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The rain as we landed in San Francisco, the interminable trip on the airport train to the car rental place, the reminder that road lighting is optional in much of the </atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/12/city-blog-well-sorta-big-sur.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjE8KhhOsI0kU5UgACLEWzxHt3ir4ig9oidCvGa9basrMlK867wsTBgqbBXGrjYIDB7sQ7PxKAPYj7ZOfqbYz8Yw39md9MytWe1ZUaKPu1grQhU8_ex1VbvZbAOuYp5KB5prVw9xVGOt4Y/s72-c/052.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-7558638073636398208</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-12-20T18:09:00.802+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">california</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">food</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wholesome</category><title>Wholesome</title><atom:summary type="text">Some of my more regular readers may have noticed that I changed my frock recently. 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No, dearests, since I&#39;ve been to Californi-A, I&#39;ve</atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/12/wholesome.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Y32iUQ-2MqTohF7N9oEp26_2uzM7yIHIPTqANRLxY4c7bCfpXgv0rP5gpVva7RBaF-7Od-Vo1U8mlpkdDU7mZNOtr8-xMZMFFckhn1xy_iBtAAIYkFFZMN9km9GjJrSP6HZI6e72DzLB/s72-c/wholesome.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-6890070776304646782</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-12-19T22:55:23.421+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Christmas</category><title>It&#39;s that most wonderful time of the year again...</title><atom:summary type="text">and this time, I&#39;m beginning to wonder if my sister read past posts about Christmas. Because so far everything is going smoothly. We have a bird. We have consensus. And I may use double cream, when I finally get around to deciding what dessert I can concoct with it. My god, is this finally one of those years where the words, Christmas: food, family, festivities will not inevitably be associated </atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/12/its-that-most-wonderful-time-of-year.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-774279458138349806</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-12-14T21:45:01.074+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">beer</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">trappist</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Westmalle</category><title>Beer here!</title><atom:summary type="text">With the Oktoberfest behind us, it is time to reflect on that other nectar, known as beer. It is a rare event when beer is served at this house, and I don&#39;t know if it is due to the fact that we are too lazy to carry a whole crate home or if we simply only appreciate at certain times of the year.At any rate, this week&#39;s nifty and tasty shepherd&#39;s pie called for some beer.Now I am actually </atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/12/beer-here.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinP3ZmgtRX_vHCdXoF7AV3pj9lAJL-CHDIfNdB1oOz2W-lxc1rUXKpPCd6dZsxAmhK45YgHngUVwCAT3obn4Nuzy1b19CmUimxMGGCjuV6C67FLMmwp3bwt4QC2WI50Q45_JXus-mR0JKm/s72-c/beer.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-1988057812068647107</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-12-12T12:30:00.462+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">asparagus</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Giorgio Locatelli</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">risotto</category><title>Asparagus risotto</title><atom:summary type="text">What else can one do? I have a kid who is obsessed with asparagus and Brussels sprouts. I reworked a Giorgio Locatelli recipe, which I&#39;m sure is somewhere on the net, leaving out the asparagus cream, as I only had the tips and no full spears to render in my trusty Magimix. I did however create a compound of vegetable and asparagus stock for the rice. Trust me, it went down a treat! And note that </atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/12/asparagus-risotto.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi43PjAW5gZ2Wpm4fZ-MwnPVXudbfzV6M0EtnFgtgwfPi83GTVB42fU1W0sos7TiZVVg_VjfuNm1RBrvc0vQmUCcc8YJjAJiXWWNt6qxI1gTUiUFVGHvAEWiHRntAd_avJk3-VG5yrEQnOI/s72-c/asparagus.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-5955817856824109948</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-12-10T23:28:02.032+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Babbo</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Dario Cecchini</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mario Batali</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">New York</category><title>City blog: New York</title><atom:summary type="text">Oh possums, where do I start? It was gloriously, ludicrously glorious. A slight glitch, you know like the one where the needle slides on the record, as the munchkin collapsed just before we hit the bridge into NYC and I had to carry her, wrapped in a blanket into the hotel, in the pouring rain. But other than that: splendour all around. What a city. It leaves me breathless. And this morning I was</atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/12/city-blog-new-york.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbs5J2AYMMr-g1ZLOHgCLHQCV79n2rYp6x7aDwztj9dT5crWyppFvojH54r48ZcuhQ47gdpm4TahccRSuAnR-xi7fL3YcOtye48J4Rg57R7A4uAjDCFfuOzYfuJgBGjJbWIttcu5vdIPf/s72-c/NYC1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>8</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-2920073203061902740</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-17T05:42:24.194+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">1980s</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">axel bauer</category><title>We interrupt this blog for an 80s musical interlude</title><atom:summary type="text">Back in 1984, when I was still fresh and lovely and rather a &quot;fille niaise&quot; as the French would say, I remember being fascinated by this song by Axel Bauer. This was obviously before I had ever seen the Fassbinder film, &quot;Querelle&quot; and before my French was good enough for a second, more attentive reading of the lyrics. The girl&#39;s boobs (NSFW), as far as I&#39;m concerned, are just there to convince </atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/10/we-interrupt-this-blog-for-80s-musical.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-7347980667168777657</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-14T11:19:10.538+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">autumn</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">baking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">orzotto</category><title>Normal cooking will resume today!</title><atom:summary type="text">Yes, dears! It&#39;s autumn and I have the Bake-o-glide ready and I&#39;m rearing to go.Yesterday evening marked the real debut of autumn food, although in all fairness our meals in the last four days have had orange ingredients in them, the most healthy option being the hamburger with shredded carrots in the mince mix earlier this week, which was a hit all around.But yesterday came the first of many </atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/10/normal-cooking-will-resume-today.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2YJqHjHLRrF5RXKXYHnujJJ0diOaOD13oL5-NHPYQgwaQsUO0MViCk7QFKqYf5Y1DahWE955m4MvqE1GQtF3HWMnj0ekaCJB7DV1uUnDfojb0D1zGtgAEjsALRpMkcbaVeZDdGXCZL7rC/s72-c/028.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-9080718266001186204</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-09T09:42:39.125+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">father</category><title>Introspection</title><atom:summary type="text">12 years already since my father died. 12. Yesterday and yet still today. Autumn is in the air, the colours are ripe oranges, and blushing reds, and the screaming bright ochres of certain trees, which stand out in gardens and parks. I cried for the first time yesterday as I was scouring the sink after breakfast. A friend&#39;s father has been given weeks to live and I try to understand my own </atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/10/introspection.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-7115484079427318407</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-22T14:33:00.606+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">avocado</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bouchée à la reine</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">poussin</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shrimp</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tomatoes</category><title>Brand-new, I&#39;m so retro</title><atom:summary type="text">Oh goodness, where do I start? I&#39;m a firm believer in those Sunday stalwarts, in traditional cooking, the cooking of my mother and my grandmothers... You could transport me to the 1950s and I&#39;d be perfectly happy puffing away on a cigarette, in some waist-cinching dress in my loungy interior as I swirl my cocktail. It&#39;s like Mad Men redux, really, but I digress.In recent weeks, I&#39;ve been </atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/09/brand-new-im-so-retro.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7z5Z71vJpZhWsNDIgXRyiDvi_wR0Afr3cz4zoQ7nlHBrBNiP8eHdxuuODo0TJqpW8tlfjiWGnXX66VveEw4w-q_Q8nWYHTUDnGaqjOOPiLtD9YRYZNRDomQmUyCufCnEiyulexXZHF36i/s72-c/018.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-8115720148499822465</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-21T15:12:02.520+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">basil</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">home-grown</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tomatoes</category><title>It&#39;s been a while...</title><atom:summary type="text">Of course, that&#39;s not to say that I didn&#39;t eat in the past few months. Those of you who have seen me/know me in real life would confirm that this statement is true. For, dear reader, the past months have been a bounty for me.I have spent hours, nay days in the warm sun of a Belgian summer, forsaking the lure of London (and its swine flu) for greener pastures and sandy beaches. I have eaten </atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/09/its-been-while.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcn0EfRYqu7VcMsh9oWquCXHVoGC-WJJ4l0CeIx-2-IG6vGsudRmxVFRiBcm-UzCp7qFrJReBbY96F5oVBeOD0_RuzSNbsRkFma3EdnT2UqhW139vRrYZLS2xksSSYeLhrrx3Tzijh0B8M/s72-c/107.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-1621331098391300046</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-18T21:48:00.900+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">alessi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wine opener</category><title>Le perroquet bleu?</title><atom:summary type="text">In other news, our ancient wine opener caved in the other day. Well, to be honest, it was an accident waiting to happen given our excessive consumption of white and red ambrosia (and that&#39;s not including the prosecco we imbibe). There&#39;s no better wake-up call than a trip to the bottle dump... It&#39;s a true walk of shame in this household.So the munchkin and I took ourselves over to one of the </atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/07/le-perroquet-bleu.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7wFSgvZSdjmJ8D2WYfhtN4arHhYa0_8QzzNk6zQyW7lBoZhVArkTNBHQOofGvLIRZrKftzX2L3xa40ZWREnZqEGUqOf3haGO3qsStWGpJHh_Lsn95AglZ2ofpcmbPwo3-IwIFpre9MQH/s72-c/corkscrew.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-6924113399672188542</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-17T20:06:00.176+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Antwerp</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">beer</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bolleke</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">brewery</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">de konick</category><title>Ah Antwerp, how I love thee... and your beer...</title><atom:summary type="text">Only in Antwerp will you see a tram like this - straight from the past, but more importantly, with a sign for Antwerp&#39;s own brewery, De Koninck, the brewery of the hand. I could tell you a lot about it, but all you need to know for now is that it is established in Antwerp since 1833, and that they make the &#39;bolleke&#39;.How should I describe this amber-coloured ambrosia, its velvety flavour and the </atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/07/ah-antwerp-how-i-love-thee-and-your.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9KcLfMFUG2jGUqmux61UH71FSBX_l5fYB2XanS_1X26SyOnlVkKMqhn6F4pW9gTHk7VR1goiWKAclD1hSi0dyvOZIdJrXhSXE8-jz7y6ezPzYuHe8ZumuKcl6ovC9XweK4EpCJPFnlcG/s72-c/antwerp+1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-3350965651355200903</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-16T21:05:00.184+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lobster</category><title>You can never be too rich...</title><atom:summary type="text">or have enough lobstah!Especially when you&#39;re hitched to a New Englander.</atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/07/you-can-never-be-too-rich.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9eCDUGxAS0YxluS2AA2Of6D4c6iVM67Mgh6Ovq9fyMbEzSYhFJM3k1JeeVZJWAGkaI9mqZojx8LGmHzVfJPHueDkjkjxC-_AnzVUlifxqs5htEnunGrSuyuWS4kzGEK536pCpHD5_qzgg/s72-c/lobstah.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-2882550212126261693</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-15T21:03:00.068+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">apron</category><title>My new kitchen wear</title><atom:summary type="text">When I don&#39;t look like an Italian housewife from the 1940s, I simply wear an apron to cover up my daily garb.My SO found me this little gem - matches the blue of our kitchen, and as far as I am concerned was made for me.</atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-new-kitchen-wear.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB5sZ7vcVGgkYM4oO2Xyj8ryYfIus_O1Ky2rWyVaodNsf4sDmwlKY4pOni0SAbANTHhANPqRyAdFa9lqNWpgrfIoQGO-DFLvQdj868WxUJKKc1XMU2MuOhy1szI_6BxDAsYIJcVC9vrgQl/s72-c/apron+1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-2715888541174059483</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-14T20:44:00.453+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">express</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">la motticella</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">la tomaterie</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pizza</category><title>Pizza - the lazy way</title><atom:summary type="text">In the same Italian vein as my previous post, one evening I decided that I needed pizza. Rather than venture out on a balmy evening to our local Italian charmer and his tiny, but hot pizzeria, I decided I would try to put together something similar myself.But, I am the natural sloth. And a fan of the express way. So rather than slave over a ball of dough in order to create the right type of pizza</atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/07/pizza-lazy-way.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwgDUqZjufpvtdp8zEujBCNXchZg3hbnkl9zReXnrHyoGzbMgYKenEtaxgJy_WWdzMB7fyNx1qhMEBReMhc7UJIDrnQuBiRiA643bt8X85htizzNSzNXJC7XB3sq4CKL5ejCe2-whaQ35P/s72-c/pizza+1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>8</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-904788679551838030</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-13T17:55:00.131+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hopper</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">organizeandstyle.com</category><title>Purse, not purslane...</title><atom:summary type="text">Some of you will remember my monster purse from last year... I still find it amazing that I lugged all that around, and that did not even include the curtain!Well, the purse was entered in a competition and won a prize for messiest purse around: a purse organiser or a Hopper as it is known.One year later, I would just like to share my purse with you:What a vast improvement, wouldn&#39;t you say?If </atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/07/purse-not-purslane.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6iowyh7NVKu5xayTZ4ECX3xMkwPiDq5lz46wN9ktV5T5Bl__572y1Kyxa0YnD6mpmNf9tcBMnYJGc5sZELJnBkAyK4ExNladcbwunxPyrdg7X_eQ48pBkOJ920XtdB0VnzrMKZyMwEwj/s72-c/Picture0191.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-6262198767080335523</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-12T22:44:36.396+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Dario Cecchini</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">porchetta</category><title>Finally - the porchetta post</title><atom:summary type="text">Where do I start?The porchetta post took shape somewhere last year, when I realised that my local deli stocked porchetta. I hadn&#39;t eaten it in aeons and once I introduced my SO to this delicacy, she was of course convinced that I had been hiding this delectable pork dish from here on purpose.Then we travelled to Italy and on my first day, I entered a little family restaurant, where they just </atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/07/finally-porchetta-post.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYUehOUlaM1ckarMviaxxi7UhXKEgnD4r9Z1bbjhYOMUZwyFu1Ex664TGd9Oy594RU0sXXVNQ4ODZnoezkwEBX8VL4Al_03o9uMkoOTqi9F210xgTF95BbqxTHL1Nfhex4HGzZkBNIkSe/s72-c/porchetta+1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-910731713365790014</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-01T11:08:46.059+02:00</atom:updated><title>Apologies!</title><atom:summary type="text">Once again I&#39;ve been awfully remiss about updating this blog. For once, it is not due to my natural slothness. Instead, I&#39;ve been trying to juggle work, a four-year old, and incredible summer weather over the last month, meaning we have literally lived on the street.Did we eat? Yes, of course. Was the food delicious? Yes.Coming up - a post on porchetta, another one making rose ice-cream, and one </atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/07/apologies.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-6333691349642919685</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 21:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-24T23:50:48.879+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">simplicity</category><title>Simplicity</title><atom:summary type="text">Occam&#39;s razor: the simplest thing is most likely to be true.A salad of steamed broccoli, red onion, cucumber and vinaigrette is delicious.A.N. Onymus surprised me with some strudel from the Jewish bakery.A Mega Mindy balloon can make a four-year old&#39;s day.Yes, it is true that I&#39;ve always been a proponent of the simple things in life. QED.PS -- the salad served as a side for Nigella&#39;s steak slice </atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/05/simplicity.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfYtc9dbMP4lKvnUGZnd3EZVZGOZqSNm4bU6uWaPZiatQaBlZXYATP0VfMlC8cVFLwQ3b-HTr2YbWi8PLUfrIb7kYawtdYRwCv2aXB-Xm310k5ksB-YG3-idv29fKlQDYok-Vyk8wtOO8m/s72-c/001.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-6776291626265634341</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 19:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-18T22:00:38.604+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">salad days</category><title>Salad days</title><atom:summary type="text">When one is just returned from a holiday and single parenting, one has no choice but to inject souvenirs and health in one&#39;s food. Yesterday&#39;s offering:Mini San Marzano tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella, young salad and beet leaves, arugula, and home-grown basil. Drizzle with some real Italian oil (not that Bertolli Spanish crap).Eat.</atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/05/salad-days.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMMbWrldjUnHCJcydqB7oa_D7ED9EicBJh41_oC_4BokcDwc92dzgDr-D0uV9wgai8p7jalvLkH4f99XAG_4mw_rTtLIc07PHFKLJ1sZllezTcnOphQW5eiDRgxgradzL-out6DK-dzs2m/s72-c/001.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-1823048475596287603</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 19:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-18T21:56:58.439+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Antwerp</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">food cultures</category><title>When food cultures meet...</title><atom:summary type="text">Last Friday was the highlight of this shopping district&#39;s calendar: customer day. The shopkeepers set up a little stage in the little square off the main drag, arrange booths along the pavements, and generally stay open later. The local politicians stroll around (half the socialist party was there) in view of the upcoming regional elections.In my case, it involved watching a botched attempt at </atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/05/when-food-cultures-meet.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizelYgWLIMzPNHSmijRI1vxysXxKJrqfpPNzYCIHkDVbURI1Ir40L4hCpf5J_VH9zhrhcqw8n6xuSoCn2EVH9baKGLeszvChw0FxADkL33Gtoo3yyBPnFc9lOyWXrE83GwQrCue98T4f09/s72-c/010.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-9158185934798706494</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 22:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-11T01:40:21.522+02:00</atom:updated><title>Firenze... Firenze...</title><atom:summary type="text">I&#39;ve put off writing this post, because I knew that once I wrote it, I would acknowledge that the holiday is over, that the souvenirs of Florence are there to be committed to paper, photo albums and the web, and that life will never be as good as those six golden days in glorious Tuscany. Such is life, I presume, and we can only attempt to cherish the enchantment for that beautiful instant.So on </atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/05/firenze-firenze.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRPeyFPRTsN8Wv4cFzP__vfuYh8j4aWcYmNqtlUcrJ6QDDjTWOUU12OOSF51Qb0MCFRh602zNlViVumfm-R_Bw4PiWnDgYq4F9nz9oqgn7KuZYl9bdT2NrwGKJbDwi1zlgnaVeO8MgWdjT/s72-c/florence+4.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774883518916611207.post-4205839682812705475</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 19:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-10T21:52:18.985+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">food</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">meme</category><title>Know me through food</title><atom:summary type="text">Consider yourself tagged, as I was by Milo. 1. Can you cook?Probably. If cooking means, putting a meal on the table, then the answer is indeed, yes.2. Do you like to cook?Yes, except when any of my relatives are lurking in or around the kitchen.3. What do you eat for breakfast?Lots of fruit of late, toast with lemon curd, little scarlet, fig or damson jam, soft-boiled eggs with soldiers, oeufs à </atom:summary><link>http://lulabites.blogspot.com/2009/05/know-me-through-food.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Misgrace)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGeucaTkKAbO99MSSt4Z_hdR-qpzv5fEB1apn1vlj81uf_x5PH_7-axfOPP_O_Z-j5-E4oK5gdt0R38-vz7wIWh5hcza84EokmVutKL1F9S51M3MmwbJ2GAExct5Wx5OQ2brAUVN7FFtF/s72-c/watercress_vichyssoise.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></item></channel></rss>