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You can make vegetable stock by boiling the hell out of all the veggie scraps you’d normally throw away. To get great color, make sure to include yellow onion skins—but never red ones.
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The Jolly Dumple
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Cherry Almond Brown Betty. Bam-a-lam.
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My rock and roll applique
Look at this t-shirt! How can a t-shirt be so sucky and so awesome at the same time? It’s my vintage Bad Company tour t-shirt, and I love it. But...
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Fish custard and the $13 flashlight
Posted on 08/05/2010 | 4 CommentsOn Tuesday, I came this close to buying a $13 flashlight. Let me assure you, we have flashlights. We have at least one in every room, should a power outage ever take us by surprise. That’s in large part thanks to John, who once had... -
Nostalgia, etc.
Posted on 08/02/2010 | 2 CommentsI turned 28 last month. That feels like a pretty grown up age. So I went Etsy shopping and put together this treasury of cool stuff based on awesome toys and games. Toys and games that are getting pretty old, but haven’t stopped being super... -
Butter
Posted on 07/30/2010 | 1 CommentYou think you've had butter before, but trust me... -
Italian egg rolls: the best thing since sliced pizza
Posted on 07/29/2010 | 2 CommentsI dreamed these up last week while thinking about appetizers to go with pasta and salad. I figured they’d probably be terrible, because if wrapping up sausage, cheese and meatballs into an egg roll were delicious, wouldn’t it be on every bar menu in America?... -
Ravioli Party
Posted on 07/28/2010 | 3 CommentsBefore last Saturday, I’d never had a dinner party. Sure, I’ve had people over for dinner… even five or six at a time… but I’ve never said, “I’d like you to come to my dinner party on Saturday.” I’ve maybe said, “Come on over Saturday... -
Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Swiss Roll Ice Cream Cake
Posted on 07/27/2010 | 16 CommentsA bombe with two layers of ice cream separated by chocolate sauce, covered in slices of Swiss roll. So fancy.









