The last couple of weeks have involved a fair bit of cleaning house; for the next 24 hours, the first day of the new year, there is to be none. Although I expect I will still put things in the dishwasher, and fold my laundry that's in the dryer... and my room is still unspeakable. But that is okay; this one is Roomie's tradition. So is soba for the ( Read more... )

This is a morning that begins with cocoa ( Read more... )

I was going through cookbooks this weekend, looking for inspiration (and in a more tangible sense, looking for what to put on the grocery list). One of the things I bookmarked wasn't soup ( Read more... )

Mom was late coming to pick me up from work, so we missed about the first 20 minutes of the Nykken concert - but I found parking that was both free and nearby, and they did let us in once we found the correct door, and it was a very small audience but very fun music. List of instruments, in order from "I think this is pretty normal" up the spectrum ( Read more... )

The morning after Equinox,
Our weekly fruit delivery proffers both
Late-summer plums,
Spangled, sunset-tinged,
And the first good apples of the year,
Pink-cheeked with russeting,
Firm yellow flesh sweet with autumn's bite.

1. The wonderful
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http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2013/06/bowties-with-sugar-snaps-lemon-and-ricotta/Read more... )

Realization: I was raised to be interested in science ( Read more... )

pierce the resistant skin;
teeth glide through sweet, yielding, pebbled flesh

I know, I only post about fruit anymore.

Pass by the out-of-season blackberries, attractive to the eye ( Read more... )