Ratatouille

I have fallen quietly in love with ratatouille and I am currently caught up in the madness that is discovering 79 different ways to cook it ... without Gert noticing.

Tonight's variation was ratatouille lasagne, with chicken too.

It was stunning!

He's still laughing really.  I think we're both a little desperate after the long winter of grey skies, small sunshine hours and an extreme lack of yummy fresh vegetables ... or perhaps that foggy lack of clear-thinking that led to boring meals.

There's a Di newsletter in process, an exciting development with my book on Genova, a few more workshop possibilities, a big party in Brussels, and a return to Genova next week.  It's busy ... it's delicious.

Leiden, Holland

One of our guests left his super special headphones at our place over the weekend.  Monday found Gert with a day off, us still with another day of car rental, and there we were, searching for a destination.

Since I was small, the journey has pretty much been the destination ... a journey was surely called for and so, we drove 140kms to Leiden, in Holland, and returned Jacob's headphones to himself.

It was a lovely day out and Jacob was a gracious host.  We wandered the  tiny little Dutch streets with him, finding small treasure like the house below ... it was perhaps 4 metres wide. 

Jacob took us out for a most delightful lunch at De Stathouder, thank you to Shannon for the recommendation.