Mmm, biscotti

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Inspired by a recent post in cooking, I made some biscotti this afternoon. Four kinds, in total: lemon, vanilla almond, cinnamon, and double chocolate cherry. It turned out better than I expected, flavourwise, considering that I mixed the dough and then added the flavouring agents after separating it. Cookingwise, I toasted it a little too long on the

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Biscotti actually isn't that hard to make. Only about five ingredients, plus flavouring. Standard baking procedures, apart from baking it twice (once in loaf form and once sliced, to give it that nice crispness).

Yeah, I'm surprised the department hasn't sent out admissions yet. Last year they were out by this time. I think it often depends on who the grad chair is, though, and we have a different one this year than last year. And yet another next year: we can't seem to keep 'em!

In past years they've emailed informally before sending out a formal acceptance, so keep an eye on your email.

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Wow, that sounds like a more productive weekend than mine was :)

Italy, huh? See, if you were smart and went in June, then we could hang out together in Venice.

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June, huh? Originally we were going to go to Europe in May, but then the conference came up...

Well, you never know. Where else are you going?

[semiotic_trader]

We're going to Galway, Ireland, via London and Dublin, then going to Rome, Florence, Cinque Terre, Venice and possibly Verona or Milan. Because my hubby's going for a conference as well (in Galway), our dates are basically fixed: June 14-17 in Galway, the next two weeks in Italy.

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Well, there is a possibility that we could vacation before the conference rather than after. That would have us overlapping with you. I suspect it will depend on airfares and B's stress level. But I'll keep in touch with you about it. :) (I don't know where in Italy we'll be, either, even if we are there earlier.)