It is cold, cold, and I dislike it because there are no truly functional heating systems here. The pipes froze and we were without water, and now there will be ice. I would prefer it were snow.
In this state I am not fully functional, yet I seem to have cooked well. Although I hardly need so much nutrition, inhaling large amounts of meat and vegetables seems to help.
Notes:
1. I baked a Cornish game hen rubbed in salt, olive oil, and fresh rosemary and bay leaves, in a bed of leeks I had sautéed in olive oil and sweet butter. I ate it with Louisiana red beans cooked all day. This was very good.
The leeks come from the organic co-op, so I have a few of them, and I also have many radishes. I do not really like radishes but I have found that grated, they are very good in almost anything.
2. I make an excellent chile verde by sautéing a variety of chiles with onion and garlic, and then simmering them with a splintered carrot, a little broth, and some pork. This time I added a large leek to the chiles, and grated radishes into it. In the absence of broth, I used a cup of leftover green tea for the liquid. I simmered this for a long time and ate it with black beans, and it was very good.
Axé.
coldhearted scientist وداد 
Yum.