February 2011
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This Is The Only Oscars Post I will Ever Write
I’m not one for awards shows, especially since I almost never go to the movies, but I’m a girl, and I like clothes which means on the day after the Oscars I like to see what everyone wore. But this post comparing Oscar gowns to garden flowers … this post takes the cake! Love it!
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A Good Winter Salad
For two people, thinly slice half a head of radicchio (for four people, use the whole head and double everything else). Add a few slivers of thinly sliced onion (about an eighth of an onion). Peel two clementines and slice them through the equator. Remove the seeds, separate the sections and add them to the salad. If you have a Meyer lemon to hand, peel it and add supremes of the lemon to the...
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I write Gaddafi, you write Khaddafy, let's call... →
I heard from one of my old copy editors at Forbes that this topic had reared its ugly (and I do mean ugly) head again. It’s amazing how many headaches this one man can cause.
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What Your Favorite Classic Rock Band Says About... →
Apparently I own three cars and no stereo. Thanks for the tip Carol!
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Croatia's Plavac Mali Secret →
Plavac Mali is no secret to me. Neither is Croatia’s wonderful, flinty white wine served with a small carafe of sparkling water, and its home-brewed fig flavored grappa sometimes served at breakfast. Croatia is magic.
Photo by me.
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Whose Day? Well, at Least It's Not Who's →
The only thing worse than semicolon confusion is apostrophe confusion.
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POTUS/NY →
Entertaining and informative look at great (and not so great) New York City moments in the lives of all 44 U.S. presidents. Happy Presidents’ Day everyone! Via mug.
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I’m in awe of what happened in Egypt today. It fills me with happiness, joy, and trepidation. I don’t know how I can help the Egyptian people on their long road to the joyful mess that is democracy. So instead, I will celebrate along with them by cooking something delicious from my Egyptian heroine, Claudia Roden, and reading a few passages from The Dreams by my Egyptian hero, Naguib...
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“We’re women oriented,” she said. “We’re goddess oriented....”
– Reason 2,456,098 that I love upstate New York. Pagans are welcome, just so long as they pay their taxes.
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Seed Sowing in the Snow →
I did some Winter Sowing last year because I was really, really anxious to get started on my garden. Turns out, it really works! And if you’re one of those people that just has to start sowing seeds in February, this is the technique for you.
But, it turns out that, at least this year, I’m totally not that person. I’m taking a much more laissez faire attitude to seedling...
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Of Pork and Pierogis
I love the food of middle Europe. Nearly anything from Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, the former Yugoslavia, and most of Russia, is something I’m likely to love. I think both my husband and I could happily subsist on a diet of cabbage, whole grains, rye breads, eggplant spreads, farmers cheeses, beets, dill, rose hip-based teas, egg noodles, tinned fishes,...
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Bayona's Garlic Soup →
Another garlic soup recipe.
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Richard Olney's Garlic Soup Recipe →
This sounds truly wonderful and warming, and I love that the creaminess doesn’t come from a bunch of cream and butter.
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Oprah's Vegan Challenge, Not a Vegetable in Sight →
I despise Oprah. I think anyone who uses Oprah as a guide to how to live a happy, fulfilled life is badly kidding themselves, and this brilliant take down of Oprah’s “vegan” diet “challenge” only adds fuel to the fire.
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The government does in fact force you to buy... →
The Economist draws parallels between Obamacare’s individual mandate clause and the USDA’s excess produce purchases that keep food prices artificially high. Fascinating stuff.
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On Language: Crash Blossoms →
I was just reminded of this article by something at work. As someone who wrote and edited headlines for seven years, it still stands as one of the best explanations of why I would sit at my desk and pound my head against the wall for hours. Writing a clear, concise headline that doesn’t mislead is really tough work, and as this article shows, it is an art that can go horribly awry.
