Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Why? Why not? Do you all know the urban myth (I assume) of the Philosophy professor who, for the final exam, asked the question: ‘Why?’ One student answered simply: ‘Why not?’ And was the only one to receive an “A” on the exam. When Gay, of A Scientist in the Kitchen tagged me for 7 … Continue reading…
Braised Sunchokes Continuing on with catching up: The memes: 1. The Expatriate Chef tagged me with this "Memoir Meme". It is based on a bet Hemingway made that he could sum up his life in six words. As it has always been a challenge for me to use fewer rather than more words, I accepted … Continue reading…
One of the interesting things about being a traveling blogger is seeing how my (and your) blogs look on other people’s computers. For example: on my computer, all of my photos look absolutely lovely: perfect colors, clear and tantalizing. (As, of course, do all of yours!) On my s-i-l’s computer they look too intense, dark, … Continue reading…
Italian Pork Chops Just a few ingredients simmered together to produce moist, tender pork chops. The lemon adds a fresh taste to the tomatoes. Grate the lemon before cutting, using a lemon zester or the fine wholes on a grater. 2 – 4 pork chops, depending on size, 12oz (350gr) total weight 1 tbs olive … Continue reading…
Go directly to recipe I love travel: getting up at 4am; sitting on the tarmac for hours; seeing how multiple airports handle security screening; walking around in my stocking feet in public places; sitting next to a Righteous Complainer for 13 hours…. Travel has such a way of broadening one's experience! It started out well … Continue reading…
Go directly to recipe I was organizing my office this morning and couldn't find the right color folder for February. I felt immediate kinship with all of the ditsy blond secretaries portrayed in the movies. You know the one: she and only she can find the file the boss wants. It's filed under some obscure … Continue reading…
Go directly to recipe I just spent the entire day tweaking the fonts, lines and paragraphs on my website (not my blog). Then I looked at all my work in three browsers and five different monitor sizes, many times, before I was satisfied that it was working properly. Why am I telling you this incredibly … Continue reading…