frattura

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the national

are touring geneva et environs. everybody should go see them: SO GOOD live. plus, it is an important opportunity to support the ginger community.

holy cute!

baked goods

banana rabanada, from isa chandra moskovitz's vegan brunch. just like french toast, but with bananas! oh my god, so tasty!

yvoire sunday

today C and I packed up our bicycles and rode to Yvoire, a medieval french village on the other side of lac leman. yummy lunch, beautiful scenery, and then a ferry to carry our tired, sunburnt selves back to Geneva when we were too tired to ride anymore!

did i mention sunburnt? poor C will be feeling the bike ride in more ways than one tomorrow.

saleve saturday

ethiopian monday

there might not end up being any africans in the final 16, but that didn't stop C and I enjoying tasty ethiopian at restaurant awash

sunny sunday morning

pasta alla egg apple

Last night R and C were here for Entourage and the World Cup (poor Cameroon!) and some egg plant pasta. Here's how I made it.

First, cube two far-sized aubergines and salt them to get the bitterness out. Leave them salted for a while (I used the time to go out for moroccan mint tea at The Cottage with A - delicious!)

Rinse off the salt and fry the eggplant in a little bit of olive oil.

Then you make the sauce. Onions, garlic and chili stirfried until the onion is translucent.

Then add tomatoes. I used six or seven fresh cherry tomatoes (but big ones) and a can of smashed romas. Cook it down until the tomatoes are easily squish-able, but not falling apart.

Add the aubergine, and a big splash of red wine.

Then you cook the pasta. When the pasta is almost al dente, stir a tub of ricotta and six or seven torn up basil leaves (torn, not chopped) through the sauce. Drain the pasta, leaving a teeny bit of the water (and the pasta) in the pot, stir the sauce through and serve with parmigiano reggiano, or an equally delicious non-GI Australian parmesan.

baked goods

Cinnamon rolls, fragrant and warm from the oven, perfect with a glass of milk on a rainy saturday evening. I used a Paula Deen recipe, here.

thrifty saturday

This afternoon R and I visited the fetes des Eaux Vives. These neighborhood open houses happen all around Geneva this time of year: tasty food, fun music and bargains galore. Perfect.

... and yes, S, those ARE hawaiian themed salt and pepper shakers.

bologna

well, there was a lot of eating, and sunshine, and wandering around. also trains, catching them. changing them. waiting for them. ah, italy.

la bella figura

icône mignonne: my neighbour torturo