Homespun Wisdom: Talks With My Neighbour

A Long Hot French Summer


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Daniel and Sarah pop the champagne cork. Daniel gets all religious about how to pour, cradling the bottle and pressing the thumb into the dimple. Daniel builds a fold-out table that disappears and discovers a carpenter bee copying his work. No love lost among boring types. Bird songs and identifying birds. Ice cream making and experimenting with flavours. Sarah goes hunting the perfect ice cream in Seville, Rituals when away. Making pancakes (crepes) in France. Daniel discusses ceviche recipes with a Peruvian. Never more than 3 minutes in the lime juice. Morning mercy dash to the boulangerie. Backing off tensions when two cars cannot pass. Sarah goes into rapture about Togo delicacies from roadside BBQ to sweet dumplings to nut brittle. Memories are situational. Monopolistic behaviour by chain coffee shops. Lighting candles in cathedrals. Finding safety in McDonalds or an Irish pub when away from home. Having a sense of adventure in life, travel and with food. Wowing the French neighbours with inverted Maqluba from Iraq. Cold soups. Vichyssoise. Gazpacho. Salmorejo. Big Enders vs Little Enders. Eat French, think French. Daniel discuses giving Sarah a fireman’s lift and throwing her out and so much more.
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Homespun Wisdom: Talks With My NeighbourBy Sarah Sharman, Daniel Confino