Bacon…& eggs.
I would be lying if I told you I cook everyday.Most everyday, but not everyday.Some days we cook up a storm. Some days it’s too stormy.Some days are too quiet for words. Some are too noisy.Some days young dogs need too much attention.So instead of baking that bacon and prune tart I promised I’d post to match Judy’s in Tuscany, I just ate the bacon, ate the prunes, ate a couple cookies and called it a wash. Instead, I put on my hunter/dogwalking green slicker over my hoody,... Read More
Spring fever
that day. balance. jour et nuit. an equal distance of seasons. an equinox of vernal inclinations. Yes, Spring. I don’t need a calendar. I open my ears to the early birdsong. I open my eyes to- the peach pink and plum white orchards, chrome yellow forsythia and chinese roses, the fat cocoon buds of wysteria ready to spill out lilac drops of scent. I walk past the flowering cherry tree I planted– how many years ago? and wonder why I didn’t plant... Read More
Dialogos de Cocina- Kitchen Talk Quotes
and now as promised… For a full account of my impressions of the Dialogos de Cocina congress in San Sebastian/Donostia this week, click on the Global Blog of the IACP–International Association of Culinary Professionals. Below, I have plucked a few jewels from the many notes I took, bearing in mind that between listening to simultranslating and writing as fast as I could, I might have not quite captured the literal translation. However, the heart and soul of the speakers... Read More
Road trip souvenirs- calamar giant
I spent the morning and afternoon transcribing my notes from Dialogos de Cocina; I spent this evening dealing with my souvenirs of two days and two nights in San Sebastian cleaning those two large calamar at the bottom of the icy box above. The notes needs another morning of work but the calamar and fresh anchovies wouldn’t wait. I raided the French Kitchen pantry for some ventreche (bacon), 2 large spring onions, some sad garlic cloves, half a bottle of Cote de Gascgone... Read More
Road Trip- Destination South-Southwest
This is what I ate. This is what I wore. This is who was there. Where was I? Read More
