les huîtres

sunday night we ate a lot of oysters... specifically "Les Papillons #4" et quelques autres, aussie #4--les plus petites, but more delicious. also, we made a ton of couscous with fresh vegetables, mint, and enough garlic to fend off the entire vampire population of France.  additionally, there was some strange green I found at the market--not Kale, not Collard Greens, and certainly not bok choi--but some relative of all three perhaps.  with even more garlic, onions, lemon, and a pinch of salt, i'll immodestly confess that it was by far the best pot of winter greens i've yet made. mmm. and en plus, untold bottles of red and white wine, with the evening rounded off with clementines and whiskey. 

perhaps it's imperative that i define the number of we present at the occasion, as well as elaborate a bit on why i've chose to write about it just now.  we were six, hailing from the states, switzerland, austria, and italy.  it's important to note the nationalities to give you some idea of how complex dinner conversation could become--what, with my little knowledge of German, better knowledge of French, and ability only to curse a storm in Italian.  now also imagine that between us, we've all got these linguistic limitations, but a profound love of eating and wine drinking, apparently.  oh, also we ate two enormous baguettes and fresh tomatoes with balsamic vinegar and artist picked and pressed olive oil (compliments of Aurèle). i'm also mentioning this because i'm imagining you might've wondered to where i've disappeared--i've been meeting the other folks here and eating. oh, ok and drinking a bit of wine too.
here's a few photos of the after-dinner merry-making, which included video-sehen, wein trinken, und ein bißchen tanzen...