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Cerebral Tapas
Catching up (again) with two boxes on which to report. Frankly, I delayed posting on the penultimate box because I had neither a culinary, literary, nor emotional trope to conjoin the produce with the workings of my head. I’m in the same boat … Continue reading
Posted in Drivel, Elvis Costello, Food
Tagged CSA, Elvis Costello, failure, food, music, vegetables, wine
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I Know I Need to Feel Relief
Summer has arrived in Rhode Island, shoving her weight around with a thumbless grip. In other words: it’s freaking HOT. It shames me, having grown up in Texas, that I now crumple when the temperature hits 90, but what can … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Music
Tagged broccoli, calzone, Chvrches, CSA, green beans, Ugly but Delicious, vegetables, watermelon sherbet
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Salad Days
I am playing catch-up ball with this post, as I neglected to report on the last box. Although this missive will cover two boxes, the theme can be summed up in one word: raw. Summer’s bloody heat has arrived in … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged CSA, failure, kd lang, music, salad, Ugly but Delicious, vegetables
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Christmas in June
Full disclosure: this ish is lengthy. If you’re interested in the food, redirect your browser after the kimchi. If you are interested in the frantic musings of an intellectually-starved middle-aged lady, God bless your bravery. You may want to consider … Continue reading
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The Box: Season 3 Begins!
June is june-ing all over the place, which means the vegetable box has returned! We experienced a very mild winter in New England this year (although if you had asked me about it in mid-February, I would have scowled, cast … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged Andrew Bird, CSA, food, lamb, music, Palmina, tacos, vegetables, wine
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Cellar Shopping: Chateau Gabaron Bordeaux & von Hovel Riesling Spatlese
I have made some very ugly food lately to accompany some very beautiful wine. What can I say? I seek the paradox. First up, as I stated last time, I felt compelled to let my cellar shopping lead me to a … Continue reading
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Cellar Shopping: Epiphany Grenache Blanc
I am breaking my own rule, set forth in my last post, about showing some love to the drink-ready bottles in my cellar. Having just returned from a really fantastic tasting trip in Santa Ynez, an hour north of Santa Barbara … Continue reading
Cellar Shopping: Domaine Skouros Moscofilero
It’ll probably come as no surprise that I’m a little bit of a dork about wine. Whenever I add to our collection, I put a colored paper collar around each new bottle with my tasting notes, some foods I think it … Continue reading
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Tagged Greek wine, moscofilero, olivia newton john, wine, xanadu
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Golden Years: Our Anniversary and a Bowie Tribute
The Unit and I recently marked our twenty-eighth year of getting hitched. I don’t ask for any accolades on staying put for almost thirty years because, frankly, I’ve had it pretty easy in this relationship. Despite my multiple complaints about his stick-in-the-mud-ness, … Continue reading
Posted in Drivel
Tagged anniversary, City on the Edge of Forever, David Bowie, Golden Years, Oberlin, shawarma, Star Trek, wine
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No Package January
The new year (and a new decade for me) has arrived and I’m trying not to be stupid. Experiments with resolutions in the past have met with limited success; Chinese No Year, for example, was a worthwhile, albeit difficult year, … Continue reading
Posted in Drivel, Food
Tagged Death Cab for Cutie, New Year, no package January, resolutions
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