... or, does anyone know a good stain pre-treater for drips of wine (on white)? For behold, we have had people over for dinner, and somehow wine always gets on the tablecloth ( Read more... )

Pictures likely tomorrow. For now, sleep. Much sleep.

... is awesome.

So, we currently have ( Read more... )

It was warm in the kitchen today. New recipes are scrawled on scratch paper. I will hopefully post them tomorrow. And the rum-peach compote will be made again... and again... and again... as long as peaches do not perish from the land. We'll see if there are any left at the farmer's market this week, but if not, I'm making a date with ( Read more... )

I bought a bit over 50 pounds of produce today. I have since redistributed probably about 25 pounds of it, maybe 30, to new and welcoming homes, and I think we can easily eat what remains ( Read more... )

It just is. Even ignoring the existence and preferences of Wallace and Gromit, it's a tasty cheese. Why, oh why, did the US only hijack cheddar?

... came with the dates arranged around plastic "stems". Why on earth would anyone want prosthetic date stems?

So, there are two fantastic summer similarities between here and that midwestern state we previously occupied: fireflies, and these splendidly periwinkly-blue wildflowers (although the specific flowers I love aren't as common here as there ( Read more... )

It was an interesting trip.