Aesop

Badaude's cover for Penguin Classics' Aesop's Fables.

Part of Penguin's 'We Print The Words, You Do The Covers' promotion.

Recipes I'm Wouldn't Mind Having a Go At.

• poached eggs in red wine (a.k.a. oeufs en meurette): see the kitchn, orangette & epicurious;
• almost bourdain's Chinese BBQ Pork (Char Sui)
• david lebovitz's Almond Cake; or maybe his Polenta Cake with Rosemary;
• foodbeam's Vanilla Mousse & Grenadine-poached Rhubarb (check out her stunning pictures);
• raspberri cupcakes' Milo Cupcakes with Condensed Milk Icing;
• food mayhem's Weaved Asparagus Salad (via the kitchn);
• the posset (from the kitchn; see also the old foodie);
• a year of slow cooking's Crockpot Crème Brûlée (dying to blow-torch the hell out of it;
• roasted chickpeas;
• mmmmm... pasta with fennel, bacon and chili (serious eats);
• an Easter lamb cake with simulated bleeding ready for decapitation (from regretsy, where else?!);
• trissalicious' Quenelles with Nantua Sauce (maybe I could just go back to Lyon instead);
• make a Rainbow Layer Cake. Inspirations: chocolatesuze, brown button, serious eats & india knight; jane brocket; and many others...
• experiment with pancakes like not martha;
• cool down with Boozy Campari Citrus Pops from the kitchn;
• a Jello Poke Cake (via jello mold mistress of brooklyn);

Image: author (c) 2010

Elegance

By René Gruau: from tumblr via matouenpeluche.