Thursday, March 28, 2013. On those Saturday mornings when my insistent desire to have something different from the daily granola clashes with my fatigue or laziness, I fall back on a little something I call Aggrandized Oatmeal. Cook up rolled oats the usual way. Afterward I can go back to the couch or stare at the sky and forget the laundry for a while longer, feeling virtuous about breakfast at least. A delightful combination for a weekend morning.

Grampians National Park venison with blueberries recipe. Grampians National Park venison with blueberries recipe. Finding Autumn, Macedon VIC.

Meatballs from Eating Rome by Elizabeth Minchilli. For someone who spends a lot of time in France, I eat an awful lot of Italian food.

Monday, March 5, 2018. If someone were to say to you bird images, great big paintings of American birds, by an American artist, you would probably say Audubon, John James Audubon. That news sort of shocked me the first time I heard it as I think of Audubon as an icon of American art and as American as Davey Crockett.

Gardening in the San Francisco Bay Area. Thursday, August 2, 2012. What to do with a bounty of pears? Sweets are not usually my thing but a few years ago my dear friend Kim made for me this amazingly moist and delicious pear cake based on a recipe from. Clotilde Dusoulier, author of. Gâteau de Mamy à la Poire.

The sometimes-linguistic observations of a disgruntled American francophile. Monday, January 17, 2011. The Tropes of Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

Begin by mixing the onion with Worcestershire sauce and chicken broth. Allow to marinate for 10 minutes and add to a baking dish.

Friday, August 12, 2011. All the old posts moved over and are now more easily searchable and quicker to load. You can still reach the blog by typing www. Or even better yet - subscribe to receive it in your inbox or Google reader. Monday, June 27, 2011. Tonight these pictures tell a different story.