Two things struck me upon picking out the NYT Dining Section on August 29 (I know - that's 2 weeks ago but it was kept in my ever-burgeoning pile) and scanning the front page - great eye candy there with Melissa Clarks photo of fig branches avec fruits! Next? Ut-ohhhh, I bet the people on Isle de Re are not happy to see the highlighting of their well-kept secret of this venue....... Quel agacement!!!! Isle de Re first. I first … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2012
In Spite of the Date, the Intense Power to Invigorate
Bees busy at early hours today, alone in their network, warning distance they say..... excerpted from Wellfleet Wonders, Circa March 1987 Yesterday and today are two of those soothing, clear and wonderful days when the air has an intense power to invigorate. I don't know why this is but the temperature, humidity (lack of) and clarity and color of the sky have the power to send me into overdrive. Suffice it to say I would have been doing a … [Read more...]
Gastronomic Archaeology and Anthropology;The Origins of the Concept of Dessert
I guess I would call myself a budding part-time student of gastronomic/culinary history - as I often find myself wondering about the origins of certain food(s) and food-related ideas, the development of cooking vessels, methodologies, meal design and evolution, and budding, because I haven't had a whole lot of time to ponder these things in the past and so, my knowledge-base is rather limited. If I weren't so old, I would now be enrolled in a … [Read more...]
And So, Off to School; More Plums
Was there anything more joyful than these times? Yesterday morning I arose and felt like I should be putting my kiddies on the bus for their first day of school. Is anyone else feeling like this? When we moved to our current home in NJ, Christin was 7 and Ryan was 4. Their first September here Ryan went to Kindergarten and Christin was in third grade. I remember that September day like it was yesterday. They were happy in their new … [Read more...]
A Plum Life
Seriously, can being obsessed with food, experimenting endlessly with recipes - savory and sweet, following the best of food media, adding to my collection of cookbooks and food implements (currently obsessed with Burleigh mixing bowls), trying out restaurants wherever we go, and conspiring to travel to the great food venues of the world be anything but "A Plum Life"? I don't think so.......... I can hardly believe it is September 3. I am … [Read more...]