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Cindy Fuller
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Mar 17
Lessons Learned in Entertaining
Over the years we’ve done a lot of entertaining. Each event can teach valuable lessons, some of which we actually apply to future dinners. Here are three lessons we learned after last week’s French dinner. Don’t overextend yourself, especially when you’re hosting a crowd. Several of our dishes required last-minute preparation, which cut down the …
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Mar 11
In Search of Vehicle
I HATE car-shopping. This is one reason why I tend to keep cars for years after finishing off the loan. Having a root canal without novocain would be less painful than going from dealership to dealership looking for a new ride. While the sexist good ol’ boys wearing brown plaid suits and bad toupées have …
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Mar 05
Provisioning a Pantry
One of the challenges of setting up a kitchen is knowing what supplies you need. Start by asking yourself a few questions: Am I really going to cook, or just bring home food to eat? If you’re going to use your kitchen to microwave takeout food or brew coffee in the morning, you’re not going …
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Feb 25
An Idea that Deserves to Die
In the aftermath of the Parkland school shooting, the idea of arming a small proportion of teachers has been floated by the President and others in the thrall of the gun lobby. This is wrong on multiple levels. For example: Kids are not stupid, part one. It wouldn’t take much effort to figure out which …
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Feb 25
Lost Recipes
Sometimes recipes have a finite life span. Food that was popular back in your mother’s or grandmother’s youth are no longer in vogue. Some of it may be due to fashion or access to ingredients. Rationing during World War II required some ingenuity that wasn’t needed afterward. Then there are recipes that just fell out …
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Feb 18
They Are OUR Children
My heart sank on Wednesday when I heard of another school shooting, this time in Parkland, Florida. As I’ve written before, I have a friend who was seriously injured in the Jewish Federation shooting twelve years ago. In that same post, I mentioned that I have family members who go duck- and deer-hunting every year. …
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Feb 17
Singapore Chili Crab
When we first moved to Washington 15 years ago, Dungeness crabs were often $5 or $6 a pound. Nowadays they’re almost as expensive as Maine lobster is hereabouts. However, we splurged tonight for one of our favorite dishes, Singapore chili crab. The average Dungeness crab weighs about 2 pounds, of which about 1/4 is meat. …
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Feb 17
The New Computer Begets
My current laptop is getting long in the electrons, so I purchased a new one. As we’re preparing to migrate items to the new laptop, a few things have come up. Since a single purchase often snowballs into multiple outlays of cash (as in the Homeowner Begets), here we have the New Computer Begets. My …
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Feb 15
Unless You’re Poor
There’s a streak of mean in the other Washington and in many state capitals against people who are at the low end of the income scale. Consider the following: Unless you’re poor, medical insurance often will be combined with dental insurance. Unless you’re poor, the items in your grocery cart won’t engender much scrutiny. Unless …
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Feb 15
Fun with Home Repairs
No, Julian did not put his fist through the wall after reading another article on the fracas in the other Washington. I noticed a wet spot on the floor below this. The repair contractor came out and diagnosed a leak in the flashing on the upper deck. Now we need to wait until we get …
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