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First, the big news: we’re in the process of slowly moving to a vegetarian kitchen (specifically ovo-lacto). It’s primarily for personal-health reasons, and I promise that neither of us will become militant about it. Outside of the home, Fred’s going to try sticking to vegetarianism, but I am free to carnivorate (new word, ha) as [...]

Not much to say tonight. Now that the tooth is no longer inflamed, we can do the holidayish stuff that we had skipped a week and a half ago. This includes shopping, which is actually better right after Christmas IMHO (lower prices, lower incidence of drama). We’re staying in tonight. The bubbly is chilling in [...]

I’ve been in a baked-pasta tear mood. Monday night was a quickie lasagna, using some noodles that were in the back of the cabinet. It was good, though I think in the future I’ll do something a wee bit more complex. Last night, though, I did baked rigatoni with Béchamel. I had forgotten about Béchamel [...]

I’ve been neglecting this category — and my mad-scientist cooking skills — far too long. My new food love is sugo all’amatriciana over bucatini. It’s impossible to go wrong when there’s that much pancetta involved, but the short ingredients list, simple prep, and easy wine pairing (dry, fruity red) just makes the sauce completely kick-ass. [...]

So I’m picking up where I left off. McCaskill won in Missouri, Jon Tester won in Montana, and Jim Webb won in Virginia. The Democrats won a majority in both houses. w00t. The weekend before election day, as promised: Saturday night we attended the St. Louis HRC Gala at the Chase Park Plaza. It was [...]