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Monthly Archives: October 2012

Long drive to Ohio

On the long drive to Ohio, after we passed the giant windfarm, we had breakfast at the Sunrise Diner in West Lafayette IN (at 3:00 p.m.) The #6 – eggs, choice of meat, choice of potatoes, toast, choice of a short stack of pancakes or biscuits & gravy. It was a little food-service-y: deep fried […]

All before 8:00 a.m.

One of “those” mornings …. I made chicken broth the night before and had to strain it, so greasy messy stuff with cats nosing in for droppings. While wiping off the stovetop I knocked over my little espresso pot, double disaster – not only did it send a flood of coffee down the hard to […]

Fall Semester Family Dinner Night

Back in February, I did a Slow Food UW Family Dinner Night (looks like it was the Monday after Super Bowl Sunday). It was fun, and I wanted to do it again, and got scheduled to cook last night, October 1. It was the same routine: shop at the market Saturday, prep on Sunday afternoon, […]