I saw this image and it, strangely, reminded me of my grandfather. That shouldn’t come as a surprise in its own, but what it did was bring me back to 40 years (or so) ago with the family sitting in my grandparent’s backyard having a bit of dessert after lunch. It was a small bowl […]
I do love this photo. The sandwich was pretty good, as well. Question: Does a piece of food taste better because of where you eat it (in this case my in-law’s property on Christina Lake in British Columbia) or taste better because of what you eat it off of? (In this case, a vintage plate […]
I’m still struggling to figure out all the commands in WordPress. Half of the time I get to a spot and have no idea how I got there and, more importantly, no idea how to get back. Stupid program. Why can’t they just make it for my way of thinking? Sheesh. This is my second […]
I have Jim Lahey’s book, My Bread as well as Apollonia Poilâne’s book, Poilâne. They are filled with all manner of recipes on how to make bread. Lahey has a bakery in New York; Poilane ships bread all over the planet from France, where they produce it. My mother made bread every week for years. […]
A few years ago we went for dinner at a local restaurant – lovely spot. I had a dozen kussi oysters all to myself. Strangely, my wife and kids weren’t interested. But to the title of this post, there was this shallot mignonette that was so tasty and what was amazing about it was how […]
So, this is all new to me. I wanted to just click a few things and start writing, but obvouisly that’s just not going to happen right away. Testing, testing…