December 2011
9 posts
Vocab Rehab
mentalflossr:
Kummerspeck (German): Excess weight gained from emotional overeating. Literally, grief bacon.
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Germans have the best compound words!
“All day the stars watch from long ago
my mother said I am going now
when you...”
– W.S. Merwin | “Rain Light” | The New Yorker | March 3, 2008 (via evoketheforms)
Dinner Last Night
Pan-roasted duck breast, truffled roasted potatoes, zucchini and tomatoes with Gruyere, served with a 2007 Luigi Bosca Malbec.
I resolve...
…to be the no-drama-mama.
Nice weekend
It was busy, starting with getting up early Saturday to roll out the second batch of springerle dough made Friday morning because the first batch looked a little wonky - they didn’t rise very much and they were a little over-baked. But first, I needed some coffee. As I was taking the coffee out of the cabinet, I noticed the fresh can of baking powder, unopened, that I bought because I...
It was a good weekend
Saturday night was dinner with old friends: London broil, gratin of yukon gold and sweet potatoes, roasted asparagus with truffle oil, baby romaine with pears and herbed goat cheese, served with 2008 Twisted Douro. For dessert, there was honey panna cotta with caramelized balsamic strawberries and a Taylor Fladgate 10-year Tawny Port. Over the course of dinner and dessert, we decided that next...