baking is generally considered to be both an art and a science; i am neither an artist nor a scientist. while i'm a competent and occasionally inventive cook, the mysterious alchemy of butter, flour, sugar, and heat leaves me a craftsman at best and an anxious, nervous, recipe-following drone at worst.

but ( even a blind hog finds an acorn every now and then... )

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since delta decided to cancel my 6am flight this morning[1], i got a bluebird evening yesterday to actually do stuff, rather the frantic-packing-and-going-to-bed-at-9 that was originally on my agenda.

serendipitously, badger and maegwynn were having Sundayc/kraftwe/orkmusic/k at badgerhaus... so clearly, it was time to ( Get Shit Done(tm) )

we had our christmas dinner on wednesday: turkey, stuffing, gravy, roasted brussel sprouts, garlic-sauteed spinach, rolls, and cranberry sauce. and it was good.

today, i broke down the turkey carcass, threw it into a pot with onions & carrots & celery & a bunch of water, and made turkey stock. i didn't have my simmer quite high enough, so 4.5 ( Read more... )

thebroomecloset is working from home today, and so - for a change - am i. it's so nice to be around the house together! we took heidi for a walk over lunch, then had a fantastic salad:

fresh mixed salad greens from last week's veggie boxgrape halves ( Read more... )

we're nearing the end of this week's vegetable box; last night the only survivors were wax beans, lemon cucumbers, and cherry tomatoes. i turned to epicurious for inspiration, and found a nice recipe for pasta with capers and cherry tomatoes... that called for a 2 1/2 hour cook time. or not.

it worked out pretty well, modulo ( the contents of our fridge... )

it's amazing how creative we get when we're both too lazy to go to the store...

this evening, we made ( refrigerator surprise. )