Hi everyone, I’ve been feeling rather maudlin lately for insignificant reasons not even worth going into. Perhaps you’ve noticed tearful comments on your blog? Do you think we should start a new thing? Like Friday Follow and Saturday Snapshot? Maudlin Monday? First of all I couldn’t think of anything original to reply to all your cheesy comments on my eggplant… Read More
Wanna see the subject of today’s post? Hmm! Looks like hard work Jen! Wow! You must be, like, this genius chef! And then my husband tried it and said … “Um … well it’s edible, I guess.” Apparently the filling was too salty and thick, and I used the wrong gluten free flour so the crust was too greasy and… Read More
I don’t know if it’s the unseasonably warm weather or what, but we have had a proliferation of mosquitos. In order to not get eaten alive, we like to play a little game of squash before going to bed and sometimes (often) when we hit the target, we don’t always remove the carcass. (Lazy, and perhaps disgusting. I know). Unless… Read More
My mom thought she was coming to visit the gardens of Versailles. Little did she realize she was here to create the gardens of Versailles. In miniature form. Chez moi. She is a Master Gardener (although she says she lost confidence since living in South Carolina where the soil in her area is so poor not even the weeds… Read More
I have so many blog posts that I want to share with you, but not enough hours in the day. Or at least not enough hours to nap and write a blog post. There’s my newly landscaped garden to write about, several French recipes I’ve recently tried (always recipes to try), a trip to the Island of the Impressionists where… Read More
(A post where I ask you for money for the famine in East Africa and also talk a little about Jesus. If you’re not cool with that, please check back next time where I’ll be making éclairs. See? You needn’t actually live in France to taste the good stuff. And while we’re having this conversation, I really am working on… Read More
