StephanieL

Have they imported the clientele as well?

I got N to start growing Jimmy Nardello peppers and they're finally beginning to ripen, so tonight's dinner will be fusilli with a pepper and tomato sauce. (We've already had a few simply sauteed.)

How did I not realize that he was half Bengali, even with that name?

Salad spoils?

I only knew that one too.

Fortunately, both of N's Delta flights were only delayed by about an hour. She had built in a very long connection time, so she was still OK.

What was different about these loaves vs. the ones you usually make? Longer baking time?

We briefly had an outpost of Oaktown Spice Shop right near us. Now we have to drive to Oakland or head over to Menlo Park to the Penzey's store.

RG recipe: beans (I used the Frijol Negro Santaneros), brown rice, sweet potatoes tossed with chili powder, olive oil, and S&P and roasted until caramelized, and a dressing/sauce made from sour cream, cilantro, S&P, green onions, and lime juice.

Jungle Bird today. Considering how my week has started, I have a feeling tomorrow's cocktail will be a Cutty Bang. #IYKYK 1 1/2 oz. blackstrap rum 3/4 oz. Campari 1 1/2 oz. pineapple juice 1/2 oz. lime juice 1/2 oz. simple syrup Shake with ice and strain into an ice-filled rocks glass.

N is on her way to South Africa for the next 3 weeks. The pipe under our garage sink sprung a leak as I was doing laundry this morning, necessitating a large mopping-up job. Meanwhile, the drain in one of the bathtubs (not the one we usually use) appears to be clogged. How do I know this? Well, the water I mopped up had to go somewhere.... Going to be a long 3 weeks.

I really enjoyed Ian Frazier's story on The Bronx this week.

We always had them in the house too. My mother loved them.

Just as, I'm sure, our parents didn't nearly travel with as much gear for the kids as parents do these days. 😀

I take it the porches don't have stoops. Or there are cooties all over the porch floors.

The adult crap in my house isn't laid out much neater than bloviatrix's kid's crap.

Yes, I saw it when it first aired. Blew me away. What I really need to see is Wattstax.

What she said.

Damn. Pearson's was great back in the day, and having to search for it in the back of a bar was kind of fun..

On a '70s kick: making my way through Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution that recently aired on PBS and watching the 1977 documentary Gay USA on TCM.

One of my exes plays fantasy cycling (akin to fantasy football/baseball), so she's truly invested in the Tour de France.

Have to admit, that is kind of a hefty meal to have after you've been semi-fasting.

Another icon of my younger days. She'd been fighting cancer for many years. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/07/14/shannen-doherty-dead/74399542007/

Dark rye toast topped with more of that ricotta, homegrown small tomatoes, and a little truffle salt.

For N's birthday, I made the Buttermilk Tres Leches cake published in the Times Magazine a few weeks ago: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1025464-buttermilk-tres-leches-cake. Quite a lot of work, and found out 2 things: Bob's Red Mill coarse cornmeal is maybe a little too coarse for the recipe, and the cake definitely needs longer feeding and soaking times. It does taste good, especially with the recommended side of roasted stone fruit (nectarines, peaches, and one pluot, roasted with just a little unsalted butter).