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For my friends, a taste of hot sweets for a cold day: http://youtube.com/watch?v=pV_eeDKzqlM.
Happy new year, all.
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straw poll
If friends of yours issue an open invitation to some event or activity that they think is fun, and you choose not to participate because you're not interested, do you feel left out anyway?
If so: Is it worse, the feeling of being left out, if you can still see them, right over there, having fun doing something that you don't enjoy?
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shiny objects
* The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova, passed down to me from my lovely Lady's travel reading. What a gift! I'm usually pretty self-contained when reading in public, though grinning like a fool through the pretty parts, but yesterday I reached a well-prepared situation that made me bark out a laugh on the red line. People looked at me. Also? It ( Read more... ) -
shiny objects
* According to our friends at the USN Observatory, there will be a total Lunar Eclipse on the evening of March 3, at what looks to be a 88.9 azimuth. *crosses fingers for clear skies*
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Turnip Greens
Tuesday night I removed the unhelpful components (cabbage, onion) from the turnip greens and spent half an hour mixing tiny amounts of greens with other ingredients looking for the best fit. My Lady, bless her, bowed out only after sampling quite a few bite-sized concoctions. I persevered ( Read more... ) -
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* Zazarac: Fill a martini glass with shaved ice. Stir brown sugar syrup laced with bitters into cognac until the sugar has dissipated. Dump the ice. Rinse the martini glass with Absinthe. Strain cognac into rinsed glass. Serve.
* Peter Callesen's A4 cutout paper sculpture (by way of Andii) features several crawly beasties, which are on my mind ( Read more... ) -
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* The Berkshires are still there. Our hosts at the 1886 House impressed with cozy lodging and tasty breakfasts. Over the weekend we stumbled on (and right through) Northampton Pride, plenished our kitchen with widgets at Thornes, hot-tubbed at East Heaven, sushi'd at Teapot, and refilled our lungs with their proper supply of greenery and pine on ( Read more... ) -
Bittersweet Ganache Frosting
1 1/2 cups heavy cream ( Read more... )
