… and these Thy gifts …

Our friends came over in June and the night before the despedida party for one of the brods we went out to eat at Wegman’s (haha, ironic, huh; preparing/cooking for a party but we eat out instead) — we had the usual offerings from the buffet but brought home this

Bread Pudding.
Don’t bother.
All the goodness [...]

I’m doing a sourdough starter today, from Mary Jane (Butters)’s book. It’s very simple — 2 cups of organic whole wheat bread flour + 1 1/2 cups purified water. Stir in clean bowl and cover, leave on kitchen counter. Every day I’ll be adding 1/4 cup water and 1/3 cup whole wheat [...]

good information on the food of Brazil, Patagonia, Argentina, etc.

- historical notes will be useful for B.A.

LOTS of relationship facts, e.g., cebiche (not a typo), escabeche, asado, salsa de mani, etc.

WorldNetDaily: Starbucks: A habit easily broken

Just got in about an hour ago after the 17-hour drive from St. Louis. Have a ton of groceries and luggage to unpack. My first stop was at the garden where I was greeted, after having been gone for 2 1/2 weeks, with lots of tomatoes, , a giant zucchini, 2 little eggplants, [...]