...As free as the wind
Hopefully learning
Why the sea on the tide
Has no way of turning
 
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14
Apr

Nickel & Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich: Should be required reading for all

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As a member of the educated and disproportionately privileged professional class, as well as being the product of immigrant upbringing, it is with some embarrassment that I admit to stereotyping those in poverty as not hard working enough, lacking self-control, or results and participants of substance abuse.  Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich, has given me cause for pause.
The premise […]



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15
Mar

Macaroons!

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One of mike’s favorite things is french macaroons.  Today it was meyer lemon macaroons with lemon white chocolate filling, and chocolate macaroons with coffee ganache filling.  I loosely followed the recipe in Martha Stewart’s magazine, and it was completely simple to do.  That small bag of almond flour has been burning a hole (not literally) on […]

 
14
Mar

Lemon tart…gotta try that one again

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I noticed recently that they started selling meyer lemons at trader joes which historically have been hard to find.  I’ve bought a few batches of them and have been slicing them into my water with cucumber for a refreshing treat at work. 
 Today I tried something a bit more adventurous and attempted the lemon tart recipe […]




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