Christmas Holidays Start with Homemade Muffins
Holidays have almost begun, so I bake banana muffins with homegrown walnuts from the garden – fluffy, if not quite sweet enough.
2021
Vin Chaud
The first snow fell on our new house, so I celebrated with vin chaud made from an inexpensive bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau.
Gardener Quest (Part 2)
Still no gardener by mid-autumn. Then a very prompt tree-trimmer offered to remove our sick peach trees for €200 — or so I thought.
Gardener Quest (Part 1)
Our naive €500 garden budget, a search for a jardinier in France, and a paysagiste whose late, three-line quote came to €816.
Lazy Sunday and Apple Cinnamon Rolls
A wet autumn Sunday: unhusking hazelnuts in the garden, salvaging our apples, and baking apple cinnamon rolls in a tiny basement kitchenette.