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omg it's not about food
So, I'm watching Tim Gunn's Guide to Style, which I'd heard about but not had a chance to see yet. It seems to sort of be "What Not to Wear, Starring Tim Gunn and Some Model I've Never Heard Of". (Tim Gunn, for those of you who don't know, is also the mentor to contestants on Project Runway, elimination show for fashion designers ( Read more... ) -
spaghetti in summertime
No fresh basil, alas, but fresh tomato, onions, and a REALLY MONSTER green pepper that I swear was the size of a very distorted softball, and of course fresh garlic since this time we had some. We also have Italian sausage, which after baking it (really cuts down on the grease, btw) was cut up and went into the sauce ( Read more... ) -
cilantro and lime, mmm
So, in preparation for tonight's dinner, I did a lot of lime-squeezing, zest-grating, and chopping of cilantro. I really need to get a zester or something.
( More blather about what's cooking ) -
pork update
When I pulled the pork out of the oven from slow-cooking, the meat was just getting to the "I'm thinking of falling apart, and you can pull me apart if you want" stage. Unfortunately when I sauced the pseudo-ribs and put them back in they stiffened up a little. On the plus side that made them more like ribs, though, and they were just a little ( Read more... ) -
hippos and birdies
Happy birthday to solipsistnation!
Rather belated but still heartfelt birthday wishes to jadegirl, who should think of her age as a milestone on a rather long journey. -
Top Chef Season 3 and one specific challenge
So far I'm rather enjoying the challenges and the contestants overall in this season, much more so than I did last season. I think my favorites right now are CJ (he reminds me of a guy I used to work with who I rather liked, which may figure into it) and Tre. I kinda want to like Hung but he keeps messing it up by being a bit of a divajerk. It ( Read more... ) -
food and cooking
In which I reinaugurate my journal with, of course, some blathering about cooking (mine) and Top Chef. Another post is coming after this one, but it'll take a while to write.
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There is no journal. There is only Zuul.
Yes, there used to be posts here, but I've marked them all private, as I felt I was just talking to myself anyhow. At some point I may go through them and remark them as appropriate and start posting again, when I feel less disconnected. In the meantime, this journal is used to keep up on other people's posts.