I have an Italian friend named Werner (no, really!) and he claims you need to put some carrot and a dash of sugar in your pasta sauce. I tried that for a second time, but it doesn’t cook in so … Continue reading
The Dromomaniac
…while I try and figure out how to make the design of my website. It is so frustrating you don’t want me to blog anyway, trust me. I don’t want to reinvent the wheel, but I want it to look … Continue reading
It’s a legitimate question. The only things I do all day are trying to cook new things (veal chunks with pasta?) and work on my website. This weekend I turned down some nice offers to visit friends out of town, … Continue reading
Over the last two nights I have prepared duck covered in a sour cherry sauce and mangalica pork with a plum sauce. I have never in my life cooked duck or made a fruit sauce, but since I have access … Continue reading
Just as when I stayed at Peter’s office there was a connection to a famous actress, I just found out that I am housesitting for the son of a Hungarian music legend, a member of the band, Kalaka. I am … Continue reading
Got some good stuff to experiment with this weekend. I am going to try and cook duck again; this time I have a breast and some direction. I have two slices of mangalica pork, ewe cheese, plums, and cat food. … Continue reading
When the peaches and plums are 168 forint to the kilo (US 35 cents a pound) I’m buying. I also bought sour cherries, but they, like these, were overripe so I quickly sorted the best ones and froze them. Now … Continue reading
This summer there are flights from Amsterdam to Boston and New York for around $376 one way and Amsterdam to Seattle for about $440 one way including taxes on Airtech. I will explain what Airtech is soon in my website … Continue reading
Not many people know this, but “Budapest” is an ancient word originating from east of the Ural Mountains that has been carried overland through Central Asia and Turkey and means “place of the fast metro escalators”. (crickets) Wow, tough crowd. … Continue reading
Beneath Peter’s office—do you remember that office? The one a semi-famous girl owns? Would a photo help jog your memory? Recent studies have conclusively shown that true cognitive recognition only comes after a third viewing: Beneath Peter’s office I saw Andrew … Continue reading
