A perfect gift for me would be a guided walk with a botanist/forager extraordinaire. I know there are so many plants all around me worthy of my plate (80% of plants are comestible; not all 80% are delectable, though), but I just don't know how to identify them.

However, I do know alliums when I see--and smell--them; so during a drive with S and my ( Read more... )

I'm always saying that I'm going to post recipes and then don't get around to it. Not this time, I decided.

The problem is that I usually want to do a fancy photo post, and I don't always feel like getting the camera out while I'm cooking. First, food stylist I am not. Second, baby underfoot. Third, lighting and tidy kitchen issues. Julien believes ( Read more... )

I love to cook, but I don't tend to share recipes. That is because I am LAZY, capital from the L to the Y, not because I don't like to share the goodies wealth. I thought I would rectify that today. Because, you know, I don't have enough other things to accomplish today.

During our last English lesson, I asked my student Charlotte what her favorite ( Read more... )