Earlier this week, I distinguished myself at work. In so doing, I managed to earn myself some serious street cred as a maker of fine cheesecake!
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I had a lovely weekend. Even though I spent a lot of it at home being domestic, I was still productive and I did some excellent socializing.
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Toward the end of my college career, and for a period beyond it (10 years total), I lived in a student housing co-op. I moved into a co-op straight from the dorms in May of 1993. During that time, I made a serious effort to refine my cooking and baking skills. If you've ever lived in a an East Lansing co-op, you probably know that the dishes and ( Read more... )

Happy MLK Day. Unlike most of the U.S., I do have to work today.
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Those of you who know me may have heard that I like to cook. (At a young age, my mother taught me a lot of culinary skills, and I took it from there.) I don't prepare large, fancy meals very often, but when the occasion calls for it, I can easily do so. (I used to do a lot of cooking when I lived in a co-op.) Of all the cooking that I like to do, I ( Read more... )

When I was a child, I learned a number of cooking basics from my mother. As I grew older, I came to learn more advanced kitchen and cooking skills so that by the time I left for college, I was able to cook for myself as well as bake a few cakes and some brownies. In 1993, I moved into a co-op and my cooking skills bloomed. This was the first time ( Read more... )

I did a nice thing yesterday.

Some time last fall, I baked a chocolate cake for a gathering that I went to. I think it was a Labor Day cookout at Sheila's house. There were so few people that I had plenty of cake left over, and I brought it to work the next day to share it. A woman from a different unit stopped into our unit when we were having the ( Read more... )