So, just 2 weeks ago Saturday, the high was 54°, and one week ago it was blissful 72°. Today the high is predicted to be 89°, but I bet it goes higher than that, because yesterday it was 90°. Mark’s got the AC on upstairs and I don’t blame him. I don’t even get my … [Read more…]
And shattered Corel. This year the iSchool Graduation preempted Mother’s Day for me … again. Second year in a row. It’s nice to watch the students graduate, and the Distinguished Alumna speaker was very good this year, but I’d rather make brunch. Although – I did get to make a little brunch, after the graduation. … [Read more…]
Our friends the Waisman’s have a farm just outside of Madison where they raise a few animals and a bunch of children and asparagus. I went to visit to see their new piglets – next year’s pork on the hoof – and to bring David a book, and also to share some recipe testing results … [Read more…]
So I could go barelegged, because it was almost 80° by the time I was biking home yesterday. But then it was cool enough this morning to wear leggings. It was cooler because we had the first thunderstorm of the season last night, not counting the misplaced thunderstorms in February, on election day. And the … [Read more…]
I was having trouble figuring out dinner. I had some mung bean sprouts and some pea shoots and some radish shoots in the fridge that I wanted to use up. All local, all good, I just wasn’t sure our exchange student would like them. I had bought some cauliflower and some tofu and some cabbage, … [Read more…]
In the bike lane in traffic going home last night, next to an old guy in a convertible Audi with the top down, playing rap. The music had sampled strings in it so I guess that made it OK for an older audience. The biker in front of me was a young woman with glowing … [Read more…]
Sleepy, and my head hurts, and feeling like I haven’t done anything creative. Long ago (2007), I did an April is the Cruelest Month dinner. I was into savory pithiviers for awhile; here’s the recipe. And wait isn’t this supposed to be a food blog? I made cinnamon scones on Saturday morning. They had cream … [Read more…]
Or at least, I think so. I just need a night at home. I made pasta with pesto and sundried tomatoes and goat cheese, and salad, and beer brownies. Not as gooey as Rhonda’s but still good. I think I need to keep tweaking the recipe. My standard brownie recipe has more sugar; pretty the … [Read more…]
This week I made a mistake that I always advise my students not to make – I took on too much. After all that telling students not to do it, I’m not at all sure why I thought I could do it – fit in two volunteer gigs around everything else: two shifts at the … [Read more…]
