two of my kids’ favorite fruits. we’re out of their favorite cereal, and migi doesn’t like reubens that much, so he had these: apple boats and strawberries they like them sprinkled with sugar and/or dipped in some vanilla yogurt, i… Continue reading

from a recipe in Baking with Julia again, this one contributed by Lauren Groveman. the recipe can be found here in its entirety. although, i found someone who’s not quite happy with Groveman’s “liberal” use of chocolate, coffee, lekvar, etc.… Continue reading

Lastly, here’s some fresh mint from the garden — it came with the house and is a bit invasive but I love it — we got some for the tzatziki sauce, which turned out so-so. I did follow your suggestion,… Continue reading

I found a recipe online for the pita bread but this is actually a copy of Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid’s recipe which appears in Baking with Julia. The person who posted it just cut off several paragraphs, so it… Continue reading

Here’s the recipe for the gyro meat [here it is roasting in the oven — it was too cold outside to fire up the grill, so i set it on a roasting pan where the fat could drain away. The… Continue reading

for the chocoholic, in the tradition of flourless cakes…. (this one is almost flourless), from the book Baking with Julia, recipe by Lora Brody. i’m glad i found a (properly credited) recipe online — scroll down — so i don’t… Continue reading

and as ginataan… Continue reading

The Rice Bible by Christian Teubner et al. First impressions: Very thorough, very comprehensive, very pro-genetic engineering. What he says about finding and developing “Rice 2000” (slated for around 2008) makes some sense, especially for the neediest countries, but I’m… Continue reading

Chinese CabbageSeeds of Change 2003. wintersowed 2005. Continue reading

seeds from exchange fall 2004. wintersowed 2005. Continue reading