A Bloody Fish Story
The price of fish is something nice — for fishmongers through the centuries, that is. And over the years, observers …
Category Archives: Lent
Idylls of Cuisine, #52
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.] *I usually don’t write anything for these “picture-only” posts, but I encourage …
Lent, According to American Cookery, the Magazine, That is
Lent can be a really interesting time of the year. For some of us living in the Northern Hemisphere, a …
Idylls of Cuisine, #51
[A picture, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
Shrovetide Pancakes — A Shrove Tuesday Tradition
Shriven/Shrove: archaic : to confess one’s sins, especially to a priest* When they heard the “pancake bell,” people flocked to …
Butterfly of Winter — Fabergé’s Mardi Gras Egg
“Carnival is a Butterfly of Winter whose last mad flight of Mardi Gras forever ends his glory.” ~ Perry Young, …
The Black Fast, a Mortification of the Appetite
With Lent fast approaching (February 17, 2010), an examination of fasting and other fleshly challenges seems apropos. Religious-based fasting, in …
