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About Me
- Sam Hoffer / My Carolina Kitchen
- From the mountains to the seashore, United States
- I'm a retired executive turned writer & food columist. Currently I write a food column, “From My Carolina Kitchen,” for my local newspaper. I have entered three recipe contests and was a winner in each: Won the state of Mississippi's Chicken Contest in 1993 and participated in the 40th annual National Chicken Contest, one of the "big three" national competitions. It is the oldest contest of its kind. I wrote a food column for The Abaconian newspaper when my husband Meakin and I lived in the "Out-Islands" of the northern Bahamas in Abaco on the tiny tropical island of Lubbers Quarters. I am a member of North Carolina Writers Network.
Photography by Meakin Hoffer - Food Styling by Sam Hoffer
Le Petite France in Paradou
Bistro DeCouverte St. Remy
Market day in Provence
Market day in Saint-Remy-de-Provence
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Le Bistrot du Paradou
French Pastry Shop in Provence
Boucherie in St. Remy-de-Provence
Market Day in Saint-Remy
Grand Hotel Nord-Pinus, Arles
Fontaine de Valcluse, France
L'Isle Sur la Sorgue, France
French Lentil Salad
Shrimp & Grits
Jacques Pepin Pizza
Barefoot Contessa Baked Ham
Fruit Salsa
Lamb Shanks
Prime rib sandwich with truffle butter à la Barefoot Contessa
Jacques Pepin Dessert
Chicken Marengo
Orange Salad
Barefoot Contessa’s roasted lemon chicken
Salmon with Tropical Salsa
Heirloom Tomatoes
Tour of Thomas Edison's Winter Estate
Carmine’s Gourmet Market, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Highlands, North Carolina
Wolfgang's Restaurant, Highlands, NC
How I learned to cook
Breakfast Fruit Crunch
Pizza party
Abaco, The Bahamas
Our little island paradise in Abaco
Our home for ten years when we retired to Lubbers Quarters in the out islands of the Bahamas. Click on the picture for more about our little paradise.
Bean & Sausage Soup with Mushrooms
Love that pic, Sam! I snapped 3 pounds of green beans yesterday, but wish I had seen pole beans like these at the farmers' market! Love those summer veggies and that basket too! Have a great day, dearie!
ReplyDeleteMmmm that looks familiar, beans, beans and more beans. Great photo and I also love the basket. Keep well Diane
ReplyDeleteLong beans? I found some at an early farmers' market and ended up just steaming them. Delicious!
ReplyDeleteBest,
Bonnie
Yep, Chinese long beans.
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Beautiful beans in an artistic photo. I blanched and froze a bunch of those late last week and there are more to come.
ReplyDeletePole beans!
ReplyDeleteLovely picture and beautiful beans!
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Rosa
I have not found any..if I do i will try:)You made me want to!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty, what will you do with these?
ReplyDeleteGood Morning Sam,
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful beans, I can almost taste them! Hope you have a great week and thanks for sharing this beautiful basket of beans.
Miz Helen
Long beans!!!
ReplyDeleteAre they from your garden??? Wow, bet they're great-enjoy! I'm envious, you already know my string bean story:@)
ReplyDeleteDon't I wish. This was taken at our local farmer's market. A Chinese lady bought almost all of them while we were there.
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I grew some purple long beans a few years ago and though I picked them quite young, they were awfully fibrous -- Were these tender?
ReplyDeleteGood question and I don't know. We took this pix at the local farmer's market right before a Chinese lady bought almost all of them. They were really, really long and my guess that they were fibrous too. She said she used them in stir-fries. I've not had good luck stir frying green beans. For me they have turned out in most cases tough and we took great care not to over-cook them.
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Those are the longest beans I have ever seen! WOW, i can bet they taste even better than they look. I love a great green bean side dish
ReplyDeleteLove long beans! That's a great click, Sam.
ReplyDeleteLike I commented on Facebook, those are the longest beans that I've ever seen, Sam! You were smart to not over-cook them from previous experience!
ReplyDeleteAmazing photo, Sam. Here I am counting down to Spring and dreaming of the dwarf green and yellow round bean plants I'll grow. The yellow ones are so sweet and juicy that they don't always make it to the kitchen - I munch them down there and then!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've seen these beans at my farmers' market this season. I'll have to look on Saturday.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great photo. :)
ReplyDeleteLovely - we have just been getting a whole batch of green beans from the farm - but they are flat string beans. I've never seen anything like them!
ReplyDeleteI see you have your own wordless post...the beans are beautiful. The small organic garden that I rent a plot from has been enjoying the Chinese long beans.
ReplyDeleteVelva
I've always enjoyed your Wordless Wednesday and thought I would give it a try. You were my inspiration Velva.
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Hi Sam, looks like you have your own 'wordless' post. Gorgeous long green beans. I would love them mixed in a salad. Yumm~
ReplyDeleteFollowing your blog now...invite you to follow back:D
They look absolutely delicious and so fresh!
ReplyDeleteThose remind me of snap beans which reminds me of my mom and her sisters sitting on the cinderblock front porch of my grandmom's farmhouse, snapping beans into a metal pot and chit chatting.
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