I’m slightly obsessed with this recipe. My modifications include: baby pea eggplants, a squeeze of lime juice, and an extra chili (or two).

Alsace via Instagram.

Ah, the green glow of génépi after 45 days of steeping. Check out the “before” shot, too!

Ah, the green glow of génépi after 45 days of steeping. Check out the “before” shot, too!

"There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere."

— Jane Austen

I loved exploring Montmartre with Context Travel on Sunday. My favorite parts? The pancake windmill and teeny vineyard. Adorable! 

I’m brewing génépi using this recipe, from wild herbs collected in the Alpes de Haute Provence! Posting this as a marker to check it in 40 days… 

I’m brewing génépi using this recipe, from wild herbs collected in the Alpes de Haute Provence! Posting this as a marker to check it in 40 days… 

What do you eat while you write? I love this illustrated feature from the New York Times. Me? I find eating makes me sleepy, so I try to consume as little as possible. But I’ve been known to succumb to the afternoon call of tortilla chips.

What do you eat while you write? I love this illustrated feature from the New York Times. Me? I find eating makes me sleepy, so I try to consume as little as possible. But I’ve been known to succumb to the afternoon call of tortilla chips.

"Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are."

— Brillat-Savarin

Testing tumblr with photos of Sunday morning brekkie (alas not this Sunday morning’s). 

Testing tumblr with photos of Sunday morning brekkie (alas not this Sunday morning’s).