O.RE.SA-MIAN

Guys, there is a strong possibility that very soon I'll be able to travel to

mOTHER
FUDGING
JAPAN



FOR THE FIRST TIME



THIS IS HUGE



Holy shit

I'm gonna buy
ALL THE MERCH



eat
ALL THE FOOD



visit
ALL THE PLACES



I've been thirsting for it for so long jesus christ

Oh, yeah, and also, I finally got my ten-year French immigration card. No big. I've only toiled and suffered for more than six years (more than twelve, if I count my years of uni) to obtain it but it's fine (call me THE MOST PERSISTENT MOTHERFUCKER you know, humor me)

Jus de pommes breton, caramel pomme-caramel au beurre salé, caramel chocolat-caramel au beurre salé, confiture d'abricot-vanille cuite au chaudron, saucisson aux cèpes, saucisse sèche de montagne, pesto à l'ail des ours et paquets de biscuits artisanaux speculoos d'une part et sésame d'autre part (avec un chouette emballage de hérisson et écureuil gentlemen)

Turned 29 yesterday, and I thought I could treat myself until my birthday party this Sunday.

( Under the cut there be food porn, of course )

And since there's "9" in my age now, here's an appropriate gif:

Some poor soul on tumblr was unfortunate enough to ask what would be appropriate for the Musketeers to eat, and I decided to whip up immediately kilometers of meta on the subject. I happen to have a lot of feelings about 17th century French cuisine (about food in general, but 17th century French cuisine in particular, because Cyrano de Bergerac is one of my favourite plays ever and act II opens basically with food porn for no reason and it's awesome).

17th century is precisely the time where French cuisine come out of the Middle Ages; it's a time of new techniques, new products, and general innovations. 17th century is the "Grand Siècle", the Great Century, and obviously it called for a Grande Cuisine too because hey, THIS. IS. FRAAAAANCE!!!! Before that time, there was virtually no cookbook published for centuries, and in that century one of the first great French cooks called La Varenne published "Le Cuisinier François" ("the French cook") which became a best-seller (and which kept being re-printed until 1815!). It's the very first cookbook that details rules and principles of cooking.

( 17th century food porn hellz yeah )

So there, I hope this will help you if you ever want to make dishes as an homage to our boys the musketeers, or if you want a spot of food porn in your fanfics, or just if you want to know more about the history of French cuisine; at least I can say I had a lot of fun researching and writing this :)

Indeed I don't know you, but hey, thanks for the guilt trip all the same, it's a lovely feeling.

PSA: If you friended me just to get Art of Love and Cooking (aka my Puckurt food porn fic) updates, guys, just go to my AO3 page (here: http://archiveofourown.org/works/325863/chapters/525114 ). I don't know when I'll update that fic again, I'll probably turn it into an original story at some point, I have no idea -- for now I need to concentrate on getting money to survive. So yeah. If I ever update it, it's probably more convenient for you to get it through AO3 e-mail alerts or something.

I have opened a tumblr about food here: http://gurume.tumblr.com

It's all in French, but if you don't understand French, the pictures are fun to look at (I think). I'm talking about all the interesting food experiences I've had this year, from Kiwi burgers in New Zealand to dim sum in Singapore, but also the dishes I cook at home like fish and chips and roast chicken.

(about the title of the blog, "gurume" is simply the word "gourmet" pronounced in Japanese; it comes from the manga about food that I love the most, "Kodoku no Gurume", The Solitary Gourmet).

Today's my birthday, and people tried to kill me with food, which is a good way to go as far as I'm concerned. berylia, that Nutella cake was a deadly sin, and that pecan pie was pure undiluted diabetes and heart attack and utter LOVE... thank you.

Many, many thanks to goldylost for the virtual gifts (they're the first I've ever received!!!!) and to yaoi_ezi for the adorable message!

Also, kamexkame wrote a Sherlock kiddie fic for me which is so very very shiny and ridiculously good, and I'll link it here as soon as she puts it online. Her style is as beautiful as ever, I just can't get enough of it; GURL, WHY YOU SO TALENTED? (this post is in no way a poorly disguised attempt at pressurizing her into WRITING MOAR AND MOAR AND MOAR)(ILU, you sassy biznitch)

I'm very, very spoiled and very, very happy. And I ate waaayyyyy too much.

:D

[edit] EEEEEEEK and the most adorable na_shao made me this stunning Sherlock/John graphic with my favourite pics of them:



Oh god, so spoiled, SO SPOILED!!! Well the stupid smile that I'm wearing on my face right now will last AT LEAST the whole week. <3

Arouses me muchly.





(from Tumblr)

Fuck, Benedict, you're gonna be the death of me.

I've been trying to post this shit 500 times now. Please LJ. Please let me post this on my fucking journal.

Post under the cut is a liiiiittle bit image heavy, sissy bandwidths may want to keep out.

( Om nom nom nom nom nommmm )

Good! Finished writing Rhapsody yesterday (AT LONG LAST. That script took me over A WHOLE YEAR to write! This is so not done. I don't even know why it took me so long, for a story that I had all planned out from the beginning) tonight I'll re-read it, correct it, maybe add more directions for the artist, and then on Monday I'll be free!... from that story at least. Well from the story of the series' first volume. Anyway, to-do list:

-develop a plot and an entire universe for a shounen series, since Dara-chan decided he wanted more than the little one-shot I wrote for him. Not complaining, here. I want to make it some kind of remake of The Island of Doctor Moreau. And, of course, HunterxHunter, since no matter what I do, no matter which new influences and authors and art I discover, I always go back to my gods: Alan Moore and Yoshihiro Togashi.
Anyway, chances are I'll be bothering you again about it if it works out.

-write that fucking third part of the third chapter of my Puck/Kurt food porn fic, The Art of Love and Cooking (my fic titles suck balls). Now that time has passed a little and I've re-read the two previous parts, I've decided I don't hate it and my writing in English and myself anymore, so I'll finally get around to finish that third chapter. In theory, the parts that follow shouldn't take that long, since that third chapter really was the most difficult to write for me. I really want to finish that fic; I said I would, and I will. è_____é

-at the same time, write the script for the second "episode" of Mytho. At least that shouldn't be too hard XD

After that, Inch'Allah. I dunno if I'll be able to write my massive Sherlock crossover fic, but at least I'd like to write the genderbent one; I've prepared a fanmix and everything, it would be a pity if I didn't complete it.

Other than that, happy Easter! Or happy some-kind-of-pagan-spring-festival. Or happy Sunny Sunday. A few friends and I went to the Parc de Sceaux today for a late Hanami picnic (we missed the right date, which is usually the second Sunday of April, but we decided to do it anyway) -- and the reason I'm telling you this is because I've finally tried to prepare the candied aubergines with the recipe I've linked in the bonus post to Umami!

Sunday FOOD Porn yaaaay!! ^0^

( Food photos under the cut (a little image heavy) )