Category: food & drinks

  • Playing With Food

    Is it me or can you see the silhouette of a city ? I wonder if the inventor of Lego was inspired by octopus. What do you think of when you see the image below ?

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  • Vegetables in My Kitchen

    I was making a southwestern style chili on a lazy weekend afternoon (in Edgewater).  My kitchen faces west and catches the setting sun, I took these pictures of some of my ingredients (including four different types of chili peppers).  I cannot find a picture of the result – either it did not look good or

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  • La Crêperie de Grancy

    On one of my house hunting weekend in Lausanne, I wandered into La Crêperie de Grancy for lunch.  It is located on the second floor of a concrete building on Blvd de Grancy 4.  Quite a cozy, comfortable neighborhood eatery – a bit like a diner, except that as the name indicates, they only do crepes.  Creperies are quite

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  • Tunisian Takeout

    Everything is closed here after 6pm except restaurants.  Dimly lit restaurants do not offer takeout food.  They sell ambience and not convenience.  Bright lights signify a takeout joint.  In the US, pizza and chinese takeout are very popular.  In the UK, fish’n’chips and indian curries are dominant.  In Switzerland, or at least the parts that

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