The look on her face pretty much sums up what I have been feeling lately. Can you say “Bah! Humbug!” In July? Actually it’s not that bad, I am just not getting some of the things done that I want to, which is always frustrating. What kinds of things are on my list? Finish tiling [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Jul 27
First! Zucchini! Harvest!
Look at these beauties! I still can’t believe I actually grew something. As you can see these are the eight ball zucchini, whose shape I am completely in love with. Such cute little balls. I started these from seed and had them under lights until they were ready to put outside. I read somewhere that [...]
Jul 21
White Gazpacho
I have been wanting to experiment with chilled soups since last summer, when I never seemed to get around to doing it. So, like the hash, I am going to make one cold soup a week. To kick us off, I chose to make White Gazpacho with Pickled Shrimp from Food and Wine magazine. I [...]
Jul 20
Tiling…it’s not that hard
Tile is on the wall! I was so afraid to start this project…the fact that I kept putting it off for, um…MONTHS is evidence enough. I finally got to the point where I couldn’t put if off any longer, staring at the backerboard day after day was making me crazy. It’s messier than I thought [...]
Jul 18
Hash: The Bacon Edition
This week’s hash is a trifecta of bacon, inspired by the bacon sausage sold at Uli’s Famous Sausage in Pike Place Market. We went a litte sausage crazy there, and my eyes about popped out of my head when I saw the bacon sausage. I knew immediately that it would be going into hash. Bacon [...]