Archive for February, 2009

46 Days of Vegetarianism: Green Thai Curry

Posted on February 27th, 2009, by Elizabeth Williams

Hello, my name is Elizabeth, and I’m a curry addict.
I had been sober 30+ days, until fate intervened. When David and I got our income tax rebate from the IRS, the very first thing we did was go to an Indian restaurant called Palace of Asia for curry. (In the spirit of my Lent sacrifice, [...]

46 Days of Vegetarianism: BBQ Pomegranate Tofu

Posted on February 25th, 2009, by Elizabeth Williams

As an experiment of sorts, one of my 101 things to do in 1001 days (goals I set and began to work on this year instead of a resolution – with a due date of September 2011) was, in one year, to celebrate the major religious holidays of the world’s three main religions: Christianity, Judaism, [...]

Nom-able: Calling In Sick Edition

Posted on February 25th, 2009, by Elizabeth Williams

It’s rare, the days when I actually feel so terrible, so under-the-weather, that I do not go into work. Rarer still, however, are the days when I feel so terrible that I can’t be bothered doing anything other than curling up with some tea or coffee and sleeping most of the day away.
The last three [...]

Yorkshire Puddings

Posted on February 22nd, 2009, by Elizabeth Williams

One of the things I miss about England is Sunday dinner. My mother-in-law, though she doesn’t exactly enjoy cooking, is quite the chef on Sunday nights. With the sort of talent and tricks usually reserved for illusionists, she can roast a whole chicken, cook up roasted potatoes, whisk up some gravy, and put all of [...]

Apple Pie-Crumb Cake Muffins

Posted on February 21st, 2009, by Elizabeth Williams

There are few things in this world that I’m guaranteed to do on any sort of regular basis. I have no set day to do the laundry, though I try to get it done on Saturdays, nor to buy groceries, though this too tends to fall on Saturday. In that sense, I’m completely unreliable, except [...]