It has been a wonderful past few days. I spent the weekend with Ryan, helping him get ready for his conference this week. The part about going to sleep this morning at 1 and waking up at 4 to drop him off at the airport wasn't so great (and he doesn't expect to get to sleep until about midnight PST), but today has been fantastic. I arrived back in ( Read more... )

We've had very little snow lately, but that hasn't stopped me from fostering an interest in snowboarding. I bought my first board and boots on Saturday and am very much looking forward to using them. It seems exceedingly less hazardous than my last sport. No matter what happens or how many times I fall on my butt or faceplant or panic I can still ( Read more... )

I'm exaggerating, but the weekend seemed to consist of ( Read more... )

After my second 50-hour work week, I'm finding it really hard to much stay inspired in the kitchen, let alone go to the grocery store. Which, considering how much I love to cook, is rather indicative of something. I know today I must snap out of it and become a warrior, who dons her apron as a water lily-patterned cuirass. Monday is my ordeal ( ( Read more... )

It's hard to believe it's Halloween already! I haven't even gone through my first gallon of apple cider yet. Even during the few bouts of rain, it has been golden due in no small part to the maples finally deciding to slough leaves all over. The sky is a delicate blue-grey, it'll be dark in under 30 minutes. Finally, the magic of the day comes ( Read more... )

Life is simultaneously dull and stressful, with peace never far below the surface. My final class doesn't meet until February and in the interim I'm rising to meet the real world.

( Petty Complaints )

You Are Peaceful and Appreciative


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I'm going to be cooking a bit tomorrow to help out for Thanksgiving (seitan roulade and some stuffed peppers from Get it Ripe). I wonder if it would be too cutesy to use the red quinoa for the peppers. Nope, it'll be fun, I'm sure of it. I've got the bread cubes toasted and will probably work on the stuffing for the peppers after dinner, since ( Read more... )

I'm in a culinary malaise right now. As a consequence I'm low on food and have little idea how to restock the pantry. We ate our last can of baked beans last night and we're out of peanut butter. There's still ramen noodles. It's trite, but I think some cooking-themed movies will cheer me up and help get my groove back. In another tab I'm ( Read more... )

...can one find an immersion blender in perfect working order at a Salvation Army for $5. It needs a little cleaning. That would have come in handy yesterday when I made the Fresh Pea and Tarragon soup recipe from the newest issue of VT. I couldn't find the little plastic piece that goes in the middle of the blender lid, so I improvised with a ( Read more... )