A disclaimer: this is a poorly organized and haphazard blog. When I started blogging years ago, I didn’t know much about tags or categories or building online communities or what have you. Not to mention keyword density! These things are all very important. A sensible and savvy blogger will become familiar with and use all the numerous handy tools out there to generate conversation and boost traffic.

However.

Sometimes one yearns for being idiosyncratic and totally pointless. I know I do! Results-driven and traffic-obsessed web practices are well and good. But so is sheer self indulgence! When blogs started, I thought they were going to be a way for everyone to just confess their dirty secrets in public. A way to be embarrassingly candid. But clearly, that is not entirely the way all — or most — blogs have gone.

I very much admire this blog. Michael talks about whatever the hell he wants, and it’s always interesting. And it appears he’s getting more and more traffic!

Anyway, at this particular moment, I just want to declare that potatoes are becoming my favourite starch, and then take a totally different train of thought for a ride, such as my current poll:

And now I’d like to return to the subject of food, albeit briefly, and declare enthusiastically that the new halloumi, aubergine and cheese tart that I made yesterday for my girlfriend and I was a genuine success! Are many people writing about halloumi cheese these days? If not, they should! It’s from Cyprus (or Lebanon, so said the folks at the Jean Talon market) but you can find a very reasonably priced local version of it made right here in Quebec. Halloumi cheese is very salty, but combine it with sun dried tomatoes and aubergines and you have a taste explosion on your tongue. It is not a fatal explosion, but it is to die for!

Want the recipe?