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Yep. I installed the OpenID WordPress plugin. Not super useful since I’m the only one who really needs to log in. But the plugin author plans to add server and delegation capabilities, so eventually I could be my own OpenID provider (not that I couldn’t already if I really wanted).

We can’t stop the tomatoes; we only try to contain them. We’re getting 10 lbs a week from the farm share these days, plus nearly that much from the garden. Two weekends in a row included a peel & seed session and a batch of crockpot red sauce. Three gallons in the freezer so far, [...]

Fascinating. My favorite is the gas range. I like how when everything is off the flat lever controls make a nice straight line, giving you a visual clue, even from a distance, that one of the burners is on. Don Norman would approve. My least favorite aspect? Probably the submarine galley nature of it all: [...]

Thought of another thing to add to my list: faux lump crab meat. You know, the stuff where the ingredients list consisted entirely of the vague “whitefish”. I worked at a Subway briefly in college. I used to eat the crap out of those seafood salad subs. And when I was mixing up the “seafood” [...]

2 cups home cooked crockpot black beans 1 1/2 Cups cooked corn 2 Stalks Celery 1 Medium Shallot 1 Teaspoon Sugar 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice 2 Tablespoons Red Wine Vinegar 4 Tablespoons Canola Oil Salt and Pepper Handful of Cilantro Mix together and let it sit for a half an hour.  Enjoy!

As an experiment I created a Wordle word cloud from the f00die feed: Todo: try in using a separate feed for just my Recipes category.

Arugula makes a really simple addition to potatoes of any kind. I’ve added handfuls of fresh arugula to smashed potatoes, but it’s too hot for boiling potatoes these days. I prefer to keep the cooking outside on the grill, which means hobo packs.

Picking up our first weekly share today. It ante’s up the challenge of planning a menu for the week when you’re not sure what you’re getting and how much of it. Fortunately, the new CSA seems like they’re going to be good about e-mailing weekly guesstimates. The weather acts as a foil as well. I [...]

We did a mixed grill thing w/ some friends last night using several meat share items: a ribeye, a sirloin, some lamb kebabs and some garlic+cheese pork sausage. After pulling the meat I threw on a hobo pack of fresh peaches and let it sit while we polished off dinner. 6 peaches 2 T butter [...]

I knew I wanted to make some kind of pilaf thing to go with some lamb chops. The lamb chops recipe was sort of moroccan–braised in a sauce of onions, tomatoes, coridander, cinnamon–so I wanted to complement that. Quinoa Pilaf w/ Mint & Jalapeno 1 cup quinoa 2 cups chicken broth 1 jalapeno, small, minced [...]