by Catherine | Feb 2, 2018 | Books
Blog 2 Feb 2018 Under Covers Part 1 If a nation’s literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays. – Ezra Pound My relief that books have not succumbed to the internet age is fathomless. Not only are books still being written, printed and read, even digital...
by Catherine | Feb 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
Blog 2 Feb 2018 Under covers… BOOKS: The Gift of Reading Part 2 What sensations course through you when you reach for a new book? What treasure lies within? Reading confronts us with ideas, propositions and positions we agree with, oppose or never contemplated in a...
by Catherine | Jan 26, 2018 | Books
Blog 26 Jan 2018 The Passionate Palate: Now for something under covers… My parents read to us when we were little. We would all squeeze onto the couch and listen to my father and my mother read delightful stories. In the afternoons, we would be sent off for...
by Catherine | Jan 25, 2018 | Travels
Blog 25 Jan 18 TRAVELS: In the beginning… When life hands you a ticket, take it. The first overseas posting my father received after completing his training as a foreign service officer in the U.S. was Vietnam, part of French Indochina. He had already become...
by Catherine | Jan 24, 2018 | Food Culture and Cookbooks, Travels
Blog 24 Jan 18 FOOD 1 Do you remember the first food that bowled you over? How old were you at the time? Where were you? Most important, what was that special mix of aroma, color, texture, flavour that made you take notice? Despite having a family of excellent cooks,...
