Belgium endives are most probably one of my favorite vegetables, along with artichokes, wild mushrooms and the sweet very small new potatoes (smaller than a silver dollar). I wonder if it’s because of childhood memories or because I am lazy and don’t like to wash lettuce or is it because I read a while back [...]
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Artichokes (Cynara cardunculus) have been cultivated in the south of Italy and around the Mediterranean since the XV century. It’s believed that European explorers brought them to the United States in the XVII century. Now California produces most of the U.S. crop and that’s probably why we can find artichokes almost all year round at [...] The other day I went to visit a friend in Cannes. This time I took the train to get there. In the past I had taken the bus for 1Euro, which is pretty cheap. But it takes about an hour to get there and the bus is often crowded and both times, I had to [...] I finally got the internet and feel more “normal” again. It’s so incredible how we have become dependent on this connection on a daily basis, and more so between long distances. Skype has also become a daily ritual to talk and write to most of our friends and family to avoid long distance phone charges. [...] |
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