This week was quite different from our time in Colorado. We are back in The Pearl planning, of course, for our future excursions, bien sur – we have three in the works. However this week has been about friends and family – as well as some long anticipated medical stuff for Tricia. Alexis and Joe…
Tag: cooking
This week in The Pearl – August 8, 2025
Our week was a bit slower paced, with just enough activity to make it interesting, as well as a lot of cooking. Last Friday we had salad for lunch, always a favorite, we usually construct our own, here is mine. There are a few foods that sound good to me, that should work, yet when…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip – It’s the pits
Smash those olives to get the pits out. Removing olive pits is a breeze if you smash them first. We have pizza often. Though I do make the crust at times, Trader Joe’s premade dough is a lot easier and just as good. We roll it out onto a cookie sheet and I use a…
This week in The Pearl – August 1, 2025
One year a go today we moved into our apartment in Avignon. Tricia has posted many times about Avignon, here is my post from our first week there – it is hard to believe all that has changed. It was a good week here in The Pearl and beyond. Though I have been an Urban…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip – July 22, 2025
Deconstructing and rearranging are a creative cooks best tricks. We watch a lot of food shows. (BTW if you have not seen the “Chef’s Table” series on Netflix you are missing out on one of the most beautifully done shows ever, so check it out.) Top chefs are masters at deconstructing and rearranging. Thankfully we…
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