Saturday, May 22, 2010

Paradise "Lost"

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Well, friends, it has been six exhilarating and often bewildering seasons, but one of my favorite shows of all-time, "Lost," is co...
Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Springtime...and the Chickens are Layin'!

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When I went to pick up my last CSA order, I grabbed a dozen jumbo (organic, free-range) eggs from the fridge on the farmer's porch on im...
Thursday, May 13, 2010

Finals have you frazzled? There's a cookie for that!

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We're in the thick of it now, folks! FINALS TIME! There is just WAY too much to do, and far too little time to do it. As of this writing...
Monday, May 10, 2010

Bring on the springtime salads!

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With lettuce being recalled in 23 states due to E. coli contamination, the timing was perfect for my local CSA to announce that some of t...
Saturday, May 08, 2010

GREENlighting Some Easy Weeknight Enchiladas

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Each semester at school, we hold an intramural public speaking competition to give our COM 101 students a chance to showcase their best spee...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

A Savory Harbinger of Summer: Southwest Rice and Corn Salad

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This is the second post in what is shaping up to be my Springtime Lemon Series . So....I was thumbing through the latest issue of Bon Appéti...
Monday, April 26, 2010

Failed cheese, tasty pasta!

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I taught a cheesemaking class a couple of weekends ago, and though I had some fun (and tolerant) students, the experience was a NIGHTMARE! I...
Sunday, April 25, 2010

And now, a word from our sponsors...

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I don't really have any sponsors, but I'd like to take a quick break from my regular blogging format to make mention of some product...
Saturday, April 24, 2010

Trying out a new carrot cake for Easter...

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Yesterday's post became so unwieldy, that I had to bring it to closure before I blogged about our most excellent Easter dessert, a delic...
Friday, April 23, 2010

Passover + Easter + Quebec = DELICIOUS

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This year, I purposed to stamp out the tyranny of the spiral sliced ham at Easter. I had grown bored with it and wanted something different....
Thursday, April 22, 2010

A New Creation: Praline Zucchini Cake

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We hit up so many bakeries in the City over spring break that we decided to freeze much of our sweet bounty right away in the hotel suite, t...
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

My new (purple) baby...

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Like I said in my last post , my trip to NYC was a little different this time around. Normally, we spend our time walking the city, neighbor...
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Friday, March 26, 2010

Spring Break in the Big (Soggy) Apple

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I had a week for spring break this year as usual, but with Cyd having only worked at her job for a couple of months, we didn't think it ...
Thursday, March 25, 2010

Breaking in a new stock pot with a spicy quick fix...

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Instead of singing with the community choir this semester, I decided to audition for my college's very first musical revue (where the ca...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Devils on Horseback

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WHEW! What a day! Midterm grades are due, and of course , I should have had them done before we left for spring break, and of course , I did...
Monday, March 22, 2010

All alone with a giant box of Bisquick...

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I suppose since I referenced a Bisquick biscuit in yesterday's post, I should follow through with an actual recipe. And in fact, I have ...
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Sunday, March 21, 2010

New house. New kitchen. New stuff!

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As my regular readers know, I recently bought my first house and moved in right at Christmas (nice timing, I know). Consequently, I'm st...