The retail book business, even though we don’t think of it as hectic, IS. Sometimes, in a single day, I find myself struggling to switch gears. Once in a while, I feel like I’m in a Twilight Zone of disorientation. … Continue reading →
The entire day of Monday, June 4th was dedicated to Santiago. There is much written in guidebooks about this town, so I’ll just share some of our impressions. The 5 euro for the museum is a good value. We especially … Continue reading →
While visiting the churchyard for the Lira horreo, we noticed a small graveyard off in a corner. It was in a depressed corner of the churchyard, so you couldn’t see it until you walked down there. How sad. As we … Continue reading →
This was an easy and fun recipe. Since I prefer it to Parmigiano, I used the Grana Padano. I was able to get 12 bread sticks out of each of the four balls of divided dough. So, I baked three … Continue reading →
When we left Fisterra, we white-roaded our way back so we could drive through the twin towns of Lira & Carnota. I wanted to see the dualing Horreos. Horreos are unusual and unique in Spain to Galicia. They are graineries … Continue reading →
We decided that on our first day of exploring we would accomplish one of our traditional ‘must-dos’. I have this thing about getting to the furthest point of any coast we’re visiting. I really have no explanation. I just feel … Continue reading →
I’m not going to say much here. Just let the photos speak for themselves. These were the dinners we enjoyed for five of the six nights we spent at Casa Perfuto Maria. I’ve thrown in a picture of breakfast as … Continue reading →
First let me say that we really do subscribe to Pauline’s definition of Slow Travel. It is just that sometimes, concentric circles just aren’t very concentric, or very circular for that matter. Sometimes, they end up looking more like a … Continue reading →
Since I messed up Gina’s fabulous recipe by baking a double batch in a single batch pan, I decided to go ahead and roll with it. Here is how I’m using the “brownies”. The brownie is only about 1 inch … Continue reading →
We’ve got a new challenge going on the Food Forum at http://slowtalk.com/groupee/forums. Sunday Slow Bakers. Each week, we take turns choosing a recipe all of us will bake. Then we either post our results on the Food Forum thread, or … Continue reading →