Part I – Paris, France I wrote this post just over two weeks ago, while I was still at home in Paris. As by now you may have guessed, there is a delay between my brain and the blog: I am only just publishing this, and it is the first part of my thoughts and experiences regarding life in the time of the virus. The second part will follow shortly and will cover my return to Korea and my experience being taken to a facility to be tested for Covid-19. Tuesday 17th March I had the idea for this post in the shower, while listening to some of my favourite…
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the *best* brownies (in the world)
Hello! I’m back, much sooner than I’m sure any of us anticipated, and with equally unanticipated content. For this time I won’t be sharing scraps of anecdotes or experiences, but instead a recipe. (If I do happen to impart any of the former it will be unintentional, the mere byproduct of an occupational hazard.) And not just any recipe – but the recipe for the *best* brownies ever. Which also happen to be vegan. Since I’ve come back home I’ve been having massive chocolate cravings, and one afternoon, tired of reaching for the almond-studded chocolate bar lying in my fridge, I decided to be proactive. That meant making brownies, of…
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a hiatus
The title refers not only to the considerable space of time between this post and its predecessor, but also to the pause to my time in Korea. Yes, you read that correctly. Despite my intentions not to return to Europe before the end of August, this post is currently being written from home – that is to say, from Paris. In an unforeseen turn of events, I am to be stationed here for a provisional two weeks, due to the escalating coronavirus situation in Korea and the appeals of my mother to return home in the meantime. It goes without saying that I was initially much dismayed at the thought…
