March 12

James Taylor was born today in 1948, and Jack Kerouac in 1922.

It's national Scallops Day; I love them!

Today's so-called exotic dish suggestion from the 365 Foreign Dishes, published in 1908, is what they call Japanese Salad – consisting of celery, apples, truffles, and edible flowers garnished with hard-boiled eggs and olives! Sounds intriguing but unlike the Japanese I've tried; perhaps these ingredients were fashionable in Japan at the time??

Let's choose a dream restaurant, shall we...
by Alexandre Auguste Hannotiau: