I heard a huge noise ... not unlike an airplane motor ... and thought Wow is that train loud. Well, as it turned out the loud noise was my car. Ouch. I did make it home and the next day had my 20 year old but always very reliable car towed to my mechanic's shop. Well, now it's Monday and I still haven't heard a peep. I'm thinking they're still totaling up the bill. Ouch again.

Now, having read this, if you come to my studio at the Banana Factory and see a painting that you just MUST have - for yourself or a loved one - please make a fair offer and I'll probably even do a little better than that - 'In keepin' with the situation!' as Mrs. Dilbert expressed to Scrooge ...

For now, I'm donning my running shoes and heading out the door for the 6.9 mile walk. It'll do me good ... fresh air, exercise ... and I'll be saving $2.00 if I don't take the bus. In Antibes I walked many, many miles each day ... sadly, walking from Allentown to Bethlehem is just not the same as walking around the Cap d'Antibes ... the blue skies, the even bluer water, the yachts, the palm trees, the grand estates ... the aroma of lavender in the air ...

Ahhh, one can dream, can't one ?

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Pomegranate II

Pomegranate II • sold

This is the second of five pomegranate paintings that I have completed this week. Now this is a beautiful fruit !! Its beautiful exotic nature, its wonderful juice and seeds and its extraordinary deep red and alizaron color. You can taste the richness by just gazing upon it.

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Pomegranate

Pomegranate • sold

Perhaps stemming from the old French word for the fruit, pomme-grenade, the pomegranate was known in early English as "Apple of Grenada".

Pomegranate Pear Cocktail

2 ozs pomegranate juice

2 ozs vodka (pear)

ice 1 Place ice in a glass. 2 Shake juice and vodka together and pour over ice. 3 Serve.

How easy is that ? Mmmm I could go for a Pomegranate Pear Cocktail right now !

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Les Deux Anjou

Les Deux Anjou • this painting is sold

Spiced Red Wine-Poached Pears

Total Time: 3 hr 50 min
Prep 20 min
Inactive 3 hr
Cook 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Level: Intermediate

Ingredients 2 cups dry red wine, such as cabernet or merlot
1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar 1 orange, juiced (about 1/2 cup)
1 (1 by 3-inch) strip orange zest
1 cinnamon stick
2 cloves
4 firm, ripe pears

Directions

In a 4-quart saucepan, combine wine, sugar, orange juice, zest, cinnamon stick and cloves. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. While liquid is simmering, peel pears, leaving stem intact and being careful not to blemish the flesh of the pears.

Slice 1/2-inch off the bottom of the pears to create a flat bottom. Gently place pears in poaching liquid, cover, and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes, turning every 5 minutes to ensure even color, until pears are cooked but still firm.

Remove saucepan from flame, uncover and cool with pears upright in pan. Once cool, cover and chill in refrigerator at least 3 hours or up to 24 hours, turning occasionally, if desired.

Gently remove pears from liquid and allow to come to room temperature. Meanwhile, reduce liquid by about half over a medium-high flame for 15 minutes, until liquid is thicker and slightly syrupy. Remove from flame and let liquid come to room temperature. Drizzle each pear with 2 tablespoons syrup and serve.

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Pear

Pear • this painting is sold

Continuing with my 'hommage à France'

Here is yet another pear. I'm taking all of my 'unsold' 'Painting Each Day' paintings to the 'Cocktails and Collecting' event at the Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley. It will be my third time as an exhibiting artist. It's a FANTASTIC event .... so much Fun !!

So ... I do hope that I see YOU there .... we'll listen to great live Jazz, sip the cocktail of your choice ... mine will be one Bourbon Manhattan with two cherries at the end of the evening ... and let's find the perfect home for the perfect painting.

See you there mes Amis !!

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Green Apple, Red Pear

Green Apple, Red Pear • sold

You might have noticed that I didn't post comments since October 27th ... well ... that was because I spent Trick or Treat evening with my beautiful great nieces .... AND .... then on Saturday, October 29th, we had a very heavy and wet snowfall in the northeast. We still had lots of beautiful Autumn leaves on the trees and with the heavy snow it created a perfect storm of downed power lines. Electricity returned just yesterday for me ... ouch.

Because of the storm I couldn't even visit my studio ... doors were locked, no way to enter. Sooo ... I lit the candles and played my beautiful antique Baby Grand piano - Brambach nee 1934.

I played the complete score of 'Yentle' several times (Michel LaGrand) and the beautiful and haunting 'It's not Mozart' ... composed by Hans Zimmer and translated for piano as a gift to me from my lovely friend Julia. I played all weekend and it was musical bliss for me. Each night after blowing out the candles, I covered my piano keys with the leather piano keys protector, a gift from Michaele and Conrad ... each of these friends from my beloved Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany.

The only thing missing ... my future husband ... maybe by the time we have another power outage, he will have found me ... J'espére ...

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