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On Sunday, I thought it would be a fine idea to give dried beans a chance. And I did. At 9:00PM on Monday evening. That was not well-planned. By 11:00PM, I had some marvelous cannellini beans cooked with shallots, garlic, crushed red pepper, smoky ham, white wine, sage, parsley, and thyme. It was great, it…  Continued »

Courtesy of a Livejournal post by my pal EK, here’s a sketch I did on this neat web application called Odosketch. It’s this spiffy Flash-based drawin’ board and comes from the design agency Odopod. I also did a sketch of Ga-ko, my beloved clock and first wedding anniversary present from my husband. I love stuff…  Continued »

So, The Phantom Gourmet is a local restaurant “review” show on one of the local regular-type-broadcast channels. It’s kind of horrible in that every episode seems to be about where you can go to get the giantest, most fried food in the greatest quantities for the lowest price and the lowest common denominator. To be…  Continued »

Sewing Patterns : Simplicity Patterns : Misses Costume – 18th Century Costume. Sewing Patterns : Simplicity Patterns : Misses 18h Century Undergarments. Do I think I could sew either of these? LOLno. It would be fun to make and wear a pretty dress as seen in the 2006 Marie Antoinette, though.

After taking the summer off from R&R as summer is the busiest time of year for me in terms of work (I work on the actual labor portion of my lab’s annual report and annual news magazine), I am ready to talk about a cooking adventure going on right now in my kitchen (I’m taking…  Continued »