And they are amazing. Sort of creamy, and deep yellow/orange, and uneven in size and color. Some were brown, others white. The chickens, instead of eating corn, eat insects and Isn’t it fascinating how the imperfect-appearing foodstuffs — with uneven sizes and flawed skins — yield the most fully-realized flavors.
Yum.
When you’re a beginner ice cream maker — we got a machine this month — you can spend a lot of time thinking about what makes ice cream quintessentially ice-creamy. Is it the flavor? the sweetness? the milky-mouthfeel? Whatever it is, the Salted Butter Caramel Ice Cream I made this past weekend had it in…
Nursing Homes that do more than nurse
I don’t know about you, but I want more from life than simple survival — no matter how long my life lasts. A New York Times column today got me thinking along these lines. The gist: most of us are going to end up in nursing homes, sooner or later, and the next few years…
Some nights…
When I drag Callum forcibly out of the bathtub, and towel him off as I lift him into his bedroom, I’m struck by his sheer joy at being completely naked. When he takes off his shoes, he sometimes giggles as the fresh air hits his feet, and the naked Callum represents that same shoeless sentiment,…