A tale of lemons and peaches

I actually started writing this post a few days ago and am only just finishing it off! Saturday night’s dinner…and sunday morning’s brekkie. You must think I’m obsessed with all things French. And maybe Italian. First it was the Tarte Tatin and then the Caprese millefeuille and now it’s the Clafoutis. Anyway, I’m in London this week, as in right now…finishing off this post – part business, part pleasure. Last weekend was the one weekend I had to use up all my peaches which had been lying in the fruit basket ehmmmm since last friday evening. Can you tell I’ve been scheming to make a peachy dessert...

Chicken caprese millefeuille

For a while now, I’ve been considering making a millefeuille – a kind of stacked tower of ingredients. I guess I’d put it off  because of my fear of all things complicated with french names – bain marie, tarte tatin….and all the rest. However, I was feeling very confident that success was close by and feeling the need to apprehend it, I got about a-thinking and decided that a chicken version would do. That was one part.

French Toast, all jazzed up

Do you ever make a particular recipe till everyone is fed up? As in completely, totally fed up. For instance my husband doesn’t want to see Salmon with his two eyes. I’ve over-cooked it (not texture wise) – but cooked it too many times, different ways but still enough for him to be totally bored with it, out of his mind. (Note many photos taken in a hurry!)

Another Hollandwood plaque

Flickr…Thank you. Through Flickr, I got one of my photos of St Stephen’s cathedral in  Vienna published in the 8th edition of the Schmap! I got an email one day asking if I’d like to submit my photo for the guide. If it got accepted they would let me know. I had nothing to lose so I said yes and ….a few weeks later (yesterday), I got an email saying it was included in the guide. Paving stones to Hollandwood! Click here to see the guide. I’m in celebratory mode – by which I mean, off to bed shortly. Yes, my celebrations...

Things I’m thankful for…

It all started when I opened the door…and stepped outside this morning To behold the beauty and colour that a rainbow brings Hope and courage were built up in my heart as the rainbow I saw arched over skies the grey and the blue, side by side, as clouds must be for a rainbow to form and for you, it to see While dark clouds hover and raindrops fall Little rays of sunshine keep pushing through And truly my eyes and heart opened up to see that sometimes the rain a blessing can be!   Today I am thankful to God...