Archive for December, 2008

What did I eat on Christmas? Sister and I made a multi-berry pie…

(Cute star cutouts compliments of Sister.) 
We also made hummus for veggie dipping, but somehow during the transportation from our house to the Christmas festivities it got super spicy. There weren’t any hot spices in it! I don’t know where the kick came from. [...]


Yep, it had to be done. Cookie-making, Christmas music-listening, generally getting into the Christmas mood… Now that essays and exams are over, I’ve fully thrown myself into the holiday spirit. I don’t fly home until Monday, but there is a lot I can do to start celebrating in Dublin (including ice skating tonight!)… So cue [...]


Pie Failure!

15Dec08

So there really was no saving this one. So many things went wrong during the baking of this dessert, but you know what? That’s life. So here are the pictures of what was supposed to be a persimmon pie. 

I picked up a persimmon at the farmer’s market on the way to work yesterday. I was [...]


Sorry for the severe lack of posts lately — it’s paper time around here. And times like these, roasted vegetables and bowls of cereal is about as fancy as I can afford to get. My last two papers are due on Monday, though, so after that I look forward to a long stretch of kitchen [...]