I never married, but for a while, my grandma's wedding china (ca 1930) was my everyday crockery. I left it to my brother when he took over the flat, recovered it when he left. By that time, I'd tre...
Classic French "gâteau de semoule" is closer to rice pudding, as it's basically the same thing without the cheese. Most people use "semoule fine" (semolina), but I prefer the grittier couscous.
In a cream sauce for a sautéed white meat, such as chicken or a veal cutlet: deglaze the pan with a sip of vermouth, add cream, simmer, add chopped tarragon.
I also use it for h...
My furnace went on the fritz, so: 1 tiny space heater 1 3-gallon pot of pot-au-feu (renewed daily with whatever meat and veggies I have at hand) on the lowest setting of the back burner. The hous...
My classic bouquet garni includes thyme, rosemary, parsley stalks, a leaf of celery and a bay leaf. Wrapped in surgical gauze in case the rosemary is dry and loses its leaves.
I use su...
Actually, Paris has virtually no on-campus housing. There are a bunch of dorms - most of them for foreign students - in the Cité Universitaire Internationale, but they're away from the colle...
The main arguments to forbid GM corn/maize were that it couldn't be stopped from spreading and that it seemed harmful to lots of insects and assorted critters other than the one it was designed aga...
For the mass-produced poster, why buy aluminum? Get 4 narrow wood slats 2 inches wider than the print. Paint or dye them (with appropriately green products, of course) in the colour of your choice,...
Dylan, I must be weird. I've moved 4 times with my Billy shelves. A couple of them are over 20 years old. Can't seem to be able to get rid of the things :-)
Horse hair (mane and tail) was traditional batting in upholstery. There's also kapok, though it might be deemed too flammable these days. And carded wool was used in mattresses, so it should work i...
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I recently made a Thai-flavoured hummus. With lime, peanut butter and oil, garlic, ginger and Thai basil.
I never married, but for a while, my grandma's wedding china (ca 1930) was my everyday crockery. I left it to my brother when he took over the flat, recovered it when he left. By that time, I'd tre...
Classic French "gâteau de semoule" is closer to rice pudding, as it's basically the same thing without the cheese. Most people use "semoule fine" (semolina), but I prefer the grittier couscous.
In a cream sauce for a sautéed white meat, such as chicken or a veal cutlet: deglaze the pan with a sip of vermouth, add cream, simmer, add chopped tarragon. I also use it for h...
Use as a base for an olive oil vinaigrette.
My furnace went on the fritz, so: 1 tiny space heater 1 3-gallon pot of pot-au-feu (renewed daily with whatever meat and veggies I have at hand) on the lowest setting of the back burner. The hous...
My classic bouquet garni includes thyme, rosemary, parsley stalks, a leaf of celery and a bay leaf. Wrapped in surgical gauze in case the rosemary is dry and loses its leaves. I use su...
Some details (coffee table, tape deck, the strange hemispheric thing on the left) scream early 70's to me. Let's say sometime between 1969 and 1973.
Actually, Paris has virtually no on-campus housing. There are a bunch of dorms - most of them for foreign students - in the Cité Universitaire Internationale, but they're away from the colle...
The main arguments to forbid GM corn/maize were that it couldn't be stopped from spreading and that it seemed harmful to lots of insects and assorted critters other than the one it was designed aga...
I'd get rid of the buckles, but otherwise, I like them. And my cat would be in kitty heaven :-)
For the mass-produced poster, why buy aluminum? Get 4 narrow wood slats 2 inches wider than the print. Paint or dye them (with appropriately green products, of course) in the colour of your choice,...
I decorate them with Pebeo Vitrea relief outliner, fill them with homemade hypocras or guignolet, then give them as prezzies :-)
Dylan, I must be weird. I've moved 4 times with my Billy shelves. A couple of them are over 20 years old. Can't seem to be able to get rid of the things :-)
Horse hair (mane and tail) was traditional batting in upholstery. There's also kapok, though it might be deemed too flammable these days. And carded wool was used in mattresses, so it should work i...