Inspired by Ina

I'm swimming in the vivid images in my mind; shopping at street markets in France in search of fresh, delicious, ingredients to prepare and eat each day. Ina Garten describes these inspiring details about her adventure as a nomad, traveling across Europe, and I'm especially mesmerized by her explanations of the foods they ate. I feel so transported by her memoir that I'm attempting to cook one of her recipes today, Coq au Vin. The chicken, bacon, and fresh vegetables came from Nino Salvaggio, rather than a European street market and the wine came from Woods Wholesale Wine. Not exactly the same as Ina writes about but I'm working with what I have while imagining her experiences. :-) ​

I recently described one of our favorite summertime meals that we ate on the back of the boat in Presque Ile in this blog post. It occured to me that if my description of dinner that night remotely inspired someone as Ina's words have inspired me then I thought I should share that recipe. So here it is; the recipe we follow for Shrimp Boil Foil Packs. Since we were preparing this meal ahead of time and freezing it, we kept the shrimp separate so it was fresh when we were ready for it. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do. 

And now I'm off to read more about Ina's life as I cozy up in front of the fireplace for a while, looking forward to eating this stew with Larry later this evening. A perfect agenda for me on a cold winter's day.