Ready for the dullest, most colourless post ever? Presenting . . . (drum roll) . . . How to Make Rice!!! (Confetti! Cheers from the crowd!) Actually it’s only half of what I planned to post this week. The other half was how to make flavoured brown rice – you know . . . how to make it actually taste good…. Read More
When we lived in Hargeisa, Somaliland, we used to make two batches of – what we called – Somali tea. One was for us, and the second was for all the local workers who liked it about twice as sweet. Of course this tea was what you all know as “chai tea.” But for us it was hot, early morning… Read More
I hung out with my Polish friends this weekend: Sunday in Rambouillet with Agnieszka, who told me that you can plant goji berries in France so you don’t have to pay an arm and a leg to get their health benefits. Then she gave me a plant and some piano music. And Saturday I spent time with Renata who taught… Read More
I think this might be the first time I wrote two food posts in a row, but I was just so inspired by the success of these galettes and … since they’re hot off the grill, I thought I’d share the recipe with you. What is a galette, you might ask? It is a crèpe from Bretagne (Brittany) that is… Read More
When in Brittany, one must learn how to eat crab. In fact, it is likely you will need to prepare them yourself. You may even need to go out and fish them yourself since fishing is what they do here. The word for this large crab (King Crab?) is « tourteau » (toor-toe). I kept calling it a « tortue » for the longest… Read More
I went to the market the other day and came home with some delights like this and this celery root. If celery root were a dog, it would be a pug. I also came home with artichokes. Artichokes from Bretagne (a region famous for them) are huge! I can barely squeeze three in the pot. Now, if you’re going to… Read More
