Slowly waking up after a much-needed 12-hour night. Got tea and pain au chocolat, with which you can never go wrong.

Today, we’re going shopping for new casserole and pans (not exactly fascinating, but much-needed since our old ones have basically worn through).

Cooking experiments: demonstrated how to cook semi-polished rice (the package was French and suggested some horrendous things should be done to the rice; I made up an alternate method). Next up, brown rice!