After seeing how Cordova, Alaska is digging out of their 15′ -0″ of snow. I thought I would post this in their honor. There is light at the end of the snow tunnel – eventually!
Even in the deepest, greyest, coldest days of winter when streets are glistening with ice and fountains are frozen, there are signs of warmth yet to come.
Just take a closer look!
For those who really know me, know that I have a penchant for pork.
Proscuitto, jamon ibérico, schinken, ham. It doesn’t matter what it is called, it calls to me.
Picture this: a Dickensian child with his nose pressed up against the glass of a sweets shop window at the holidays. That is me when I am confronted with a deli case of assorted porcine products.
Perhaps the finest of all was the “Schinken Section” of KaDeWe – the largest department store in Berlin. Yes, Virginia they DO sell ham in department stores on the continent. How I wish this trend would catch on this side of the pond.
Imagine my delight when I was confronted with this while shopping with our dear friend Pierrette in her home town of Basel, Switzerland.
My fervor of snapping as many pictures as I could led the poor proprietor to believe I was from the local health council!
It was the beloved bouchére in the village of Ménerbes that we found our black truffle for Christmas Eve dinner – along with sausages for Christmas morn.
I had the best of the wurst in Basel.