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So, I've done a trial trifle, and although it will be tasty, the composition does not make the exact clean lines that will be necessary for a photo-shoot prop. So, mostly as a note to myself I will need to do this for the photographable prop-trifle ( Read more... )

So, you know how you get some sort of self-masochistic hair up your ass and you head on down to the local worker-owned Koffee Kollective to hear what is served up by the community "poets". Yeah...well, this is not like that ( Read more... )

Because everything is better with bacon....

Saffron Risotto with Gulf Shrimp and Bacon


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These are the curtains I made for the bedroom. We still need to get some white sheers to put in between them.


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I spent the afternoon sewing curtains from various remnants of pretty fabric I've collected. This is the curtain created to complement our brown floral sheer that doesn't quite cover the picture window in the front of our living area. It was inspired by an Annie Lebowitz photo of Jean Paul Gautier dressed as the Queen of Hearts, wearing a dress of ( Read more... )

I had a big German great-great grandmother. She raised my grandmother, and this was one of her "everyday" dishes. It's very much comfort food for me. It's essentially chicken legs braised in saurkraut.

It's also a very blonde meal, especially when served with potatoes.


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Some of today's thrifted items:


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Thwarting the system ( Read more... )

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