I've been seeing a lot of 'Best of 2011' posts on food blogs, lately…. Usually it's the 10 most popular posts or the 10 best photos or the 10 best posts or the 10 most popular photos. Sometimes it's the 10 greatest culinary challenges met…. I decided, for my own personal look back, to post the 10 foods I most enjoyed putting in my own mouth. Whether or not anyone … Continue reading →
I think I’m back. But I’ve thought that before. The most recent was when I uploaded the photos for this update. Photoshop very politely informed me that I had already activated the software twice, which is (apparently) my limit, so could I please deactivate one and then they would happily activate the one I was trying to use. Or, I could buy another copy, whichever I preferred. To be honest, … Continue reading →
Mon mari is getting dead tired of me wandering and wondering what to take photos of for the update. I keep telling him no one will believe that he has spent all this time touching up the walls before he can get the insulation up. I keep telling him that I, and the rest of the world, believe that he bought an iPad while I was gone and is up … Continue reading →
Carl Sagan once said: “If you want to make an apple pie from scratch you must first create the universe.” I’m either going to quit cooking completely…. Or start cooking everything absolutely from scratch – chicken Noodle soup starting with a fertilized egg. It was an interesting day doing the weekly shopping. First we went to the frozen food store, Thiriet. We’ve been driving past it for months and finally … Continue reading →
I would like a fox, please. If anyone is planning on giving me a gift for St. Patrick's Day, I would like a fox, please. Actually 2 foxes – a male and female, of procreating age and inclination. And hungry. They should be very, very hungry. I'm told there used to be fox here…. Now there are just lots and lots of rabbits. When we lived in the Vendée, our … Continue reading →
Pork and Celeriac Stew Mon mari tells me the view from the roof is quite spectacular. I'll take his word for it. He was up there, over the weekend, fixing a few tiles that blew loose in last week's storm. As to the house progress…. Well, the good news is there were no major setbacks. That's good, right? Walls go up quickly; all the tiles in the middle go on … Continue reading →
