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I got myself in a pickle, again.

Not really, don’t worry. I just made some pickles, that’s all. The only “pickle” I might be in is making too much preserved/canned/jarred items- now that I’ve started, I can’t stop. Before I start talking about pickles, though, I want to wish Jay luck on playing his first official “gig” this weekend with his band [...]


July 23, 2011

Grow time, 2011.

You might remember my garden posts from last year. In case you don’t, long story short: I had a little Victory Garden that I adored. I had 3 tomato varieties (Celebrity, Big Boy & a little patio tomato), 3 peppers (Cubanelle, red sweet pepper & Big Bertha), an eggplant (Black Beauty), Elite zucchini & Marketmore [...]


June 07, 2011

Rosemary’s baby.

Wasn’t that a freaky movie? I remember seeing it as a kid (yes, as a kid… movies were never censored for me) and getting totally freaked out. I haven’t seen it in a while, ever since then, so it might be time to put it on the Netflix queue! Side note: Mia Farrow’s haircut was [...]


May 11, 2011

A story of yeast, garlic, olive oil… & lust.

I can’t believe it’s the 16th of February. Time is flying by, seems just like yesterday it was Christmas. Of course I’m thankful for the fact that spring is coming, so I’m not complaining. I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine’s Day, and that you all remember that love is 365 days a year [...]


February 16, 2011

The second round: chive risotto cakes.

Yeah so I made these quite a while ago, over a year, and it was kind of a disaster. Not that they weren’t tasty; they were. But they fell apart, weren’t crispy enough and were basically flat, sad little soft disks of cheese, rice & panko. They’re an Ina Garten recipe and I’ve never, ever, [...]


September 30, 2010