baked figs

Bought some figs. Realised I don’t particularly like figs raw. So I baked them in some honey. Decided it needed something extra, so sat them on some creme fraiche. Looks kinda disgusting, but tastes pretty good. Would have been better on plain ol’ cream or with a dollop of ice cream.

P. M. S.

The acronym that many men fear… A sudden slew of papers in the last week on the subject of the female hormonal cycle, which all try to explain why some women behave differently prior to their menstrual periods. This is a phenomenon with which hetero men use to explain away what they think of as […]

Equal rights for men now!

From BBC news: Equal rights take a back seat. I find myself in agreement with the premise of the initial objection… The woman was unreasonable (but is that because she’s a woman or that she’s just an unreasonable person?). (And let’s not forget this was on a First-to-breakdown-Scotrail overcrowded commuter train, where tensions tend to […]

Souffle omelette

Souffle omelette Originally uploaded by framboise. It seems too me that I’ve been eating chicken for most of my lunches and dinners (probably because I freeze the excess dinners for lunch…). And although I found a decent source of beef at Whole Foods, I can’t bring my stingy self to pay for it regularly. And […]