On cardboard sandwiches and tummy fillers
Saturday night, we went out to see The Avengers. Alex had seen it with her school friends on opening day because, well… she had to be among the first. It’s a Robert Downey, Jr. thing. She’s smitten....
View ArticleMelon cocktail with grape syrup
If you Google “melon cocktail”, you’ll find that there are two categories. The first is an alcoholic drink; the second is a dessert. This falls under the second category. But while most melon cocktail...
View ArticleMicrowave recipe: cheese-topped baked egg and sardines
It’s 1.00 a.m. on Sunday morning as I start writing this post. We’re still up, Sam and Speedy are watching cartoons, Alex is taking a shower and I am here near the oven where I can watch the tray that...
View ArticleIf there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a sink full of dirty dishes
I wish I can pretend that Speedy and I spend our days watching movies and our nights sipping cocktails. But I can’t. I might manage to fool you but I sure as hell won’t be able to fool myself. We’ve...
View Article14 years of school lunchboxes
The other night, we were watching Extra Virgin and the episode began with Gabriele Corcos preparing a pasta dish for his daughters’ lunch boxes. The girls went off and there was Gabriele talking about...
View ArticleThe Vegetarian Kitchen: if you need a great introduction to meatless food
My first encounter with vegetable protein was a disaster. I was in high school, my mother was flirting with vegetarianism, she bought bags of TVP (textured vegetable protein) and added the cubes to...
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