25 April 2026

The Pépin soufflé

For our lunch yesterday, I made Jacques Pépin's mother's cheese soufflé. It's a fairly simple recipe which doesn't reuire separating the whites from the yolks of eggs and then whisking the whites until they are light and foamy. The most complicated part of the recipe is making a white sauce (une sauce béchamel) with butter, flour, and milk, cream or Half-and-Half. Pépin says this is the kind of soufflé his mother often made when he was growing up (in France, near Lyon).

Here is a link to several examples of such soufflés that I posted years ago, and a photo of a slice of yesterday's, which included a pre-cooked broccoli base.

23 April 2026


I noticed yesterday when I went out for a walk with 'Tasha that we now have irises blooming inside our back gate.

21 April 2026

Another April Vineyard View

A view of vineyard parcels and clouds at sunrise in April from our back gate.

19 April 2026

The vineyard yesterday morning

I've been taking a few days off. The weather has finally warmed up and started letting the sun shine on us.