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Entries Tagged as 'food'

Recipe: Blueberry Glace Pie

June 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments

There is absolutely no telling where it came from, but, for the last several weeks, I have had a ravenous craving for blueberry pie. On my few trips to eat out, it hasn’t been on the menu, though I guess I could have called around to ask restaurants in the area if they were serving […]

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Free yourself from recipe tyranny. Or not.

June 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Coincidentally, I happened upon an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s “No Reservations” the other night, in which Chef Bourdain and a gathering of Romanian locals devour several roast suckling pigs. It was a step-by-step television seminar on how to dismantle and eat this animal. One key point: the pig’s snout is considered a delicacy.

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Bev to Ande: 4 June 1943

June 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments

He thought we didn’t stay half long enough, but it had taken us so long to get over there, that we had to turn practically right around again to arrive in time to get the roast on. I fixed the dinner last night for the kids – having roast, onions, carrots, date-celery-orange salad, and strawberry pie for dessert.

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Bev to Ande: 27 May 1943 (part 2)

May 27th, 2008 · No Comments

We wandered over to June’s & watched them dig in their garden. She treated us to some Pepsicola & cookies.

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Bev to Ande: 21 May 1943

May 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

Some youngster is reported missing in Mpls. – not sure whether he drowned or was kidnapped, but they were going to use a powerful light to-night in the water, and see if they could locate his body – we came home before they started.

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A milk carton that dances:

May 13th, 2008 · No Comments

I am a dancing milk carton.

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Once a week is best for me, I think.

May 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

So, my Dad still won’t let me have any money. He said he didn’t have any, but now he’s saying that I can’t have it, so that sounds like he actually has some, which means he was lying about not having any money because if I can’t have it that means there’s some money there, right?

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Bev to Ande: 5 May 1943

May 5th, 2008 · No Comments

So you see, I have been busy – oh, yes, practiced too, about 45 minutes. Have a new piece for us. It’s “Clair-de-Lune” by Debussy and very lovely.

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Radar blips: 1 May 2008

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Langford made a show of “humility” over this past weekend by spewing fire and brimstone about the city’s crime rate while wearing a burlap sack over his Nike-insignia’d sport shirt, under a large banner bearing his name.

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Judith to Ande: 30 April 1943

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Carl has been out spearing suckers (the only thing you can take this early) and we’ve had two swell fish dinners.

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