Our Lady of Paris

it was year ago that the Notre-Dame de Paris fire took place....

i still cannot find a photo of the cathedral from Hermes days or more recent travels but can use some of my quarantine time to search for them.  we always visited pre or post ice cream at famed Berthillon on Ile Saint -Louis. we would typically snap photos in front of the cathedral and often enjoyed a walk through the garden behind it, Square Jean XXIII, which offered an opportunity to marvel at the Gothic architecture from new angles. 

this morning, the news reports:  "The bell Emmanuel, built in 1686 and situated at the South Tower of Notre-Dame de Paris, will ring at 8 pm local (2pm EST), both to commemorate the fire and to be in unison with the French who applaud their care workers at 8 pm everyday. It's the second biggest bell in France after the one in the Sacre-Coeur." abc news 

i will send out an extra cheer from my window tonight. and maybe find a small bell to ring, as well. Paris, je t'aime! 

paris, jardin du palais royal
may 2010

baking bread

the recipes that follow are from the Daily Bread installment of Mary Cooks, a food memoir and recipe collection my family created together just over 15 years ago to celebrate my mother's 70th birthday. 

as a child, i loved the Casatielli, though i did not know its formal name back then.   it was my Uncle Richard who offered that detail when he shared the recipe for the cookbook project.  

as at Christmas, my Grandmother Marie made this for her family along with other traditional Italian treats.

to me, it indeed tasted like a buttery brioche and had the added magical feature of the egg tucked beneath the 'cross' of dough in the basket ...  

the Easter Braid was another favorite, with sugar glaze, lemon and raisins flavoring the bread.
this recipe is credited to one of my mom's friends in our  neighborhood.

my mother is famous for her cakes, too.

Easter in our house is traditionally time for the Lamb Cake, baked in a cast iron lamb shaped mold and decorated with marshmallow icing and coconut sprinkles, and for Glazed Egg Cakes, delectable pound cakes with either chocolate or marzipan glaze and decorative rosettes on top.  

i will feature those by the weekend as we move closer toward the holiday. 

wire baskets in my city kitchen along with a butter mold from my mom's collection....

stay home, stay safe. stay connected, 

xx

epiphany

St Patrick's Cathedral, NYBG holiday train show...

choose light

Fluorescence....

at Dan Falvin Art Institute, in a tiny, intimate structure that served first as a fire house in 1908, then as a Baptist Church....

 

dan flavin art institute, bridgehampton
www.diaart.org

passing through Providence

Saturday...

glory glory, coffee coffee

Fifth Avenue's Church of the Heavenly Rest coffee Stop has had a conversion, courtesy of Bluestone Lane.

Inspired by the Melbourne coffee culture and cafe menu crafted by Chef Sappho Hatzis, the vaulted ceiling space offers acclaimed Avocado Smash and other good for the soul, natural treats.

Amen.

www.bluestaonelaneny.com
@bluestonelanecoffee

http://heavenlyrest.org