Sometimes you just have a good bread day. This was made with the New York Times/Sullivan Street Bakery/Jim Lahey no-knead bread recipe, or an approximation thereof. I used Lowan instant yeast and white high-gluten bread flour. (Ordinary plain flour actually… Read More ›
Food/Drink
Photo-correspondence from a Hoyden Abroad
Hoydenizen Orlando had occasion to wander around the London Borough of Islington recently, and saw something that made her think of us.
Face of rescue: Women’s work
Yahoo! News China has this photo of a police officer in an emergency shelter breastfeeding an orphaned baby. Heartbreaking, but somehow hopeful as well. So many babies must have no one there at all; this baby is lucky, in one… Read More ›
And a gecko up ya clacker
ABC News: “Gecko in egg ‘must have crawled up cloaca’” The Australian Egg Corporation has expressed surprise at the discovery of a gecko inside a chicken egg. Darwin doctor Peter Beaumont was cooking dinner when he cracked open the egg… Read More ›
Budget Drinking Game!
Zoe had some sort of collision with a crystal ball and ended up liveblogging Tonight’s Budget Speech last night instead. So the plan is: Print out Zoe’s post. Make a large jug of something reprehensibly alcoholic Sit in comfy chair… Read More ›
Fat is a macronutrient, not a sin: Act Three
52 Acts of Political Correctness: Act Three [original post here, 52something meme here] Yesterday the lad came home from seeing the Wizard of Oz show, and started excitedly telling me about the characters. “And the Tin Man”, he said with… Read More ›
Bloody hell
FIRST PRIZE! The first time I have ever won any prize in a school raffle. Of course it was an Easter fundraiser that didn’t announce the winner until a week after Easter. That’s somehow totally apt.
A good morning.
[image source] I was awoken with a tray: pancake, maple syrup, bacon, orange juice, coffee (roasted yesterday), and a Green & Black’s 70% chocolate egg. Life is good. Happy renewal season to you all. A March/April fertility festival makes as… Read More ›
Recent improvements in my cooking
It’s ages since I did some cooking-blogging. I really regret not taking pictures of some recent dishes, especially the Seafood pizza I made. I’ll take a pic next time, I promise. obtain premium marinara mix from the local fishmonger (never… Read More ›
Seed Vault under the Arctic frost
A “Doomsday vault” even: The project is intended to provide a failsafe against disaster so that if a seed collection is destroyed in its natural habitat there is an alternative source of supply. Cary Fowler, executive director of the Global… Read More ›
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