It’s been awhile since I participated in Foodbuzz’s 24×24 event. Every month, I received the notification in my inbox, put it on my things to do, and then allowed the deadline to…
Month: January 2011
Chicken Pot Pie
In the way that other children were raised on lightning bugs and kick-the-can and constellations, I was raised on cities at night. At first, the quiet, frightening strangeness of the first time…
Spaghetti and Meatballs
I didn’t post once between December 20th, the day before I left Paris, and January 4th, several days after I got back, and yet there were nearly two weeks (a bit less,…
Pumpkin and Chocolate Loaf
The more I use French in my daily life, the more I notice weird little quirks and differences between it and my native tongue, like the fact that please–s’il vous(te) plait in…
Colorful Roasted Vegetables
Normal is defined by everyone as the familiar, as what they know. When you’re a child, your normal is defined by your environment, namely, your family. It’s the reason why people start…
Frisée and Green Apple Salad
It’s January, but you wouldn’t guess it here in Paris. The streets are flooded with sunlight; it’s warm enough for a light jacket. If I had to guess, I’d say it was…
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Quickbread
I have a habit of not only doing things that no one else does, but also of doing the things that other people do in a crazy order, as though I took…
Steak with Beurre Rouge and Aligot with Comté
“C’est l’histoire d’un garçon mélancolique parce qu’il a grandi dans un pays suicidé. C’est l’histoire d’un pays qui a réussi à perdre deux guerres en faisant croire qu’il les avait gagnées, et…
Zuppa di Pesce
Christmas is a period when most bloggers are updating constantly with cookies, cakes and treats, traditional dishes from their backgrounds, their families, their childhoods. To those of you who have been sending…