An explanation

Welcome to the blog, and let's get this out of the way. You're probably wondering about the blog name and what it means. L'esprit d'escalier is a French term for a common phenomenon we all experience. The literal translation is "staircase wit" and it is the frustrating moment when you think of a witty response to someone after the situation has passed. I feel like I'm an incredibly witty person but sometimes I am so dumbfounded by the things people say aloud that I cannot formulate a great response. As soon as they leave the room it hits me and I spend hours agonizing over the great responses that I should have used.

"I can think of hard, tough, one-line put-downs, but only after the person concerned has left the room. (NB: this affliction, esprit de l'escalier, is one of the principal reasons why people become writers.)" Simon Barnes; Glitzy Game Gets Line Not Length All Wrong; The Times (London, UK); Jun 13, 2003. (Retrieved from http://wordsmith.org/words/esprit_d_escalier.html)

This blog will be full of my random musings and, more than likely, end up as a compilation of delicious (or flop) recipes I make and restaurants at which I eat. I just started doing menu planning and adventuring with scary vegetables, so I will be trying a lot of new recipes! Also, the blogosphere sounds like a lovely place to dump all of my l'esprit d'escalier upon the waiting masses.

Thanks for stopping by and look for some posts coming up with some knock-off Olive Garden recipes and how to make cauliflower palatable. I'll leave you with a picture of some cute cats!

-M.

(photo my own)