Breathing Curiosity
Its leaves were anciently prepared as wine, its fruit as infusion, and the seeds have been roasted and brewed for centuries. Yet, I still like what it offers as spice out of the mortar. The sudden idea was to make a portrait out of a single coffee seed. It came as I prepared for my… Continue reading A side of coffee
The past, and the next second, the experience, and the hunger, joy, and its intermittent absence, everything, everything seems to be the resilience which demands repetition, not to preserve life but to live it — in composed sounds, in uttered words and their placement, in the gentle push to invest mind, spirit, and flesh, even… Continue reading Repetition is a form of change
Arborio rice, saffron, sugar, vanilla, milk, wait, serve…
Vanilla ice cream, and Blueberry-Basil-Cornbread A stated situation is that blueberries will rise, or move freely. Thus, they do not block, do not form a body, a wall. Basil leaves are different, obstructing the body of the bread to be freely moved by the heat. This seems to have prevented the wanted fluffiness. Lesson learned!… Continue reading Mistake Noted!
Butter, sugar… first egg… second egg… sweet corn kernels… buttermilk… cinnamon… flour and cornmeal… and basil leaves…
Asparagus, garlic, Chardonnay, and olive oil
Spanish saffron, Mexican coffee
Vanilla pod, over blueberries, over ginger
Coffee, cacao, rose petals
Wooden spoon (to minimize contact of the avocado with metals), avocado, and basil leaves, prepared in Japanese ceramic
Blueberry - red banana - cornbread
Sage leaves, garlic, bay leaves, ginger, to accompany three lamb shanks for a few hours in hot wine
Avocado, espresso salt, pumpkin seed oil
Saffron Risotto with Wild Boar bacon
As much as balanced mixtures are a joy, and the world of herbs and spices has been proving it for centuries, I rejoice again and again in tasting separately for what each ingredient is. Cutting minimally some products which are meant to be providers of flavor, more than being themselves, continues to be a delightful… Continue reading Marrying vs. Separating
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