absinthe & flamethrowers: projects and ruminations on the art of living dangerously by william gurstelle - i don't actually want to make my own gunpowder, cannon, or learn to crack a bullwhip, but it certainly sounds like an interesting read.

the ramen king and i: how the inventor of instant noodles fixed my love life by andy raskin - the title ( Read more... )

...so i look at recipes instead. recipes i don't have time to make. but seriously, this vegan almond "feta" looks so delicious. i need a personal chef who just makes everything i want to eat when i want to eat it. and who also cleans the kitchen up after.

these potato taquitos intrigue me....something to try with the 5 million trillion ( Read more... )

my little greenhouse thingy has 5 sections of peat pots in it. i know the two end sections have purple bell pepper seeds in them. what i don't remember is which order i planted the remaining three sections. i know one section has broccoli, one section has oregano and one section has thai basil. one of the three middle sections has *really* ( Read more... )

i used my new vitamix blender just now for the first time for something other than smoothies.

i present to you...dun dun dun!

oat milk!!


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so...has anyone started plants from seeds indoors before?

i got a greenhouse kit kind of like this. it doesn't have the peat pellets..it has peat pots that i filled with organic potting mix. but the outside "greenhouse" part is the same ( Read more... )

i actually got around to *using* my fancy, schmancy new tax-return-present-to-myself blender this week. not for anything exciting yet, just my morning breakfast smoothies ( Read more... )

i barely have time to microwave meals lately, but this weekend during my internet browsing i came across some cute kitchen stuff that i want, but totally don't need.

hello kitty embossed stainless steel 2-qt saucepan - there's also a 5-qt, 1-qt and skillet. totally not worth the money for just an embossed hello kitty head on the lid...but..

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i was very excited for the upcoming readings i have for my info. needs of children class related to fairy tales, because, well...i love fairy tales and folk tales ( Read more... )

it is snowing our first real snow of the winter. supposedly we'll be getting 4 inches total accumulation over the next two days plus half an inch or less of ice on top of that. if i didn't have to come to work, it would be nice. but i did come in to work today and it was not nice ( Read more... )

this is the slow cooker lentil and veggie stew i made yesterday. i bought a simple 4-qt crock pot with a travel/storage bag to keep at mike's (only has low, high and off..nothing fancy ( Read more... )