Hello from Canada... yes, we do get the FN up here, although with homegrown/UK content in place of the Middle American Budget Dining Experience, and generally a harder focus on aspirational/gourmet cooking. (That said... y'all don't send us Paula Deen, and we'll not subject you to the likes of 'Pitchin' In', OK ( Read more... )

Ah, sweet, sweet writing habit... how I've missed you. *pets cozy little purring thing that's either my ego or the kitten, since I'm too lazy to actually get up and turn on the lights*

The readership, however, has not missed much. Unless they want my newly-discovered fabulous recipe for beef Stroganoff, and that probably needs to wait until I tinker ( Read more... )

Haven't updated in awhile, and as dedicated readers might guess, that's largely because not much of note has been going on. Had crazy week at work, got sick in the middle of it, so didn't see the new Star Trek movie after all, which put paid to my vague plan to wait until then to update.

So that's my big content note today: Shoe Does Still Intend ( Read more... )

So I'm munching happily away at my lunch - and just as an aside, boy do I pity all of you who don't have access to Shoemom's chicken pot pie - when my eye catches some yellow type on my KitKat 'Senses' bar wrapper.

Now, you have to understand, this bar was purchased on the assurance that it contained hazelnut creme. The ingredients list hazelnut ( Read more... )

Am really getting into these baked Lay's chips, although the cheddar-and-sour-cream goodness wears off a smitch too fast without the oil to stick to. This is the first thing you realise, when you start becoming fat-conscious: it is what puts the flavour in things. The loss of creaminess and richness I can live without ('cepting ice cream), but the ( Read more... )

Public-service announcement: As you can see, I've decided the 'paid-LJ' option is about all the excitement I can take for the time being. I mean, seeing as how it took me like an entire weekend to convince my accountant - aka Shoemom in full-bore "Fine, then! Just go spend money, you - you money-spender, you!" mode - to let me have the c-card even ( Read more... )

Public service announcement: I really must apologise to all - uh - [glances at statcounter] - any of the readership who may have unwittingly bought seats on the Great Bob & Ray Essay Kaleidoscope these past few weeks.
It started out as just your standard offhand blogger's appreciation I swear; but then an unexpected hit from a Los Angeles IP ( Read more... )