Dec
31
2012
Today being the day of the other réveillon (New Year’s), I thought I would give a quick report on the Christmas banquet (twenty-one of us at the table). It was a wonderful night of family, friends, food and festive drinks. My adorable four year old niece wrote the customary (in our family) letter to Santa: [...]
Jun
08
2011
As you faithful readers might remember, I made some cedar-planked salmon recently that was so good I had to gush about it on this very blog. The beauty of that meal was that I had made enough to last for a while, and because salmon is one of these things that can be recycled into [...]
Mar
27
2011
The brand new kitchen island at which I am seated now is a comfortable 5′ x 7′. It’s big enough to sleep on, although the granite that covers it might not be the most comfortable surface to get some rest – it turns out there is such a thing as ‘too firm’ and ‘way too [...]