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Maybe I’m Chinese too

November 24th, 2004 · 2 Comments

Strange things can happen to you while you blog. You might even change your mind. Months ago I described my vegetarian desires that I had given up for love. Whenever Ted travelled, I would make meatless dishes and imagine what life could be like without butcher bills. I wasn’t that excited about my marriage compromise […]

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Carpaccio

November 21st, 2004 · 2 Comments

I do things with Ted I would never do with anyone else. Like trying carpaccio. All I knew about the dish was that involved raw beef. But that was enough knowledge to caution this former microbiologist. Perhaps though I am iron-deficient. Or maybe I needed a little risk in my life. After all, I trust […]

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Preparing for a thanksgiving I hope we never have

October 24th, 2004 · 2 Comments

This week I reorganized our emergency provisions. We have three separate stashes for crisises: one in each vehicle and one in the house. When we moved to California years ago I started packing the car and house with preparations, in case of an earthquake or other emergency. The Bay Area has a reputation that I […]

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Marriage made in heaven

October 17th, 2004 · 3 Comments

Pomegranate juice (which I saw in enoch’s post) and merlot. Yummy! Oh, and yes, of course, my relationship with Ted too…;-) even though my husband claims, based on my passion for this beverage combination, that he doesn’t know me…perhaps I should go spend more time with him….

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Daily bread not so daily

October 17th, 2004 · Comments Off on Daily bread not so daily

After reading a book about Pasteur, the girls and I decided to do an experiment growing molds. I’ll spare the photos on this post. We put pieces of bread in ziploc bags on September 23. Two kinds of bread were used: Safeway “French” loaf and whole wheat sandwich (although we only had two pieces of […]

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