Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Seeing the sites in Italy: old story; new recipe…. I grew up on the Mississippi River. No, not on a raft like Huck Finn, but in one of the many small towns on either side. The one I grew up in, on the Wisconsin side (the other side being Minnesota), had a population of 287 … Continue reading…
We’re wining and dining in Italy…. old, but appropriate, bit on timing… and a new recipe Living in other countries has taught me that, while there in an underlying humanism that binds us all together, it’s the little things that can be so befuddling, particularly to the novice traveler! Something as simple as daily habits … Continue reading…
A few weeks ago I got a free mobile phone – a fancy new smart phone. All I had to do was cash in my points – that I didn’t know I had and have no idea how I got. In the process the nice man helping me explained that I could save lots of … Continue reading…
We plant; we water; we weed; we hoe. We wonder if it's all going to be worth it…. We wonder why the tomatoes don't set; why the beans don't grow, why we're the only one without zucchini blossoms. Then, one morning we wake up and everything is ripe and ready for picking. NOW! Today I … Continue reading…
I usually post photos of mon mari’s progress on the house. This week I decided to show you what I did over the weekend. But first, a question…. At what age do we stop trying to do things the quick, cheap and easy way and start doing things the right way the first time around? … Continue reading…
Why would anyone want to make lasagna in their dishwasher? Why would anyone want to see how many people can be packed into a Volkswagen? Or crammed into a phone booth? Are there still phone booths? There are still public phones in France, both pay-phones and free-phones for emergencies, but they're not in booths. If … Continue reading…
I have never seen an issue in the US that incites such strong feelings in so many people. Even when protesting the Viet Nam war and having ‘the nation up in arms’ there was not so much passion, nor so much vitriol, about a subject. And so much of it unreasonable, un-knowledgeable and un-based in … Continue reading…