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Food Culture
One of the things that intrigues me about our wide-ranging attitudes and habits around food and nutrition is how people approach cooking or preparing food at home. I often wonder how we foster that part of our food culture, especially … Continue reading
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Staples and Meal Planning
One interesting thing about this Madeline Island challenge has been re-thinking the way we shop, the pantry we keep. I like a deep pantry, and Melli’s more of a “use it up” girl. We’re learning how to split the difference, … Continue reading
We’re on the island…
Ever since our August vacation to the Apostle Islands, Melli & I have talked about doing a “Madeline Island Month” – a month where we live as closely as possible (shopping/cooking-wise) as we would if we were living on a … Continue reading
2011 Challenges
I don’t really do New Year’s resolutions, but I do like challenges… books, movies, cooking, canning, whatever. This year, I’m really inspired by projects I watched over the past year: Can Jam, Kitchen Diaries, and all the great food that … Continue reading
Happy Belly #1: Plum Jam Tart
I had a knitting group (read: cool women I know who like good food, good conversation, and may also like to knit) coming over today, and wanted to bake. Like, not a huge tray of macaron bake, but something tasty. … Continue reading
In search of Breakfast
Breakfast is where my “don’t ask me questions” rule really shoots me in the foot for the rest of the day. I’m a bear to wake up most mornings, and even once I’m up, I’m practically incapable of higher functioning, … Continue reading
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Bookish: Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger
I don’t object to genre-busting fiction, so if that was a goal of Her Fearful Symmetry, Niffenegger lost this one on the merits. I should note at the start that I listened the audiobook for this novel, as read by … Continue reading
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My lost year in tunes
Well, not in an overly negative sense, but it was a bit of a blip in the resume. By the time I graduated from law school, I was certain about exactly one thing: I was not going to work in … Continue reading
