Growing Wild Asparagus
Friday, February 5th, 2010
Spring has (literally) sprung early in our apartment this year.
Meet Fergie, the wild asparagus plant that has been mesmerizing us for a few weeks now.
I had a good laugh when I walked in the door from work one evening and saw Sébastien holding a small terracotta pot sporting the most awkward, scrawny, spiky reincarnation of [...]
Drum roll, please…
Monday, July 20th, 2009
The much-awaited kitchen countertop!
Side note: as we were setting it up, someone (I promised Sébastien I wouldn’t mention any names) accidentally burnt a hole through the instructions (yes, right through the middle where the words and diagrams are). Result: a bit of intuitive creativity was needed- combined with a morning of hammering, this was the [...]
Half-baked
Friday, July 10th, 2009
There?s a chocolate dessert in France called a mi-cuit, which literally means ?half-cooked.?
When you cut into the small round cake, it oozes with dark, rich chocolate.? Mi-cuit is also the nickname I?ve given our new kitchen.? That doesn?t mean it?s oozing with warm dessert- far from it.? In fact, for the last couple weeks [...]
