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Cindy Fuller
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Oct 28
Paella Para Dos
Although paella is a party recipe at heart, we have made it for just the two of us. Sometimes it’s just chicken and sausage, other times it’s seafood. Today we were on our usual caffeine run downtown when the question of dinner came up, as it always does. Julian suggested paella, so I did a …
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Oct 22
Smoke Screens
What if the constant Twitter wars and kerfuffles are strategic smoke screens to hide what’s really going on in the current administration? Alternately, are policy pronouncements timed to when attention is focused on other headlines (e.g., hurricanes and wildfires)? Diversionary tactics are common in military actions and in dictatorships. Administrations past and present have released …
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Oct 21
Garden Postmortem
The Italian basil is history. The shiso plants have gone to flower, as has the Thai basil. The padrón pepper plants are soldiering on, but it won’t be long before they need to meet the compost bin. The peppermint plant is thriving, but the spearmint plant is DOA. The survivors are all waterlogged with the …
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Oct 21
Oh, Pear
To me, fall hasn’t arrived until locally-grown pears reach grocery stores and fruit stands. Part of the former family orchard consisted of Bartlett pear trees. Two Bartlett trees grew in my grandfather’s front yard, and two Seckel pear trees grew near the old chicken coop on the farm. My grandmother used to can both varieties. …
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Oct 20
More Utopia, Less Dystopia
I am no fan of the dystopian movies, television shows, or books foisted on the public these days. As I said earlier, the real world is dystopian enough. Last week Julian cajoled me into going to Blade Runner 2049. The original Blade Runner was one of his favorite films. I fell asleep during it. I …
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Oct 17
Holy Mole
Chicken mole (pronounced mo-lay) is one of our standard weeknight meals. It’s reasonably quick, courtesy of the jarred mole concentrate you can find on the Mexican aisle of well-stocked grocery stores. And it’s quite tasty. In Mexico, moles come in a variety of colors. In the US, the standard mole found in restaurants is mole …
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Oct 14
Roast Those Veggies
Now that fall’s here, many of our dinner vegetables get roasted in the oven. Roasting is easy, and allows you to work on the other parts of the menu without worry. The results are caramelized goodness. This is how we do it. Preheat the oven to 400°. Peel as needed and cut up the vegetables …
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Oct 14
We MAY Be in the End Times
Another college football post. Syracuse (yes, you read that right) upset #2-ranked Clemson, 27-24. The Orange was never behind in the game. I was worried that when Syracuse joined the Atlantic Coast Conference that they were going to be the sacrificial lambs to the traditional football powers of Clemson and Florida State. Surprise, surprise… The …
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Oct 10
New Tech
I am not normally an early adopter of new technology. I’ve been burned several times by getting something new and shiny that turned out to be a lemon under the veneer. Chief among these was my 1982 Nissan Sentra. The idle on that car was never right. It would stall when the engine was cold, …
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Oct 07
Season Creep
Season Creep is the phenomenon when you see items associated with a particular holiday or season appear earlier and earlier in the year. For example, the pumpkin spice everything (beer, lattes, etc.) started showing up here at the end of August. The most blatant example of Season Creep is Christmas Creep. Last week I saw …
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