i think i have forgotten how to post here. so sad. :( i was doing so well during nablopomo, too ( Read more... )

today, i made tasty pancetta, chard, and white bean pot pies. i made the entire recipe, following the suggestion that you can keep the filling and dough for a few days and make more pot pies on consecutive days, which is perfect for the first half of my week, which is always busy ( Read more... )

pictures of lower manhattan taken from the roof the new museum.

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yesterday, tomatoes were $1/pound at the farmer's market! guess who bought a lot of tomatoes. :D i turned some of them into salsa last night, and omg, it was so good! i'd never made salsa before (well, i made mango salsa a few weeks ago, but that didn't have any tomatoes in it). i give most of the credit to the tomatoes. i had chips, salsa, and ( Read more... )

thank you, smitten kitchen, for another wonderful home-cooked meal. this noodle dish is really really good. it is very easy to make, but it takes some time. also, i had almost all the ingredients already, including the rice vinegar, sesame oil, and fish sauce, so if you need to buy all of those, you probably need to decide if you are making more ( Read more... )

this past sunday, i made lemon ricotta pancakes. then i made them again on tuesday because they were so good. light, fluffy, lemony. yum. i added some frozen blueberries to them, which was a very good choice indeed.

( pic and recipe )

it is properly cold here right now! i'm so excited. i had to wear a hat and gloves this morning. i'd given up all hope of something resembling winter because temperatures have been in the 60s and there are buds on the trees (so depressing! it's only february. i'm not ready for spring and the incessant heat that will follow). i shall enjoy the last ( Read more... )

flisties, if you need another recipe for thanksgiving, look no further. i made this gratin today and it is the most amazing and indulging dish i've made in a long time. it is so good. unsurprisingly, this is another smitten kitchen recipe, and as deb put it, "chock-full of peak season, straight-from-the-market produce that I’d like to believe could ( Read more... )

there won't be any rpg-ing this week, everyone. i knoooooow, but i've had the promise of fic during the week.

( here is a pic from early this morning, on my way back from the farmer's market )

some pics from this morning. we're having the best fall day! i hope everyone in the northeast is bundled up and ready to face the snow.

( leaves and apples and berries )