So back in October, I decided to order a Thanksgiving turkey from one of the farmers at the little farmers market near my house. There's one vendor, Valerie, whose produce I buy frequently, and who is always really nice and remembers my name and what I do for a living, and always has a few minutes to chat. She just sells produce at the market, ( Read more... )

Yesterday was gaius_de_mare's birthday. I cooked him a birthday dinner that was yummy, though definitely not low in points (though that's kind of the purpose of a birthday/celebratory dinner, no?) For the main dish, I made Ruth Reichl's spaghetti carbonara using whole wheat spaghetti (cause it's what I had), crack bacon, and local eggs. It's only the second ( Read more... )

Mercury went direct again yesterday, and even though I don't really put that much stock in it, man am I feeling it. It's like I found the gumption that I'd misplaced somewhere. Was all productive with the job stuff on Monday, yesterday I dealt with financial stuff and paperwork and student loans I'd been putting off in between work and African ( Read more... )

I had a bunch of veggies that I'd gotten at the farmers' market weekend before last and which needed to be used up. What to do but throw them together into a stirfry? Actually, a lot of other ideas crossed my mind, but stirfry is easy and tasty and I'm a fan of bowl-of-stuff-on-rice, so that's what I did. It came out really really well, so I ( Read more... )

Grovemate Jerry came over for a while this evening to touch base about tomorrow's ritual and hang out for a while. I invited him to stay for dinner, but he had another commitment to tend to. So I just cooked for myself. But it was yum, and the first time in a while that I've cooked something for myself that was a bit luxurious but just for one ( Read more... )