My current favorite vegetable is fennel. I add it to salads, and I don't tell anyone what it is. So far no complaints. The best thing about fennel is the way it looks when you slice it transversely. I think it looks a little bit like an aerial map of a small village. There's the city center with the school and the library, and then the surrounding streets and the little houses…

Outdoors, spring has suddenly exploded. It's actually too warm to walk at midday. Soon I will have to get up at 6 am to walk. But not quite yet.

March is a pretty festive month around here. Three birthdays in the family. We like to celebrate them all at once. The youngest celebrant prefers ziti bolognese, so that's what he gets.
