Cooking with Friends and Sicilian Meatball Comfort Food

Greta Garbo There's nothing like cooking with friends to warm cold winter days, be it cooking for a gang (Superbowl party?) or just thro...

Japanese Castles, Life at Court and Chawan-Mushi silky custard

  Inception      Inception  Snow, snow and more snow.  Why is it that this weather drives me into my imagination???  What better way to ind...

Castles, France and Chestnut Lentil Soup

  Chateau de Beynac on the Dordogne/ Mark Seracat It’s cold and damp.  The snow has been around since Christmas and I am ensconced on my sof...