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Cindy Fuller
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Apr 12
Not Canceled
This spring has been a series of cancellations. March Madness. In-person religious services. The annual Mixed-Marriage Passover Seder. However, there is one thing that I refused to cancel: The annual hot cross bun bake. Hot cross buns are a British tradition on Good Friday. I wind up making them on Easter weekend. I’ve used several …
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Apr 12
A COVID-19 Playlist
Here are some songs apropos of the pandemic. (OK, Millennials, I know these tunes come from before you were born. Deal with it.) Are You Lonesome Tonight, Elvis Presley Someday We’ll Be Together, The Supremes Splendid Isolation, Warren Zevon So Far Away, Carole King Get Off My Cloud, The Rolling Stones Invincible, Pat Benatar Paranoia, …
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Apr 08
Cooking as Comfort
In these times, having something under your control is essential to one’s sanity. Even better if it doesn’t require potential pathogen exposure. Julian and I have been cooking and baking up a storm with ingredients we have on hand. Last week I got some burger out of the freezer. I didn’t have any buns in …
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Apr 03
The New Toilet Paper
As Covid-19 cases increase exponentially and more people are forced to stay home, the shift of shortages has switched from paper products to flour. It’s as if all of the keto and paleo enthusiasts have said, “If I’m gonna die, I’m gonna die eating real cake and cookies, dammit!” We noticed the lack of flour …
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Mar 29
Bad News, Good News
Julian was compiling a list of items to order from Amazon/Whole Foods. He came upstairs while I was working on some bread dough. “I have bad news and good news,” he said. “The bad news is there’s no unbleached all-purpose flour to be had.” “What’s the good news?” I asked. “Caffe d’Arte is still shipping …
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Mar 23
Virtual Happy Hour
Just because I’m an introvert doesn’t mean I’m a hermit. This work from home self-isolation stuff, while necessary to flatten the curve of new COVID-19 cases, is miserable. The idea of virtual happy hours has arisen to fill the void. The concept has become so popular that The New York Times published an article on …
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Mar 23
Tonight’s Festive Repast
We ventured out for groceries mid-day today and stocked up on staples. This was several hours before Washington’s Governor put the state on stay at home orders. Julian put a rack of ribs into the cart and decided to smoke them for dinner tonight. He used the tried and true recipe with a homemade western …
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Mar 22
The New Abnormal
Washington is in near lockdown, as are many other states, due to Covid-19. Restaurants and bars are closed except for takeout. (“Hey, bartender, I need a Malayan Fog Cutter to go.”) Schools, community centers, and gyms are closed. Events are canceled. Hospitals and nursing homes are limiting or prohibiting visitors. Elective surgeries are canceled to …
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Mar 08
Life and Food in the Time of COVID-19
We live less than three miles from the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in Washington. Responses of locals range from que sera, sera to full-tilt freakout. I’m trying to hew to a middle path. My primary concession to the outbreak is to drive to work rather than take the bus on days when I don’t …
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Mar 07
First Name Basis
When one has nearly 600 cookbooks, you can go for a while without cracking the spine of a few. Others are used regularly. Then there are the ones that I refer to by the author’s first name. Some of them depend on the context. Here are a few cookbooks to which I refer that way: …
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