BIZZY BAKES

Food of the World is cooking French this month.  Time to pull out my limited French vocabulary which makes me question, "What does Lyonnaise mean?"  I looked it up and I will gladly share this with you. From Wikipedia: Lyonnaise may refer to: A person, or, "in the style of (something)", from Lyon, France (also: Lyonnais). An adjective, meaning "cooked with onions" or "with caramelized onions", as in "potatoes lyonnaise", "sauce lyonnaise", or "cardons à la lyonnaise". A colloquial name for an official form of the game of pétanque, in France, also called sport-boules, jeu national, or la boule lyonnaise. A silverplate cutlery pattern, also called "Eastlake", which debuted in 1879 manufactured by at least four different companies: Holmes and Edwards, Toronto Silverplate, Aurora Plate and James W. Tufts. In some examples, the bird in the pattern design is exchanged for a squirrel. Lyon...

  When I heard that Food of the World was featuring French cooking for the month of June, I made a snap decision to join in the fun.   I have always wanted to learn something, anything about the cooking of France but I have never jumped in.  This was my excuse to do something about it and I made this chicken and Lyonnaise Potatoes.  I added a simple spinach dish and we had the most delicious meal. Although, I didn't use Dorie's book, Around My French Table, I did pull it out and checked off a whole bunch of recipes to make.  I would love to join French Fridays with Dorie and I actually did when it first started.  Friday is a difficult day for me to post and I could not get my act together to post at the right time.  Perhaps, I will try again but even if I don't, with the book on my kitchen table, I will make recipes of my own choice and if they are as good as this chicken, I will want to keep going with my jump into French cooking. Hopefully, ...