Rooftops of Paris

The rooftops of Paris are beautiful and emblematic - of the soaring reach the city makes, in all things. I dream of sleeping on a Parisian rooftop, nestled in a cozy bed amid a potted garden. Maybe you'll enjoy this video!

 

More of the same, with a few tweaks

 Yesterday: good. However this am I have a slightly itchy neck and eyes and some dry skin in both areas - an allergy. Going thru what I ate/drank/wore now, what a pain. Wait. What if cleaning got me all stirred up?? Good grief.  I was home all day, didn't try anything new. I did milk (foamed, in my coffee as a cleaning day treat), I cleaned. Very routine day.  However today some allergic inflammation. 

First Friday of Lent (not that I'm in it for anything but the food) so tonight's dinner is crunchy fish sandwiches on brioche, crinkle cut fries, broccoli and corn. I should do slaw, so scratch the broc and corn.  I am going to make an asian slaw with cabbage, yellow bell, green onion, carrot tossed in sesame oil, rice vinegar and some ginger (perhaps?).    I love a good fish fry but carryout is not a good look on that dish.

xo

Planning on how to think about my day

 Today I plan to clean. My house, some produce. It's cold and snowy, I have no errands and so....perfect.

Then I see on instagram - a huge house inventory sale at RBX. Dreamy. The photos a teaser. My kind of shopping.

But today I clean, curate and contain the treasures I already own and decline to accumulate more, respectfully. 

That's cool, right?

Among those items are a dozen roses that have been so gorgeous in the living room. I believe they are going to either the bedroom or the office today. A couple of pairs of leggings are biting the dust. There will be more change by day's end. 

Music, candles and movement and a cleaning plan. 

HMMM COOKBOOKS - just sayin'

 What is it that makes you want to read a cookbook? Even those without prose per se can be read, literally and  figuratively. But the ones wherein are shards of a life....become the story and the recipes, to me, just lists, amounts, foods not yet matched and married into something a bit different, maybe something so much more delicious than the parts

Cookbooks are by their nature different from most books when they are used. A roughed up old cookbook? Could be interesting.

hmmm 

I like a cookbook with some talking. The best cookbook names seem to be already taken. The I Hate to Cook Book comes to mind. I love that book. 

Clementine in the Kitchen - a good one. It may have slipped by you if your daughter  isn't a Clementine.  Historical fiction is a genre. Is historical cookbook also? If so, that's what this one is.

What do I have to offer? I am funny (shut up), some of my recipes are old and so am I....but I don't think my book is historical/humor in species.

It's family, home kitchen, basic yet not traditional, food we like to eat. With recipes that are precise enough to get you there. So what're my talking points for this cookbook based on that exciting synopsis?

We'll see..