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Marching Along

Posted by jenny on 03/19/2012
Marching Along

Spring's here, as of tomorrow, and time's flown since my last post on Purple House Dirt. The trees are budding out, the garden's seeing some progress, and I've been working on lots of little projects away from the kitchen and the computer.


Bergamot Bitters

Posted by jenny on 02/14/2012
Bergamot Bitters

I was only half done with zesting the bergamots for candied peel when Todd asked for a taste of the fruit. The colorless sections, reminiscent of grapefruit, were dry but still taut with juice. I expected his face to twist in discomfort from the bitterness, but instead I could see him musing over the taste. Later that night when he asked me to run to the liquor store, I knew what he had in mind. He would turn the single bergamot into bitters. Unlike some of the complex concoctions he's made before, this would be simple, elegant, and intensely scented.


Resolved

Posted by jenny on 02/06/2012
Raw Chocolate Mousse

Remember earlier this year, when that report came out warning people not to share new year's resolutions because they're held accountable for those grandiose plans by well-intentioned friends? And those resolutions are usually set aside by MLK Day? 

Not me, I don't make resolutions. If I need to do something, I don't linger over it, I just do it. Easier that way. 


Will Bake for Food - 2011

Posted by jenny on 11/09/2011
Will Bake for Food 2011

Last year, sometime mid-October, my friend Jenny Miller (of Rainy Day Gal) called me up and asked if I thought we could pull off a little fundraiser. We'd only met a couple of months earlier at a food blogging event, and even though we didn't spend a lot of time together, I knew she was a smart cookie. I liked her, she's cool. When she pitched the idea of a bake sale, I knew I was in.


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