Author Archives: Jen

324: London Calling

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Jen

So we’re headed to Ireland by way of London, but the booking guy (frequent flyer tickets–a begger-chooser issue) takes us into Heathrow and out of London City. Heathrow is on the west end of London. London City is on the … Continue reading →

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325: Ireland

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Jen

I will write more when I get back.

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326: The First Rule About Supper Club is: Talk About Supper Club

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Jen

10 Courses and Four Flights of Wine (two wines, two sakes) at the Aqua Supper Club . . . holy cow. I wrote for seats (there were 20) within minutes of getting the email with the invitation with this menu: … Continue reading →

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327: Spaghetti Squash

Posted on February 7, 2009 by Jen

I halved the spaghetti squash and baked it for about an hour, scraped it out of the skins, and added sautee’d onions and Tullia’s to it. This particular bowl is topped with feta, though Farmerteen swears by smoked cheddar.

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328: Foucher

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Jen

Farmerteen once wrote a book about the “foucher” and what it [the future] might hold. When I decided I really needed a set of noise-canceling headphones, Michael was in Beijing, and we were IMing at one of the points our … Continue reading →

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329: Christmas in February

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Jen

Pathetic. Here we are, in February, still chipping away at our pathetic attempts at Christmas.  Michael and Farmerteen are working on their traditional, last minute gifts.  I have finished mine (so morally superior, I am — a ridiculous claim, as … Continue reading →

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330: Veggie Plates

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Jen

This is roasted cauliflower and red peppers, which involve simply shaking the cauliflower and red peppers with olive oil, spreading them out on a baking sheet, sprinkling them lightly with sea salt, and roasting them for about an hour at … Continue reading →

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331: Bokchoy

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Jen

We’re headed toward a very vegetable-heavy diet a’la Joel Fuhrman’s (not to be confused with Mark Fuhrman, who now lives near us in Sandpoint, ID) Eat to Live, which makes a compelling case for lots of leafy greens. Michael took … Continue reading →

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332: Party!

Posted on February 2, 2009 by Jen

We haven’t had a house full of teenagers in a while. (And I think Michael’s okay if we don’t again for a while yet!) This many teenagers makes the ginormous livingroom seem kind of small. On the woodstove are pots … Continue reading →

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333: First Signs of Spring

Posted on February 1, 2009 by Jen

There are a series of these out on the prairie that we cross from our house to the Valley. Some are as close as one tenth of a mile to the next one. None are particularly near houses. I think … Continue reading →

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