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cookware ♥
I love my new dutch oven! It's roomy, it heats up beautifully even despite being oval (I guess since it's so heavy), and it's such a pretty, pretty color, mmm.... (It even matches my decor. And did you see the two adorable baby dutch ovens that came with? Wow, I've turned into such a girl)
So far I've made a yummy stew, a yummy roast chicken ( Read more... ) -
Indian food, who knew?
Made chana masala last night, and it came out beautifully. I highly recommend the recipe, though I didn't use chili pepper or the amchoor powder. Cooking Indian food seemed a little intimidating but so far the two dishes I've made have been among the most successful of my recent cooking adventures. Granted, I'm using recipes that have already ( Read more... ) -
Venturing into unknown cuisines
I made the new husband Indian food for dinner last night and it came out terrific! I found a recipe online for our favorite Cafe Raj meal, aloo keema. I substituted ground chicken b/c I'd made beef and bell pepper stir-fry on Saturday and I though we ought to mix things up a bit, and plus, healthier! (algorithmancy's response: "If only I could get tired of ( Read more... ) -
Pride and Prejudice... and Emoticons
So, as you may know, I love Pride and Prejudice. And this is just... brilliantly :) -
holiday cookies
I made the Glittering Lemon Sandwich Cookies (from Gourment's 100 years of cookies) for my office cookie exchange on Monday. I think they turned out tasty, but they're supposed to be bite-sized, and they're a fair bit larger than that. And I was in hurry to finish them before leaving to play Le Havre in Mountain View, so I didn't break off the ( Read more... ) -
Support High School Students!
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A little bit of Cambridge in the Bay Area
I found a restaurant in Oakland that serves Suan La Chow Show, like at Mary's!! -
Crash and sparkle
It turns out whoever installed the giant mirror that came with my bathroom thought that two screws would be enough. They weren't. The entire bathroom is covered with broken glass shards. Woe.
On the other hand, the whole room is kind of glittery. -
infinite travel and presents
Home for a day, gone again tomorrow. The summer of being away is half over.
Had a cuttlefish waiting for me last weekend, hurray! Thanks, Laura! It's now in my office, menacing a herd a stegosauruses (stegosaurs? stegosauri?) Well anyway, its ominous presence looms large. I haven't settled on a name yet, but mahk is lobbying for Londo Mollari.