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- Desiree
- California, United States
- I think far too much about food, menus and cooking. Did I mention food?
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Back to the Crockpot - We have had a busy start to our spring with some new activities - Little got moved up to competition team in gymnastics and we watched her compete in On...
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The Necessity of Challenging Preconceived Ideas: Why We Should Embrace Controversial Opinions - Are you struggling to find the perfect match? Have all your dates ended in disaster? Well, don’t worry – I have the answer! My most controversial opinion...9 months ago
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Machismo in the Workplace - Broadly, we like to think we are becoming a less macho society. But this style of behaviour remains a problem in the workplace: an overbearing, insensiti...2 years ago
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i had this dream last night - That I was walking down an Altadena street, one I'd never walked before, with some guy -- a hybrid or tri-bred of guys I've known. And the trees were full ...7 years ago
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Onward Upward Forward Through - *photo by John Sandel* Remember Zen Monday? This was #37 from 2009, a photo taken of me by my husband, John Sandel, at Hahamongna Watershed Park. Our de...
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End of an Era - After 20 years' covering small business for the Los Angeles Times, Businessweek and Bloomberg, I'm moving on in 2015. Starting Monday I'll be on staff at t...9 years ago
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On the contrary - To whom it may concern: I disagree. Slow and steady does not win the race. The swift and steady win the race. That's what makes it a race. But does it ha...
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Desiree, you would be proud of me. I made carne en su jugo tonight with martini melon salad.
ReplyDeleteMy stumbling block: The recipe called for canned tomatillos (my frigging plant is huge and covered with flowers but has produced all of ONE tomatillo - sigh!) and I couldn't find them in the supermarket. I settled for green salsa where the first ingredient was tomatillo and I hope it comes out okay.
But canned chiles, canned jalapenos, canned chipotles, nopales, all mocked me as I looked for canned tomatillos and came up empty. Have you used them?
Ooooh, I like the sound of a martini melon salad!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you were felled by a poorly written recipe--unless they mean tomatillo or green sauce, I'm with you--never seen 'em.
I'm with him on the Gibson, and I'm not so big on olives either. Give me something girly and sweet.
ReplyDeleteDrink and write? I can't imagine. I can barely drink and sit.
ReplyDeleteKingsley Amis always struck me as singularly unfunny and obvious, while his son Martin has written some of the most sophisticated, humorous essays in english lit.
ReplyDeleteI was just talking about the writing/drinking thing w/someone else this week, and we agreed that certain authors would not have accomplished some of their greatest work without the chemical reaction brought on by alcohol.
Here I thought, for the millionth time, that I really should read Lucky Jim. Now I get to pass!
ReplyDeleteAnthony Burgess apparently rewarded his daily writing with martinis immediately afterwards. Man, do I envy the stamina.
P: I remember reading somewhere the more creative you are the worse alcohol is for your creativity. But then again, that might have been written by a teetoler
M: Mai Tais. Sweet and lethal. The embodiment of girly.
It's understandable & appropriate that you put out this message in this area.
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