Clarification

Dearest readers: It has come to my attention that as many of you have not been with me since Day 1 of this blog -when it was a smaller, unlinked babe versus the larger, linked site it is now- you may not know that Em-i-lis is a play on both my name, Emily, and my love of the symbol for my home state, Louisiana, the fleur-de-lis (also one of my favorite icons).

Thusly, Em-i-lis is pronounced Emily, and as I write mostly about food, cooking and eating, my background image, the spoon/fork/knife (which are actually my spoon/fork/knife) is meant to evoke the fleur-de-lis. For additional history on this, please see The Origin of Em-i-lis.

On the rare occasions that I write an Em-i-lis(t) of the day, then it's pronounced Em-i-list.

Cool?

Hope this helps. Many thanks for reading and for feedback!

-Emilis/Emily

Compost salads aren't only for lunch

Having blanked on Meatless Monday when I chowed on the chicken and apple chutney earlier, I made amends with this glorious salad tonight. Have you ever seen such luminous lettuce? Incredible. So I went with the purple-green theme and thought this was really fetching. Delicious, hearty, and now I'm off to bed.

More ricotta, jam

Well, it's been at least two weeks since I made fresh ricotta which is a significant drop-off from my earlier days of obsession. So, I had to make some, and it's draining now. I'm also making more peach-plum-lime-ginger jam and am happy to say that I have successfully used every ripe plum and peach during the past two days. No waste here!! T's gone tonight, and as I wrote several weeks ago, a night alone is always nice. I get so many random things done that I tend to put off if he's home. Nothing glamorous -laundry, cooking, reading, etc- but it feels good and productive, and I'm never awakened by thunderous snoring.

Off to get the jam out of the canning kettle and then put some dinner together. Fresh ricotta and heirloom tomatoes, anyone?