AlexxDec 9, 20183 minHanukkah at Home (Latkes)Cutting straight to the chase here, as the last thing I want to be is someone who postpones another’s latkes. If you grew up in a Jewish ...
AlexxOct 2, 20183 minPower in Origin (Cacio e Pepe)I was racking my brain for the word “Corinthian” and picking images out from the Pantheon’s Rorschach marble when Paulo struck up convers...
AlexxSep 22, 20183 minRatatouille is Tian (Tian)I re-watched the end of Ratatouille last night, the movie that so wonderfully inspired so many to recreate a Thomas-Keller-cum-Remy-the-R...
AlexxSep 21, 20184 minPlaces Are Not Foreign, You Are (Ratatouille)Places are not foreign, you are. You always will be. The imprint of your individual presence on a faraway land, no matter how hard you pr...
AlexxSep 4, 20185 minAwe, Altitude & Abrupt Ascent (Raclette)"I'm living in the French countryside." I have no illusions about how romantic that sounds, how romantic that is. But a house this old, b...
AlexxAug 30, 20185 minMonologue & Dialogue (Socca)When sharing my plans to come to France, the reaction was surprisingly formulaic. I'd be met with a rush of excitement, a pause, and then...
AlexxAug 6, 20184 minRunning Parallel to Falling in Love (Banana Bread)Week one in two words: solitude, scrambling. Most of my time has been spent learning, exploring, traversing--quietly and alone. Here, the...
