Whipped Cream, and other musings

I have whipped cream in my coffee this morning.  An unnecessary indulgence, but it's leftover from dinner that I had here with Stephanie last night.  The whipped cream has a touch of Anita's Nocino in it, which really gilds the lily.

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When I was a sophomore in college, I spent a school year in Florence, Italy.  Thirty of us from the same university lived and took classes together in an old Medici villa for a eight months.  In a move that made a huge change in my culinary upbringing, I did my work study in the kitchen -- working alongside the Italian cooks as I earned money.  One of the main cooks, Luanna, took a particular liking to me and my great friend Amy.  Tuesdays, Luanna would make macedonia -- an Italian fruit salad topped with whipped cream -- for dessert.  And late on Tuesday nights, after all the dishes were done, Luanna would bring Amy and I some whipped cream that she'd ferreted away for us and we would drink it on our espresso.

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"This is an espresso-free establishment" reads the sign at Bovine Bakery, the lovely bakery in Pt. Reyes Station.  It's the only bakery where I will order a morning bun, with its nuts and sweetness.  Normally baked sweets like that overwhelm me, but I can't resist the perfect balance of the Bovine Bakery morning bun.  It had been a year and a half since I'd been to Pt. Reyes.  And on a cold, damp day last week I returned.  We'd had a quick and lovely lunch at Fish, and then headed out to the national seashore.  I pointed the car toward Abbott's Lagoon -- a spot I had been to many many times in my past.  Out past the Marin Sun Farms ranch, Abbott's Lagoon holds a special place in my heart, and I was so happy to return.

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There's just no segue for this next item, but if you haven't seen this video clip of Robin Williams on Law and Order: SVU on Tuesday, check it out.  Williams is a suspect in a crime involving a fast food restaurant and he uses what I am calling "the locavore defense" as his excuse for never having been at the restaurant.



(video via Serious Eats)

Comments

[devadeva mirel]

the locavore defense was a riot!

[Jalapeno Girl]

Williams does a great job at being a creepy nut, but the locavore thing was a surprise. SVU is one of my favorite shows and it's interesting to see how they incorporate news items into the plot.

[patrick]

i can't believe he actually said "locavore." that's the best performance i've seen from Williams in a long time. Wow.

[Sarah in Maryland]

I love that top photograph. I love the vastness and the bleakness. These are the sort of landscape paintings I prefer.