Vegetable tempura — www.wt8p.com Dipping sauce: 1/2 C soy sauce 1 t grated ginger 1/4 C brown rice syrup (or mirin if you have it) Batter: 2 eggs 2 C very cold water 2 C flour Vegetables: (choose four) 1 medium head of broccoli, cut into small florets 10 small to medium-sized mushrooms (stems removed) […]
We watched last night’s Enterprise double-header. The first episode, “Terra Prime,” was great. Peter Weller was chilling in his conviction, and the tear-jerker ending showed why Conner Trinnear’s “Tucker” is the best regular character (with “Phlox” as a close second). The only thing really missing was a red shirt for the infiltrator. You know, just
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My little CNN news headline email notifier had something about “developing story” the Capitol building being evacuated because of an inbound aircraft. They weren’t providing any information other than people franticly evacuating the area. (Pelosi being lifted out of her shoes?) I took a rare lunch out of the office at the pasta place across
Fran ranted about bicycle culture a while ago. I wanted to chime in, but frankly, earlier drafts were mired in analyzing and commenting on every sentence. This a compliment to Fran’s depth of writing. I’ve moved a ton o’ my drive-by prose to the great Unauthorized/Unpublished blog storage depot in the Cayman Islands. Instead, I’ll
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This should probably be a part one of five hundred, but I need to vent about these three. Having to create an account/personal profile to purchase a product. While printing out my salsa recipe for this week’s cooking festivities, I saw a google ad for a company selling chipotles. How serindipitous — I just ran
¡Feliz cinco de Mayo! Zucchini Tostadas — www.wt8p.com(Makes four) 2 T vegetable oil — corn, peanut or canola, not olive because it will burn Four 8″ flour tortillas 1/8 C olive oil 4 C thinly sliced zucchini 1/4 t oregano 1 C cooked pinto, kidney or black beans 3/4 C salsa 2 C shredded cheddar
The beauty of this ratatouille equivalent is twofold: 1) it eggplant-free, which is important to those of us who think eggplant looks (and probably tastes) like the the the pods in the original Alien movie. 2) It’s very easy to make: throw stuff into a pan. Dump two more cans of stuff and serve. Roasted
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As I was turning to crest the top of the last hill on the way to work, I was pulled over by a motorcycle cop for apparently making a California Stop before turning right at an intersection. It didn’t register at the time because I was having one of those “in the zone” moments, but
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