This time it was her Coq au Vin.  A classic, I suppose, but after spending a good part of the day on it, not worth the time and trouble.


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I worked very hard today on buying books for work--it's so time consuming.   Nonfiction titles for now; I'll work on fiction again at some point.

Another Julia Child recipe tonight!  Bouef A La Catalane--a stew made of beef, rice, onions and tomatoes.  It was delicious, but it took 3 1/2 hours to make.  I didn't mind, though, as the process of ( Read more... )

Last night I watched the movie Julie and Julia.  It made me go and pull out my old copies of Mastering the Art of French Cooking and try a recipe.  Here it is--Thon A La Provencale (sorry about the lack of accents; I am too lazy to try to make them work).  Aka, Tuna Steaks With Wine, Tomatoes, and Herbs.

( Voila! )

Did y'all watch Glee this week--the part where the AV Club president girl sneezes on Principal Figgins, and you see the sneeze in slo-mo?

Well, that sort of happened to me today.

Twice.

First, I had just bent over to point to something in a student's book, and he went " ( Read more... )

pumpkin spice latte
sweet and creamy BFF
how i will miss you

*sob*

It's been a good week. This will be quick, so I hope emmaco doesn't mind if I use her format of Happy Things from my week.

1. Thanksgiving was lovely. All the food turned out well, and was done at the same time. Yay. The rolls were to die for.
2. Although I lost at Scrabble, like always, I didn't disgrace myself. And I redeemed myself a little by not ( Read more... )

This morning I went to the farmer's market to get

( Ok, it'll never win a Caldecott...prepare for picspam )

Because work kicked my ass today.


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Even if a recipe calls for three cloves of garlic, if it's RAW garlic it's probably better to stop at two.

At least that's what I--and everyone around me--think.

Over the weekend I visited Beaufort, South Carolina, a lovely antebellum town on the coast in the southern part of the state.
( (It's pronounced Biew-furt) )