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The Little Stranger

The Little Stranger

Sarah Waters This book held so much promise: a 20th century ghost story taking place in the old, run-down Hundreds Hall, a mansion in England where …

 

2009 CSA, Final weeks

2009 CSA, Final weeks

The 2009 CSA season is drawing to a close and, as usual, I had lots and lots of vegetables hanging out in my …

 

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo & The Girl Who Played with Fire

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo & The Girl Who Played with Fire

 

2009 CSA, Weeks 9, 10

2009 CSA, Weeks 9, 10

    While a lot of farms around here have been hit with blight and tomato crops have been wiped out completely, we are still …

 

2009 CSA, Weeks 7, 8

2009 CSA, Weeks 7, 8

    Now that we’re really into summer, we’re getting lots of carrots, beans, squash, cucumbers and even some tomatoes.  One of our favorite dishes …

 

The Help

The Help

Kathryn Stockett I’ve been severely delinquent on posting updates about what I’m reading and watching these days.  I probably have a backlog of about six or …

 

2009 CSA, Week 6

2009 CSA, Week 6

    We tried some really great recipes this week.  This Seven-Vegetable Couscous, is a perfect CSA recipe for this time of year.  Nearly all …

 

2009 CSA, Weeks 3, 4, 5

2009 CSA, Weeks 3, 4, 5

    Even though I’ve slacked a bit in posting about our CSA, we’ve actually been keeping up pretty well with the food we’ve been …

 

2009 CSA, Week 2

2009 CSA, Week 2

    Week two of our CSA brought more of the same leafy greens.  We weren’t too creative this week, as we just sauteed up …

 

2009 CSA, Week 1

2009 CSA, Week 1

Last year, I tried posting about the different foods we got weekly at our CSA.  It was hard… I wasn’t able to find time …