Bansidhe’s blog

Independence Day: Perfect Time for Baking with Cherries, Right?

2008-07-04T18:16:02Z

The rumor goes that the first President of the United States chopped down a cherry tree when he was a child, so it only makes sense to me that cherry desserts belong at the July 4th table. -- My mother will probably think I'm insane, but I'm pre...

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I Love Fig Season.

2008-07-03T05:02:53Z

Okay, I take back most of the nasty things I've said about summer, because figs have arrived at my local farmer's market this past weekend. I did a happy little boogie and dragged my poor mother over to the booth so I could examine them closely, a...

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The Crazy Dog Days Of (Not-Yet) Summer.

2008-06-21T03:36:34Z

First off -- I apologize. I just got married on the 7th of June, and in the craziness and planning that was leading up to the Big Day... I lost track of this journal for six months. ... I feel so incredibly guilty, neglecting this space like that....

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The Reclaimed Sweater

2007-10-20T04:44:37Z

Been a long time since I've written: Mea culpa, mea culpa. Life tends to grab me and run away at top speed. This past week, I got my hands on a yarn winder for half price at JoAnn.com, and I've been using it with my umbrella swift to wind up any ...

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Fresh Tomato Tart with Cornmeal-Thyme Crust

2007-09-19T04:38:45Z

One really, really good thing about taking part in a weekly food challenge? ...Well, aside from guaranteeing that I'm going to eat at least one home-cooked meal a week, or getting motivated to cook more frequently... I love that I'm near always l...

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The Yarn Ho Strikes Back.

2007-09-18T07:26:51Z

I thought I had it out of my system: I've been good lately. I mean, I went and threw together two Tomato-type shirts in relatively short order, wore the Andean Silk version in Dashing, Barn Red and Mustard proudly to work last Friday, and I've be...

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Buca di Beppo's Porchetta Rustica

2007-09-16T23:49:03Z

On a whim, I mentioned to a 'net friend that I wanted to re-create the porchetta rustica. Said friend asked me why, when I could probably google the recipe. I clearly owe said friend lunch, as Google revealed not one, two, or three versions, but ...

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Running Behind.

2007-09-16T23:07:56Z

While I don't know how many people really read this, I've been uncharacteristically quiet here lately -- Mea culpa. I've been tied up in a project over at LiveJournal -- Two Ingredients, a food-challenge community. (My co-moderator came up with th...

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Buca di Beppo = Love.

2007-09-14T23:26:00Z

Or, food / semi-review post! Don't read this if you're hungry. The other night, I went out to dinner with the co-workers: We all earned a service award, essentially, and the dinner was our thank-you from the company. When we earned the same awar...

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Food Blogs are Love.

2007-08-04T06:53:52Z

A few weeks ago, I went and wrote up an info-dump on cooking sites to share with my friends: After all, there are so many good places for recipes out there. I'd hope that any Internet foodie already knows about the good places for recipes: Epicur...

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