Monthly Archives: August 2010

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies You’ve Ever Tasted

Posted on 31/08/2010 by fishinthewater

Written while I was vegan. Still use vegan margarine though, because I just can’t get used to the taste of butter. Or of eggs. The only thing I use non-vegan when baking cookies is the chocolate chips. If these do … Continue reading →

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Special Guest Cooking 2

Posted on 28/08/2010 by fishinthewater

C-Realm Podcast This is hilarious, because that community or death post I did earlier this week? Yeah. The first twenty minutes of this interview are almost identical to that post. It’s on other people’s minds! And in response to some … Continue reading →

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What I've Thrown Away

Posted on 27/08/2010 by fishinthewater

I’ve been reading some other food blogs lately and it occurred to me, after reading one girl’s where she posts what she’s thrown away every week, that this isn’t a bad idea. I very often have things that go a … Continue reading →

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Thank you, AP English

Posted on 26/08/2010 by fishinthewater

So I originally started this blog thinking, oh great, I will have a chance to write at least a little each day. Because, after all, I am a writer, and it is sad and pathetic that the twenty million other … Continue reading →

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Math Lessons for Locavores

Posted on 25/08/2010 by fishinthewater

New York Times: Math Lessons for Locavores Oh for heavens sake. People have been sending me a lot of these types of articles these days. The corporatists frantically trying to regain ground for a global food economy, while the rest … Continue reading →

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Community or Death

Posted on 24/08/2010 by fishinthewater

I’m feeling dramatic lately, what can I say? Because I, like so many people my age, am again faced with the decision so common in this f-ed up society. Stay where I am, where unfortunately there are almost no career … Continue reading →

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Trellising or Death

Posted on 23/08/2010 by fishinthewater

The whole hornworm fiasco occurred during one of my other not so favorite tasks. Actually, I don’t mind it that much, but it tends to make my back scream at me later, which is never pleasant. I’m talking (of course) … Continue reading →

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Weekend Food

Posted on 21/08/2010 by fishinthewater

This is actually from last weekend. Photos courtesy my awesome little sister. It is so much fun to cook with the people you love! St. Brigid’s burgers, Eve’s cheese, Colchester peppers. Grandma potatoes. : ( Our grandmother used to make … Continue reading →

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Big Bad Bugs

Posted on 20/08/2010 by fishinthewater

Last week at the farm I finally discovered a task I simply despise: squashing tomato hornworms. These are big, fat caterpillars that devour tomatoes and the tops of tomato plants and are difficult to discover because they are so fat … Continue reading →

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Make Up Artist for Food

Posted on 19/08/2010 by fishinthewater

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUjz_eiIX8k&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_GB&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Hahaha. Found this over on Living the Simple Life I Want which I’ve been reading lately. Highly entertaining. And absolutely explains why when you watch the Food Network food looks way more awesome than when you cook it at … Continue reading →

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