Was Googling around tonight for where to buy peanut butter M&Ms in France (yeah, yeah), when I chanced upon the M&Ms Wikipedia entry. Some fascinating stuff here. Today was a good day at work, despite the lack of heat (organization…
Marginal, at best. I have a terrible, awful, horrible case of jetlag, which I MUST OVERCOME TONIGHT. Big week ahead at work, alas. Tomorrow is still a holiday here for some, but not for Yours Truly. Spent a lot of…
The peas are on the stove for Hoppin’ John. My favorite recipe, courtesy of the late lamented Bill Neal of Crook’s Corner in Chapel Hill. Hoppin’ John Yields 4 to 6 servings Southerners may make resolutions for the New Year,…
They say it was the first here since 1947–very exciting! And very beautiful and heavy and of course the power went out. The cat wasn’t that impressed by being out in it, but the Gracester and I loved it. …
The santons of Provence are beautiful and fun to collect and to read about, as here. Here is my crèche and some of my santons:
I bought a fabulous old church candelabra from friend Sian, my local brocante dealer. Decided to make it this year’s Christmas “tree.” Enjoy! More photos coming soon, including of my creche and santons.
No idea where this came from, perhaps the Greensboro Junior League Cookbook or similar. Anyway, ’twas years ago, and this is my version. Europeans will have to adjust quantities, same as I do, by guesstimation. Multiplies by any amount, however…
Via The Wednesday Chef: Soft Zucchini with Harissa, Olives and FetaServes 4 as a side dish or 2 as a light dinner with breadNote: I’ve made a few small changes to the original recipe (using ground caraway, for example, as…
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazing, horrifying story. Too much digression about this, that, and the other that should have been edited more sharply. But in the…
At Saturday night’s Turkish feast, we started batting around the idea of future theme dinners. A Norwegian and a Ugandan at the table decided their two countries have so much in common (hmm, I think that was mainly something about…