Here’s an interesting experiment that’s being undertaken by Monica Eng at the Chicago Tribune. She’s attempting to eat on a budget of $31 a week, which breaks down to roughly $4.43 a day. If I’m not snacking, I probably clock in at less than $5 for a day’s worth of meals. Most of my coffee [...]
All posts for the month January, 2011
Pantry and Mark Bittman
January 28, 2011I’m still in the throes of obsessing about a clean pantry. So far this week I’ve already used up a good lot of my oatmeal, orange lentils, and wheatberries. I’m slowly but surely getting through it all. Here’s yet another post from Apartment Therapy about another successful pantry clean-up effort. It’s prettty sparse compared to [...]
Posted by Linda on January 28, 2011
One Resolution
January 24, 2011I was thisclose to completing a bona fide pull up this evening. The trainer told me I could be there by March. Revised resolution: one full pull up by my thirtieth birthday!!!!
Posted by Linda on January 24, 2011
Olive Boule
January 24, 2011I made two loaves of bread this weekend: an olive boule and a honey-oatmeal-flaxseed-walnut loaf. Here’s how the olive bread started: The rise took awhile, even when I used beer and vinegar to kick start the fermentation. While it was pretty warm outside, the apartment was quite cold. I resorted to sticking the bowl of [...]
Posted by Linda on January 24, 2011
The Constitution, a Mutable Document
January 24, 2011Jill Lepore writes a great article about the flexibility of U.S. Constitution in last week’s New Yorker. Here’s a snippet from the piece: True or False: The following phrases are found in the U.S. Constitution: “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.” “The consent of the governed.” “Life, liberty, and [...]
Posted by Linda on January 24, 2011
Good Magazine and Food for Thinkers
January 24, 2011Here’s an interesting set of essays and tidbits about food written by people in different fields. This piece is written by an architect (it’s not terribly fascinating, I have to admit). This series will make it to my list of bedside reading.
Posted by Linda on January 24, 2011
Grow a Starter
January 24, 2011I’ve been baking a lot of bread lately. I’m flirting with the idea of growing a starter that I’d feed and grab bits from (to create new loaves!) here and there. Look at this little starter storer/collector, made by Tour de Fork. This might be kismet (via DesignSponge).
Posted by Linda on January 24, 2011