I'm a student pursuing a doctoral degree in late medieval history. My main interests include but are not limited to Latin, Italian, cultural theory, educational curriculum, historiography, cognitive processes, language-theory, gender relations and THE WESTERN CANON (mwahaha); i am not particularly interesting, avant-garde or risque; My main hobbies include the exciting activities of cooking, baking, going to the gym, eating green apple-caramel lollipops, restaurant reviewing and acting as child-like and sassy as possible. I keep these entries from the years of my life - no matter how i feel about them today - available because i find it useful to revisit events i now interpret differently. My name is heather, i'm of Montreal and i was born in the nefarious, ominous year 1984.

Cicero et Spinacium Curry

I realized last week at some point that the slow cooker was making a liar out of me… i used to avoid eating meat at home, but stews and soups are “oh so yummy.” Furthermore, i had an excuse to go to my favourite, but not often enough visited, grocery store - Punjab’s - for [...]

Couscous Salad

Ingredients
1 bouillon cube
1/2 cups couscous
1/2 cups boiling water
1 red pepper
3 green onions
1/2 cup green or black olives
1/2 cucumber
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
small handful of parsley finely chopped
Salt and pepper
Directions
1. In a saucepan with a lid, add bouillon cube (i suggest french herbs, but chicken, vegetable or beef will do) to boiling water. Stir. [...]