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Vaccination Patch Could Make Immunizations Painless
As a needlephobe, I have been waiting for this my entire life.
Vaccination Patch Could Make Immunizations Painless | Wired Science | Wired.com.
Happy Birthday: Etch a Sketch Turns 50
The Etch a Sketch has been part of my consciousness for so long that I actually had a moment of “oh, right! you’re etching a sketch!” when I read this tribute on Wired’s blog.
One restaurant we visit keeps a couple of the small versions in house to occupy kids (and their grandfathers). Brilliance, I tell you.
via July 12, 1960: Etch a Sketch? Let Us Draw You a Picture | This Day In Tech | Wired.com.
What I Made This Week: Food Edition
All of the July cooking magazines are packed tightly with recipes for grilling, and as an urban apartment-dweller (that’s two posts in a row now where I have used this phrase, which must be a sign of something), I find these issues all but useless. Fortunately I have a friend who had the good sense to give birth recently, offering me a good excuse to plumb the depths of Epicurious for a new recipe. Or two.
Cassoulet might be an absurd thing to make when the temperature hits one hundred degrees, but this faux version, Easy Sausage and White Bean Cassoulet, was just mildly silly. It required only stovetop cooking, and not for long. I used sweet Italian sausage instead of spicy in the hopes that the bug would eat some. His tastes are varied, but he doesn’t like “spice.” I do have enough sense not to bring this very wintery dish to someone else’s home, however, and so it was both last night’s dinner and today’s lunch.
What I settled on to bring to my friend, and which is currently browning in the oven, is Smitten Kitchen’s cauliflower and caramelized onion tart. We bought an enormous and beautiful cauliflower at last week’s farmers market, and the lovely photographs on the recipe page drew me in. Perhaps she will report back on the results; I know I will, because I made two…
eta: The tart was delicious! If I make it again, I will roast the cauliflower longer, just to give it more color and depth. I’ll also caramelize the onions, which of course is part of the recipe, but in an effort to keep down the heat in the kitchen I substituted spring onions. I used the sour cream substitution for the mascarpone and half-and-half for the whipping cream, to cut down on fat. And I also added dried basil, grape tomatoes and a bit of salt, because eggs always need salt. The bug asked for “just a little piece” and deemed it “pretty good” but preferred raw broccoli.
Going Paper-Towel-Free: Juniper Moon Farm
NonPaperTowels from AthenaCreates
I’ve reposted items from Juniper Moon Farm more than once because Susan lives a fascinating life and I’d like to think that someday I will live in a home – a farmhouse, even – as lovely as hers.
Today while wiping up a toddler-activated spill I was thinking yet again about how many paper towels we use (fewer than most, but perhaps a dozen a day), and how I’d like to switch to a more environmentally-sound alternative. Then Susan posts about going paper-towel-free at her farm. It sounds straightfoward enough, and the non-paper-towels she uses are an excellent solution.
The dealbreaker, however, is that she has her own washing machine, and as urban apartment-dwellers, we do not. Is it possible to give up paper towels if your laundry gets washed every two weeks and you have a three year-old?
Petite Legume in the Blogosphere
My crafty little enterprise has gotten some attention online this week! First I was invited to participate in a curated collection of beach-themed items at Indie Artisans, where you’ll find some lovely paintings, clothes, jewelry and other handmade goods including my first hat for ladies.
And then I just received a note from Mary from LEFTZ, who let me know that my first pincushion-in-a-St-Marcellin-pot is featured in her Whimsical Wednesday: The Art of Sewing collection. I’m delighted to be in such good company, thank you!
UPDATE: Laura from CurryKayDesigns has featured my Blue Vines hat in a treasury of cool blue summer items. It’s a good week for Etsy!
A large number of views on my patchwork toddler hat lead me to gnaana, reflections on raising multicultural children. They have some lovely things, too – check them out!
School Food in Japan > Cheetos
Not surprising, but the Japanese serve far better school food than we do in the U.S. Blogger Christine is living in Japan and writes about her school- and hospital-food experiences on her blog, Origami Mommy. (She also has some sweet crafty tutorials.)
I had the distinct pleasure of giving birth in a Jewish hospital during Passover, which meant matzo cereal for breakfast. Fortunately it was in the East Village and Mr. Apparently was able to bring both a tuna sandwich and take-out sushi for the same meal. Is he a good man, or what?
Japanese school food – Origami Mommy
via Words to Eat By
How to Turn Your Spam into Veggies
When I become an activist, healthier school lunches will be my cause. I am delighted by what celebrity chefs like Alice Waters and Jamie Oliver are doing to improve the standards for school-provded meals in this country and the U.K.
Chipotle, a brand whose food I don’t particularly care for but which I respect for their “better pork” policies, has started a donation campaign. Forward your junk email to nojunk@chipotlejunk.com, and they’ll donate $10,000 for every 100,000 email received to The Lunch Box, a non-profit organization that provides resources to schools to help them make their food programs healthier.
Chipotle Wants to Turn Your Junk E-mail into Healthy School Lunches.
Gourmet Resurrected?
Gourmet Is Back — But Not as a Magazine | Epicenter | Wired.com.
Wired reports that ”At a press event at the Condé Nast building, CEO Chuck Townsend announced the development of Gourmet Live, stressing ‘it is not a magazine, and it is not a digitized version of a magazine.’”
I wait with bated breath. I miss Gourmet, and the issues of Bon Appetit they send me instead just aren’t satisfying that itch.
- Ruth Reichl = Gourmet
The question is, with Ruth Reichl be involved? Because for me, Gourmet = Ruth. Her delightfully quirky sensibility permeated every feature in the magazine and made it worth reading. And some quick web research suggests that no, she’s not involved in this project. In fact, according to the Observer, Reichl twittered, “they’re reviving the brand, not the magazine. Pity.”
My interest just dropped considerably, from “enthusiastic and hopeful” to “curious and observant.”
Drink This, Not That!
UPDATE: It turns out that this article is actually from Eat This Not That!‘s web site. I expect the World of Mysteries link to be defunct soon…or at least appropriately accredited.
In the same vein as the popular Eat This Not That! series, World of Mysteries presents the most Harmful Drinks in America, with shocking comparisons as to the amounts of sugar and carbohydrates in various liquid refreshment. For example, a venti Starbucks Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha with Whipped Cream not only has 660 calories and 22 grams of fat, but also 95 grams of sugars, the same as in 8.5 scoops of Edy’s coffee ice cream. I tend not to consume much fast or convenience food, but I do have a weakness for the bottled mocha frappucino Starbucks sells in bottles. According to World of Mysteries Eat This, Not That!, the vanilla version contains the equivalent of 32 Nilla wafers.
The list contains waters and beer, too, so you’re likely to find at least something you consume. And most importantly, it presents options. Apparently I should be drinking an Illi Issimo Caffe instead of the bottled frappucino. I’ll have to bring it up with my local bodega.
The 20 Worst Drinks in America
Harmful Drinks in America | World Of Mysteries, via not martha.
Not a “Pouf,” a Giant Pincushion
I love this project – both the “pouf” itself and the tutorial, but let’s be real – it’s an enormous pincushion that you can display on your sofa.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that – apparently I have a thing for pincushions. Check out this adorable pincushion shop I came across during Giveaway Day. Is it wrong that I’m thinking of buying one even though I have about four different pincushion patterns tucked away?
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