Posted in Flickr, Food on February 22nd, 2010 13 Comments »
I came across this line while reading through “Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home”: “Not everything I do with my roast chicken is necessarily scientific,” Julia says. “For instance, I always give my bird a generous butter massage before I put it in the oven. Why? Because I think the chicken likes it–and, more important, [...]
Posted in Books, Food, Manic Monday, Movies, Photography, Recipe on July 20th, 2009 9 Comments »
Manic Monday #176 When and with whom was your first kiss? I think it was with my third-grade boyfriend, Paul. It was utterly unremarkable as I remember nothing about it at all. There’s an art to a really good kiss, and not one that many people seem to know. However, in recent years I’m been [...]
Posted in Art, Daily Finds, Food, Stuff that makes me happy on June 11th, 2009 5 Comments »
I haven’t done one of these in while and since I’m woe to write about much of anything else in here (nosy assholes, get a life), I thought I’d do a daily find pick list. Random things that I’ve found that look awesome: Sea of Poppies Giclee Print- I have several other prints by artist [...]
Posted in Food, Life, Rambling on May 20th, 2009 8 Comments »
“It’s spring fever. That’s what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want – oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!” -Mark Twain I’ve got spring fever and I’ve got it bad. This time of [...]
Posted in Food, Photography on February 22nd, 2009 12 Comments »
I finished reading My Life in France by Julia Child yesterday. I loved her! I grew up watching the old school cooking shows like hers and Justin Wilson’s Louisiana Cookin’. ‘How y’all are?’ I made some red beans and rice yesterday and it was delicious. Speaking of cooking, today I’m making Maple-Roasted Chicken with [...]
