Think On

links for 2009-10-25

• Lebanon dips into another world record with hummus - Yahoo! News
  For those, like me, who love hummus.
  (tags: hummus Lebanon)

links for 2009-10-21

• Black and Orange: Black Bread with Manchego, Marmalade, and Hazelnuts
  What to do with black Himalayan salt!
  (tags: recipes sandwiches)
• 'Wichcraft For Dinner: Trying To Go Beyond Sandwiches
  Since I don't live in NYC anymore, I guess I will have to recreate some of these beautiful "sandwiches."
  (tags: recipes sandwiches)

You know it's deep autumn in France

At the market on Saturday:

D Day

doublage (m) = dubbing (de film)

désalpe (f) = process of bringing cattle down from the high Alps for winter (we actually have festivals dedicated to this!) 

démailloter = to take the swaddling clothes off

No one can complain that these entries are not eclectic enough.

The words of the day come from a sign on the door of our building, which forbids:

colportage (m) = hawking, peddling

mendicité (m) = begging

Rick

You can read all about one of my crushes heroes, here.

links for 2009-10-12

• Dinner Tonight: Beef and Dark Beer Chili
  This sounds great. Will not to try to make anytime soon, since I am sure some ingredients not available here.
  (tags: chili recipes)
• 8 Coping Tips for Living in Paris - David Lebovitz
  Some decent advice for living in . . . France . . . or in Europe . . . or anywhere that's not THERE.
  (tags: France Paris coping)
• Cakespy: Homemade Candy Corn
  For people WHO DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO DO.
  (tags: candycorn)

Today is a D kind of day:

daube (f) = stew, casserole

dauber = to braise, but also to jeer!

dicton (m) = saying, dictum

Love this piece of instruction from a NY Times columnist who deals with consumer-complaint issues:

Keep it brief and family-friendly and go easy on the caps-lock key.

links for 2009-10-10

• Andy Borowitz: Obama Named Country Music Entertainer of the Year
  This is too funny.
  (tags: Obama Borowitz)