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Union
Gretchen Rubin , the habits, happiness guru suggested creating a one word theme for the year ahead. I almost never think in one word. LOTS of words, easy. One? not quite my inclination. I appreciate...
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Onions….
Van Gogh, Still Life with a Plate of Onions, January 1889. Oil on canvas, 50 x 64 cm. Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo.
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Window Sill Garden
I bought a rosemary plant at the farmers market last month; considering my luck with growing rosemary (NONE) I also bought some really beautiful stems. She said put them in water and they’d root.I...
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Bon Boeuf Bourguignon!
February 11, 1963, the day the very FIRST episode of The French Chef airs. The first recipe: Boeuf Bourguignon . Which by most accounts is a lost episode,the tapes having been taped over…who knew?...
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Shrimp Girl
I’ve been so busy eating and cooking and eating and eating…..I haven’t been writing about it. Much of my cooking has been taking what was left and making into something new, something fresh, something...
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PSSS
Sooooo… I didn’t exactly spend my birthday all Pilgrim style. Not a single spoon…..and I’m OK with that. Instead there was Pretty Spinach Salad with Salmon The distaff cohort of the family – meaning...
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Public Service Announcement
Red Light means Stop means DON’T GO RIGHT ON RED means STOP (that is : DON’T GO) and then TURN RIGHT. Right is not the same direction as Left. Right is not the same direction as straight ahead. Right...
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detail of Van Gogh Landscape with Rabbits, 1889 Van Gogh Musuem Henri Charles Guérard, 1893 Van Gogh Musuem
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Irish Mac and Cheese
Since once again St Patrick’s Day falls on a Friday in Lent….the Cardinal has said it’s alright for Bostonians to eat Corned Beef and green veg/beer of their choice. I will NOT be having Mac and...
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Mrs. Wall’s Favorite ….
Muller’s Macaroni and Ham au Gratin The Mrs. Wall in question is Nana Wall. This is from a clipping of a vintage paper, with no date, but definitely Wayback…. Mrs. Wall’s Favorite Mueller’s Elbow...
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Mr Coffee and the Swiss Miss
Although March is coming to an end, and having come in like a LION, should be leaving like a lamb… Durer 1580 And because there’s SNOW in the forecast anyhow…. And because April weather is Foolin’ us...
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Rabbits (Les lapins) Lucien Pissarro (1863 – 1944) wood engraving in black on Japan paper, 16.3 cm x 23.8 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
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Boston Brown Bread – Slow and Easy
What’s so Boston about it? Probably the molasses…No one says…. Recipes for steam brown bread go back to the 1830’s…..and they mention lots of different containers. I think there’s a timeline…. Pudding...
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Goldenrods
Goldenrods as in Goldenrod Eggs…. Martha Stewart Living April 2017 featured a story about Goldenrods…. not the weeds, the eggs This is the photo from the Betty Crocker version. Reading the article I...
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Grapenuts Pudding
While brewing a little beer at work recently….. All in the name of research and history…. We had some malted barley and malted wheat brewing and we all noticed how much it smelled like Grape-Nuts....
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#ShakespeareSunday
Today is the last day of a yearlong celebration celebrating the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare – #BardYear. First Folio April 23rd 1616 is the day he died. It might also be the...
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Pie Day!
Above is the shorthand in Samuel Pepys dairy. Sam, himself and he wrote VOLUMES about himself and living in London in the 17th century and himself and a little more about himself…. Volumes! So when he...
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Spenser for Dinner
So I ended up with a copy of Robert B. Parker’s Bad Business. Just the kind of read to unwind a busy work week on the Friday of my weekend. (That sounds rather convoluted, but since week-ends are...
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