Monthly Archives: January 2009

I never really intended for my site to become a food blog, but Shaun and I made this paella (a Spanish rice dish) last weekend, and it was really good. Then Jen asked for the recipe on the Flickr, so … Continue reading →

After my last experience with the ice cream maker and possibly the richest concoction of my life, I wanted to go in the opposite direction. I’d been aware of the frozen yogurt recipe on 101 Cookbooks from David Lebovitz’s Perfect … Continue reading →

Two Christmases ago Shaun got this cookbook from his sister: Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Cookbook. We’ve made several recipes from this book and have been pretty pleased each time. For a while we’d talked about making a particular French … Continue reading →

For Christmas I got this cookbook for Shaun: Screen Doors and Sweet Tea: Recipes and Tales from a Southern Cook by Martha Hall Foose. A lover of fried okra, I figured he’d appreciate a book of Southern recipes. (I hate … Continue reading →

For Christmas Santa brought me the ice cream attachment for my mixer. I’ve wanted an ice cream maker for a long time, although I didn’t really want another appliance. This seemed like a good compromise. I made ice cream for … Continue reading →

Shaun and I are frequent patrons of The Vortex, especially now that we live next door. The Vortex is a two-location restaurant in Atlanta known especially for their burgers. Recently, or semi-recently, the fine folks who brought you The Vortex … Continue reading →

Over the Christmas holiday I stole borrowed 1776 by David McCullough from Emma‘s room. I was on my way to take Audra to swim practice, which, being only an hour, I figured I would spend reading and inhaling chlorine. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

According to Last.fm, these are the top 25 artists I’ve listened to over the past 12 months. I must plead my case here and note that I only send data to my Last.fm account from my Pandora station (which I … Continue reading →

First, I have to ask, why all of the hate for 2008? I mean, I know we weren’t doing that well financially, but money isn’t everything. I felt like everything I read online from December 31st–January 1st was pretty much … Continue reading →

Happily, for some of this year I had the wonderful Readernaut to keep track of these thing for me. I’m probably missing a few, and they are out of order, but here goes. The Other Boleyn Girl (Philippa Gregory) — … Continue reading →