Gardenwife’s Plot

Barenaked on a stick

Barenaked Ladies. I love their sound, and I respect their marketing savvy.

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All things media
29 November 2005 comments [4]

Cooking for Engineers

Just a quick note to point out Cooking for Engineers. Their tagline says it all: “Have an analytical mind? Like to cook? This is the site to read!” From what I’ve seen, it’s a keeper.

Uncategorized
Recipes
29 November 2005 comments [2]

Pies-R-Us

The Wednesday before Thanksgiving found me printing my final choices for pie and pie crust recipes, getting out the food processor and getting down to business.

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Domestic stuff, Family
Recipes
28 November 2005 comments [5]

Baking with Julia

We’re hosting Thanksgiving this year, and expecting 14 adults and 4 little kids. It’s going to be a houseful! This year, we bought a Thanksgiving box through the The Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Association (OEFFA), complete with a fresh, organically raised turkey and locally-grown produce. It also contained a pie pumpkin and some freshly-milled whole wheat flour. Homemade pie? What a novelty! Thus began the Pie Odyssey.

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Domestic stuff
23 November 2005 comments [5]

Product warning: Do not use in bed

Every so often, a person comes along who makes the lists of product hazard warnings on things worth it. Take this German fellow, for instance:

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Current Events
22 November 2005 comments [3]

A grizzly of a fish tale

This is no fish tale. Fishermen in Thialand caught a monster catfish. This bad boy weighed in at 646 pounds and was 9 feet long.

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Nature
18 November 2005 comment

Honey…Have you seen my Flonase?

I can see it now. Men all over the world will be swapping out their wives’ Flonase and Nasonex for the new aphrodisiac nasal spray.

Current Events
18 November 2005 comment