There are a lot of things that I love about Morocco: the souks, the shopping, the culture, the food, the people, the architecture…. I love the mint tea that is everywhere. And the spiced coffee…. At the last riad we stayed at they made the most wonderful spiced coffee. We found some to buy (of course) but I really wanted to be able to make my own. Then, life intervened, … Continue reading →
I grew up in a small town along the Mississippi. Fishing was a common past time and, as the local hunters had their own smoke houses, smoking fish was equally common. I loved smoked fish. It was all hot-smoked (cooked) and I just assumed (ahem) that was how it was done. Fast forward a decade or so and I’m in London for the first time, sitting at a rather important … Continue reading →
I’m not certain if tofu is becoming more popular or if there is just an effort to make it more popular but I am seeing more information on cooking with tofu lately. Every time I look into it I tell myself that I must try it. Some of the recipes look fantastic. I’ll blame the pandemic and Brexit for my lack of tofu expertise…. I blame the pandemic because I’m … Continue reading →
Two things I immediately agreed with in this post: I love green tea and (most) wedding cakes are horrid. They may be pretty, but they are usually dry and taste of nothing but sugar. On to the tea…. Matcha was gaining in popularity a few years ago. I ignored it as I had no place to buy it. Thanks to the pandemic (did I just type that?!?!?) I now have … Continue reading →
It’s getting to the point when we can almost start thinking about being able to plan a few small gatherings of friends. Not yet, but soon. For me, whether it’s travel or dinner parties, the planning is half the fun. If it’s travel I may start packing, in my head, a year in advance, deciding what will work and what needs to be added. I’ll work out itineraries and then … Continue reading →
There was a discussion recently, on Facebook, as to the comparative popularity of gas vs. electric vs. induction cook tops. When we bought this house it didn’t have a kitchen. Really – no kitchen. There was a small sink in what I now use as a pantry, a big fireplace with hooks in it, and an old wood-burning cook-stove that was on its side just off the bank where I … Continue reading →
Someone gave me a pumpkin. I must digress a moment….. Apparently it would be more trendy for me to say: Someone gifted me with a pumpkin. Why do people persist in turning nouns into verbs when perfectly good verbs already exist? Back to the pumpkin…. I haven’t butchered it yet as I am not totally certain it is a pumpkin. Cucurbits do not ‘breed true’. If you plant a melon … Continue reading →
