Madeleine & Julia
Appearances can be deceiving.* And in the food (foodie?) world, what smells of success — however minor — to one …
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Idylls of Cuisine #25
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
Julie & Julia —
A kitchen, a bottle of wine, and a duck recipe. Easy, right? With the movie, “Julie & Julia,” now out, …
Of Carrots and Things
Never bolt your door with a boiled carrot. Irish Proverb A memory, augmented and tempered by time … and carrots. …
Questions, and More Questions …
I think that travel comes from some deep urge to see the world, like the urge that brings up a …
The Random Herbalist: Into the Setting Sun
For the moment, the end of the series of notes on monks and their gardens.
The Random Herbalist: The Church as Farmer
The Catholic Church influenced many things, even (especially?) agriculture, as this passage from History of the English Landed Interest: Its …
The Random Herbalist: Charlemagne, St. Gall, and the History of Medicine
The history of medicine, a fascinating subject, shows how people began to understand more and more about the corporeal body. …
Idylls of Cuisine #24
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
The Random Herbalist: Libraries and Monastic Gardens
Another reason why the Internet is so fantastic — here is a catalog of the manuscripts available in the monastery …
