November 28, 2007
I'm sorry. Mea culpa. I have neglected this blog in a shameful manner. Granted, I have a fistful of excellent excuses but I haven't so much as dropped a hello, how are you, or a hi. I'm a baaaad blogger....
July 22, 2007
I'm lucky ... Those are the first words of the new cookbook by Faith Heller Willinger, Adventures of an Italian Food Lover. I was impressed by both the simplicity and depth of that statement, because it is not an...
June 12, 2007
After returning from a trip, it's always hard for me to pick up where I left off on this blog and to know where to begin, to sit down and start writing. I've put aside an entry I've been...
April 16, 2007
With the weather being fantastically beautiful in Germany, it's hard to think about soup. Especially one that makes you sweat! But I can't pass up giving you this recipe that I learned at the Thai Farm Cooking School in...
April 13, 2007
The day of the Thai cooking course was one of the best days of my trip to Thailand. Imagine my thrill when I chanced to walk past their booth on a side street in Chiang Mai. I was immediately...
The day of the Thai cooking course was one of the best days of my trip to Thailand. Imagine my thrill when I chanced to walk past their booth on a side street in Chiang Mai. I was immediately...
April 4, 2007
I've been getting some crap about the Thailand - Italy comparison from my previous post. Lo and behold, I now have back-up. My ideas are echoed in an article by Samantha Brown which I luckily came across today: Thailand,...
March 29, 2007
Upon returning to the clean and organized german streets, I was startled by what my eyes perceived as a sudden emptiness ... I had grown accustomed to the colorful spillover of life into Thai streets. Blinking at the deserted...
March 10, 2007
I have a break from the travel routine and decided to take a moment to let everyone know I'm alive and well. Internet access has been difficult, not because of a lack of internet stations but because they charge by...
January 31, 2007
My aunt told me that people in Trapani say that their city is characterized by "sale, vento, e male lingue". Or "salt, wind, and bad tongues (gossip)". The salt -- well, you can't miss it. The salinas stretch out...
January 21, 2007
When I think of foods related to my second home, Sicily, I immediately think of ricotta. So when I found out about Anna's new blogging event, a Taste of Terroir, it gave me a fairly good excuse to spend an...
January 11, 2007
I've left Sicily behind me for now but am newly amazed by its beauty each time I go. I'm sure there are places in the world, your own places, of which you think the same thing. Places where, upon...
December 28, 2006
Hi everyone - I apologize for not posting sooner but I've had a surprise up my sleeve for the past week or so and could not post anything about where I would be for Christmas! In absolute, unbelievable secrecy,...
June 18, 2006
Drove to the other side of the lake for the Sunday market in Bauduen; we looked at beautiful carpets. Riez market: this was a special market day; we ran into town to pick up a few things and were...
June 17, 2006
Carsten took this shot of the moon from the house in Provence. He's taken some amazing photographs over the past two weeks...they easily surpass the postcards for sale in the local shops. Photo is courtesy and copyright of Carsten...
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June 16, 2006
We invited Simone and Carsten over for aperitifs and nibbles (I love this French habit!). They are the sweetest pair and so enjoyable to be around. On the menu, slightly-steamed carrots and green beans, and radishes with aoili; provencal olives;...
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June 13, 2006
Last night, we drove to Greoux for Aioli but the restaurant was closed. We drove back to Montagnac and split a Moules Frites instead. Yum. We drove around Lake Sainte Croix today. There are so many beautiful vistas. The...
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June 11, 2006
Life has changed in the past week...time is doled out by a church tower instead of a clock. I have a country-side at my door and a lake to sit by while the dogs swim for sticks. We eat...
May 29, 2006
(Easter Lamb and more) I know, my posting frequency has been more than poor lately. I still have stuff to post about Tenerife, and now I've been to Sicily as well. You know how it gets when you're backlogged. Overwhelming....
April 14, 2006
April 2, 2006
I was quite happy, surprised, and pleased as we pulled our green (and unknowingly cursed) Fiat Punto into the small, gravel parking lot, and looked up at the tidy collection of canarian-style bungalows clustered above us. They were painted...
March 23, 2006
Hi! I've been absent quite awhile, I know. I took a little break from life and went to Tenerife (North). I specify North because the South is a hot, unchanging concrete desert with nothing much to recommend it unless...
September 20, 2005
It probably seems that I've dropped into a black hole, but I am in fact in the U.S. -- the past two weeks were a whirlwind, with my brother getting married on September 9, and then a trip to Virginia....
June 3, 2005
As the weather was *perfect*, we took advantage of a Thursday holiday (and Friday "bridge" day) to zip down to Tirol. The area is rimmed with Alps and studded with emerald green lakes, not to mention the clear, cold rivers...
February 3, 2005
Picnic in Eden
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June 27, 2004
Hello! I am back from the Lago di Garda in Italy. We had an apartment so I did a lot of cooking...eating out all the time can get expensive, as you know. We usually ate breakfast at home, on...
