Yes! I have in my hot little hands the hot off the presses new edition of Vegetarian Times. And this baby is loaded with awesome recipes. I can’t wait. And I didn’t. Tonight I cooked the curried penne because I need to get Christmas cards out and finish grading, so I need a quick meal. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2006
The Unknown
Today was supposed to be the day we found out about the state of the house and the timeline of repair. We didn’t. We are now supposed to know by Friday. I know you can’t hear it, but I am sighing in frustration. It’s not that we aren’t comfortable in our Christmas-decorated new home; it’s … Continue reading
The Christmas Spirit
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . . in our new home. We spent the day decorating the house. My husband and friend strung lights all over the outside while I found places inside the house for the myriad of ceramic Christmas decorations my nana has made over the years: choir boys … Continue reading
Time Enough
I should be grading. I should be preparing syllabi. I should be doing something to put my house in order. Instead, I took the day for me. We aren’t going to find out about the state of our house and the extent of the repairs needed until Monday, so there’s really nothing I can do … Continue reading
Last Day
Today was my last day of dealing with students for this semester . . . or so I thought. Really, for professors, final’s week is an absolute joke. We get all of the crazy endorphins of thinking it is the end of the semester, when really the semester is in no way over for us. … Continue reading
A Plethora of Avocados
So my landlords, as a consolation for being out of hearth and home, have given us a mass of avocados. And when I say mass, I mean enough for a vat of guacamole or enough to do 55 cobb salads with leftovers for those starving children in India. There is a freaking lot of avocados, … Continue reading
Embedded Cooking
I am now coming to you live from someone else’s house. Someone else’s kitchen. Granted, this kitchen belongs to my dearest friend and this kitchen is everything I would like my kitchen to be: large, gas stove, dishwasher, plenty of cabinet space, a spice drawer, a knife drawer, and a (oh. my. gosh.) double oven. … Continue reading
