Two days ago I spent hours doing some “down home” tasks and, while I know it sounds contradictory, it both allowed me to take my mind of things and gave me time to think at the same time. O brought home a basket of garden goods just in time, I guess. There’s something soothing about [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2010’
Buttery goodness
On a lighter note…. I’ve always been rather fond of cheese. Years ago, I remember my grandfather trying to change my mind by describing what cheese looked like under a microscope, but it was a futile effort on his part. Years later, when I spent a semester abroad in France, I think I tried to [...]
Lamentations
Excuse me if I take some space for something very personal. I hesitate to post it, but feel that doing so may be therapeutic for me. You see, I don’t tend to share these things with anyone (and I do mean anyone) and sometimes can only express myself through writing. I have other things I’ve [...]
Roast Beef
Am I the only one who finds the “leather look” unappealing? I’m not saying that my pasty white legs are all that attractive either, but a shade somewhere in between would be nice. There are women (and even some men) here who spend every possible moment sunbathing at the beach – so much so that [...]
Pasta with Chicken and Grapes
This is one of the recipes I made for Luigi’s party. The mixture is rather unorthodox for Italians and some loved it while others wouldn’t even taste it. But, it’s a recipe that I found years ago in a cookbook and I used to make it whenever we had a potluck at work, where it [...]
Where’s Little Miss Muffet?
I don’t like bugs and I really, really don’t like spiders. But, I have to admit, that they can be pretty sometimes. I went to cut some chives the other day and found this tiny one on one of the chive blossoms.
Pasta with potatoes and speck
I know, it sounds like a starch attack, doesn’t it. But actually, in Italy you often find potatoes paired with pasta or even sliced thin and put on top of pizza. (White pizza that is, not pizza with tomato sauce). Pizza with potatoes does sound a little strange, but what could be weirder than pizza [...]
