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fireflies
I tiptoed out early on a Saturday morning to buy ingredients for salsa, leaving my spouse, still sleeping, to be guarded by the house cats. I bought a shower gift and salsa ingredients, and was well on...
View ArticleCrockpot broth for cheaters like me
I love to cook, but I love my laziness more. Most of the time, this intersection of personal interests yields little of interest, but every now and then, I have a eureka! moment that’s worth sharing.In...
View Articleincoming: PHE 2006
We are nearly prepared. Yes, PHE 2006 is just about to land on us, and land on us with this sickening, alcoholic *thump*.The RSVP list currently stands somewhere around 40. There will be thirteen...
View Articletaking, and making, stock
Over the past week or so, I’ve been asking myself the question every self-respecting traveler asks well in advance of his/her trip—”What’s gonna go in the bag?” My goal, admirable but perhaps...
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While I wait for today’s Godot – Adobe CS3– to attempt (yet again) to reinstall Adobe Acrobat CS3(of which install, I might add, there are several known problems, especially regarding upgrading)… well,...
View ArticleSpices free to good home
I gave the locals first crack at these, but they’ve had their turn and now it’s yours.I have large quantities of the following that are free to a good home:whole savorywhole fennelwhole...
View ArticleBourdain names names, film at 11
Anthony Bourdain rails against the current crop of TV chefs and names names:We KNOW she can’t cook. She shrewdly tells us so. So…what is she selling us? Really? She’s selling us satisfaction, the smug...
View ArticleBecause now I want cupcakes for St. Patrick's Day dammit
Thanks, esmerel! She taunts me from California with cupcakes I can’t have unless i make one of these recipes: Smitten Kitchen’s “chocolate whiskey and beer cupcakes” or “Chocolate Guinness Stout...
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Even the cat is sleepy
It was one of those Clean ALL The Things weekends. (If you’ve never read the comic that inspired that statement, stop now, go read it, and then come back here.)After a bench scraper, lots of bleach,...
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About the tonka bean
I’ve been a bit of an evangelist for tonka beans for some time. I love the scent and the taste, and I don’t agree with the FDA’s decision to ban them from food. The Atlantic has an excellent article...
View ArticleUnbridal trousseau
I’m aware as I write this how fortunate I’ve been. Nearly three years ago, I faced complete and utter disaster: personal, fiscal, emotional, social. The low points were too many to count, but I...
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