Media is abuzz with talk this week about food bacteria. First, updates about the Peanut Butter samonella outbreak recall foodstuffs nearly hourly. Then, Jane Brody wrote in the New York Times about how eating a little dirt is actually good for you. (The article also advocates pet ownership, something near to my heart.) Cleveland...
Read more →Eating made from scratch meals is common in our house. Most days we eat 3 meals of homemade food, mostly made from scratch. Many people we meet are stunned that we do this. 100 years ago everyone ate from home, but now many people are used to lunch out, and often breakfast and dinner...
Read more →We moved out of our old kitchen so fast that we just threw things in boxes and stacked them around the basement. (Which was already filled to the brim with Baying Hound stock, of course.) We labeled one box KNIVES because I figured it was important that no one cut themselves accidentally, reserving two...
Read more →Alex, Lil, and I watched the inauguration with tears in our eyes today. We believe there is a lot of room for change in this country, and our hope is with Obama. This afternoon we toasted the new president with a Sazerac cocktail. This is one of the oldest known traditionally American cocktails, reportedly...
Read more →Recently, Congress mandated that the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) lower lead and phthalate limits in children’s products in a law called the Consumer Products Safety Information Act, or CPSIA. We 100% agree with the intent of the act: protect children from needless exposure to dangerous toxins. It is the extent and unintended consequences...
Read more →Sorry for the lack of news this week. Here’s a bunch of excuses: The outside temperatures (below zero deg F most of the week) seem to have slowed progress in all areas of our life. My youngest sister was in the hospital this week with diabetic ketoacidosis and is now recovering at home. Alex...
Read more →We have grown a meyer lemon tree indoors (and outside in summer) for 5 years now. About twice a year it blossoms with tiny white flowers that have a captivating sweet scent. Usually at least a couple of the flowers turn into baby lemon buds. Sometime after, they dry up and fall off. Just...
Read more →On Saturday our little wraskally wrabbit and I prepared the last of our home grown carrots. We planted these Japanese long carrots back in August, I think. We tended them until the second hard frost when we pulled them out of the ground. The leafy heads were chopped off, dirt left on, and we...
Read more →We have been plugging away at all the little tasks that add up to huge advancements in functionality. Appliances came in the late afternoon Tuesday. Alex worked on the dishwasher first because dirty dishes were piled up and clean dishes no where to be found. It installed pretty easily. The fridge ice maker and...
Read more →Sorry for the delay in blogging. I’ve actually been doing most of the work and haven’t had time! Saturday, my Dad came over and we started to hang the upper cabinets. We realized we needed some hardware, and Alex needed a faucet to complete the sink project. Off to Lowes for the millionth time....
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