Saturday, August 31, 2013

Grilled Sardines

A perfect summer outdoor fare
Grill 5 minutes on each side.
Marinate in olive oil, lemon juice, onion, salt and pepper.

Frozen sardines from Portugal

Monday, August 26, 2013

What does your bookshelf say about you?

Bookshelf can hold a reader's history and future at the same time
Read for knowledge? Read for wisdom?

We can all hide all day long behind good stories…










































I've always had an obsession with seeing a person's bookshelf, to get a sense of what they've brought inside their home and their head. Bookshelves are universal in that almost everyone has one, and unique in that no two collections are the same. They reflect much more than just the book-buying habits of their owner...

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Monday, April 29, 2013

More Films about Taste, Good Taste

Julie & Julia is a 2009 American film
written and directed by Nora Ephron.
The film contrasts the life of Julia Child
in the early years of her culinary career
with the life of  New Yorker Julie Powell,
who aspires to cook all 524 recipes in
Child's cookbook in 365 days.
Like Water for Chocolate is a 1992 film
in the style of magical realism based on
the popular novel by Laura Esquivel.
Tita, a young woman is forbidden to
marry because of a family tradition.
So she puts her feelings into cooking.
Ratatouille is a 2007 American animated
film by Walt Disney Pictures.It' s about
Remy, an young rat gifted with senses of
taste and smell. Inspired by his idol, the
chef Auguste Gusteau, Remy dreams of
becoming a cook himself.
Tampopo (タンポポ) is a 1985 Japanese
comedy by Juzo Itami. About an pair of
truck drivers help a widow to learn the
technique to make a perfect bowl of noodle.
The Ramen Girl is an 2008 American–
Japanese movie about a girl who goes
to Japan to learn how to cook ramen.