Eating the Wild Air …
From the first gasping breath, when tiny hands claw at air, reaching futilely for an anchor, a rope, air feeds …
Tag Archives: Eggs
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, …
Idylls of Cuisne, #49
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
John Evelyn: Cook, Or, the 17th C. Man Who Would Be a Locavore
Omnia explorate; meliora retinete (Explore everything; keep the best.) ~~ Evelyn family motto Somehow, and how I wish it were …
De-Constructing Hawaii’s Loco Moco
For those seeking examples of culinary fusion, Hawaii provides a very deep well to peer into. Rachel Laudan discovered this …
Idylls of Cuisine, #45
[A picture, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
Saints, Souls, and Haints: Eggs
From Memoirs of the American Folk-lore Society, Volume 4, published in 1896, by the American Folklore Society, folk beliefs about …
Idylls of Cuisine, #34
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]* *Demon eyeballs, click on photo for recipe. Note: for the next two …
The Chicken or the Egg? 5. To Market, To Market
Cooks cook eggs in a plethora of ways. And vendors sell eggs in a myriad of ways. The following photo …
The Chicken or the Egg? 4. Egging Us On
A few days ago, I thumbed through the brand-new, hot-off-the-press version of Larousse Gastronomique. You know, Julia Child’s bedtime reading. …
