every bite tells a story, every dish is delish
Posted in My So-Called Life on Nov 4th, 2008
Visiting Paris last summer, we saw this image splashed on many a corner.
“Obama: Can He Change America?”
And now we know.
(Yeah, the 12-year old had a glass. Six hot wings, a few pizzas, leftover candy and one election later, she’s out cold. Bad parents!)
Posted in Let's Get Away on Oct 31st, 2008
I’m in the kitchen today - and also trying to avoid large bowls of Hershey’s miniatures - so please enjoy this flashback on me. I’m wearing scarves in the morning and socks to bed, so I know summer’s really over - but here’s where it started.
From May 28, 2008 - The Last Time I [...]
Posted in Let's Get Away, Tweenager on Jul 16th, 2008
Here, from a month ago at the Louvre, are two lucky Josephines.
One is lucky because she is a twelve-year old visiting the Louvre. The other, well - she was Empress of France. But she had to sleep with a little madman in epaulets, so…who’s luckier?
I don’t often make Josie - named for a [...]
Posted in Let's Bake, Let's Eat, Let's Get Away on Jul 15th, 2008
We’ve been home from Paris for over a month now. I finally stopped consuming whole baguettes and wearing as little makeup as possible, because one day I looked in my American mirror and decided my American face could use a little bronzer. So the kir-colored glasses are off - but what’s left, what [...]
Posted in Let's Eat, Let's Get Away, recipes on Jun 24th, 2008
I have tried to like oysters. I have. Certainly I like the idea of oysters - natural, rough, juicy, briny. The glimmering hope of pearls.
And how about those camera-ready looks? I mean, look at those Paris oysters - huitres. They are piled in baskets for the evening’s [...]
