pot of gold

We have a chicken making a weird, wheezy snorking noise today, and while I am not broadcasting an open plea for advice, I will share a little wisdom: if you happen to suspect that a chicken of your acquaintance may have an impacted crop, do NOT do any internet research while eating lunch at [...]

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April 30th, 2012 | Category: beans, chickens, gluten free, laziness, vegetarian | 2 comments

I melt with you

–>   We had a friend once who had lived penuriously in solitude for years despite grand tastes and a big heart, and then found her circumstances much altered by happily finding love with a man who happened to have some cash.  She decorated a large house for the two of them to live [...]

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April 27th, 2012 | Category: condimentia, sauce, serving sizes and sin are all relative concepts | One comment

the great sauce caper

caper, n. 1.     to leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol. 2.     a prank or trick; harebrained escapade. 3.     a frivolous, carefree episode or activity. 4.     a spiny shrub, Capparis spinosa,  of Mediterranean regions, having roundish leaves and solitary white flowers. 5.     its flower bud which is pickled and used [...]

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April 26th, 2012 | Category: capers, condimentia, preserved lemons, sauce, where would we be without lemons and olive oil my oh my I do shudder to think | 4 comments
 
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