Madison Gas & Electric is shutting off our electricity tomorrow morning, so I guess I really have to take the day off from work, although I never have been too good about participating in events in honor of Dr. King. Two years ago when I was in Seattle I looked up all the marches I … [Read more…]
On Sunday I made brunch and some granola, and a chocolate cake from the Snacking Cakes book (Yossy Arefi) that Rach gave me for Christmas. I’d actually made another cake from this book, a cream cheese berry cake, when it was posted on Epicurious in November. By the time the cake was done it was … [Read more…]
There’s nothing left of the holiday goodies but fruitcake, oh and a few crystalized ginger shortbreads. And a tupperware of marzipan dates. I’m sure I’ll manage to consume it all – none of these are varieties Mark likes – and I think as long as I don’t eat it all in one day, just spread … [Read more…]
I’m hoping that the superstition I have always sorta believed, that as your New Year’s Day goes, so goes the new year for you, doesn’t always come true. Because I didn’t have the greatest day yesterday, New Year’s Day. On our walk the day before, the morning of NYE, I fell on some ice and … [Read more…]
This is the nowhere week between Christmas and New Year’s, that I usually like, probably based on when it was a school holiday when I was a kid, when we did fun stuff like sledding, and later when I was an older kid, in college, it was also fun, being back home and seeing who … [Read more…]
I had a bunch of cooking plans on Xmas Eve, two pages in my little notebook. Continuing using up cookie leftovers and CSA box produce, sourdough bread plans (my sourdough has gotten way too big, BTW, even though I’ve only been feeding it half cups of flour & water. I might have to actually discard … [Read more…]
My first day of winter break started with various cooking adventures to keep using up my produce from my CSA Thanksgiving box. Specifically, wilting coleslaw and roasting beets. Mark was going for his regular long loop walk, and I said I’d go too, and peel off at Whole Foods, because we needed lettuce and sour … [Read more…]
OK so, I started writing this on Saturday, when I finished grading at about 3:00PM. Yay! And am now finishing it up on Monday afternoon, after spending the day cleaning up email, finally writing that recommendation letter for the student who asked for it 2 months ago, delivering cookies, one last minute online Xmas gift … [Read more…]
And, I realize it’s incredibly privileged to be calling this pandemic year “weird”. Everyone in my family is working remotely, still getting paid, relatively safe. But in terms of cookie season in the pandemic year, it’s weird. I am vacillating between borderline depression, feeling like nothing’s coming out right, and moments of feeling happy and … [Read more…]
Because we had such a small Thanksgiving, pandemic-diminished, held on Black Friday as is our tradition, I got to use even more of Thanksgiving Day for cookies. I started by making the lebkuchen, since that’s one of cookie kinds that’s supposed to age a bit before eating. I’ve been making these forever, and tried lots … [Read more…]