Year: 2023
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Québec
in: Travel
Within the embrace of our first stop, Old Quebec, a vestige of antiquity endures—an architectural testament to the fortitude of a bygone era. The ramparts, steadfast and resolute, stand as sentinels of a time when defences were paramount. They remain as the sole example of fortified city walls in the Americas north of Mexico, a…
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Word of the Day: “Catastrophic Implosion”
A “catastrophic implosion” typically refers to a sudden and disastrous collapse or failure of a system, organization, or object. The term “implosion” implies an inward collapsing motion, as opposed to an explosion that involves an outward release of energy. The catastrophic implosion can be used metaphorically to describe a situation where something experiences a rapid…
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Kitchenware
It follows that you are what you eat, and there is a lot of diversity in today’s menu, not just in foods, but also from where they come. The composition of our bodies is less tied to soil and water from where we live, than it was in my grandparent’s day. Within us today is a larger…
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Cutlery
Among the collection of things are several place settings and various specialized utensils: some butter knives, gravy spoons, fish knives, etc. They are of different sets and styles. Most are silver, some have bone handles, some have wood. The dominance of silver suggests an elevation in class. The families of both my father’s parents were…
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Focaccia Bread
This bread is not an heirloom in the sense that it was passed to me by my parents or grandparents. Although it might be consider such given the long history of this recipe, dating back to the Etruscans. With the time available, and the need for distraction, during the pandemic my wife began baking. Among…