Unbranched

This is the first time I have been connected to the Internet in 48 hours and it feels like trying to use your voice after not speaking for a long time. Cami is away at a conference for a week, and I've been camping out on the futon, because I don't like to sleep in the bed without her, and so I can watch TV a lot. I am eating most of my meals there too, and by 'meals' I mean for the most part a glass of cucumber and carrot sticks with a palette of dips: fromage blanc mixed with herbs, pre-made taramasalata, mustard-dill sauce, peanut butter. I make a pathetic bachelor.

The weather in Paris is impossibly beautiful, 20c/70F with a light breeze. I find this kind of day almost unbearable -- so much pressure to spend every moment frolicking under the blue sky. Yesterday, I gave in and took a walk to the Parc Montsouris in the 14th, where everyone looked cheerful all the babies and dogs and pigeons and ducklings, like a scene out of a Technicolor movie. But today, I don't know. I might just have to get out of the sun, slip into a cinema and watch a real one.

Comments

[chic tex]

I miss fromage blanc so much! I've been hopelessly looking for an equivalent in the US but couldn't find. Do you know if it exists??

[kavita]

isn't fromage blanc basically plain yoghurt? like, not the creamy dannon stuff, but the straight up plain yoghurts that usually come in the large tubs.

pie, you make even your lazy food sound gourmet. i feel shamed.

[Crys]

Loving the chocolate...thank you so much! I have yet to try them all so I haven't decided on a favorite.

I'm greedily hording them...

thanks again,
Crys

[pie]

Fromage blanc is indeed like plain yogurt, but without all the active cultures that make yogurt a little sour. I think it's really hard to find in the US which is a shame. The closest thing I can think of is Total Greek yogurt, which is thick and not too sour but is still technically yogurt. I like the 2% fat one. Don't get the 0% -- it's not nearly as good!