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Baking

We were recently given a copy of a wonderful book, Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, and since I made the first batch of dough, the dough bucket has not been empty — as soon as I finish one batch I am instantly making another in without even washing it, scraping the remnants of [...]

Spatchcocked barbecued chicken

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Spatchcocked barbecued chicken, originally uploaded by laurenipsum.

I learned how to spatchcock (hee!) (also known as butterfly) a chicken!

And I got some honey barbecue sauce from my internet secret santa, which was super exciting and [...]

Garth was in the middle of making dinner when I got home (Day 24)

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Garth was in the middle of making dinner when I got home (Day 24), originally uploaded by laurenipsum.

… he approached me as I entered the front door, holding this smiley-bowl full of grated cheese [...]

This is a big bag of onions, sitting in a chair. (Day 22)

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This is a big bag of onions, sitting in a chair. (Day 22), originally uploaded by laurenipsum.

Today we went to get our turkey at the Port Townsend Farmers’ market, which was AWESOME. Someone there [...]

I like working from home because I get to have a delicious breakfast (Day 19)

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I like working from home because I get to have a delicious breakfast (Day 19), originally uploaded by laurenipsum.

Like, say, steel-cut oats made with homemade buttermilk, and topped with mom-made raspberry jam.

I couldn’t sell this carrot* in Europe (Day 17)

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I couldn’t sell this carrot* in Europe (Day 17), originally uploaded by laurenipsum.

… yet, at least. But the EU has recently overturned regulations that required very specific aesthetics for lots of types of fruits [...]

I spent the day at the Ballard Farmers’ Market (Day 16)

Don’t ever let anyone tell you* that it’s too hard to eat local and organic in the winter! Look at this variety! Each of these photos is of a different vendor (except the turnips and the squash immediately following; those are from the same one).

I didn’t take a picture of my haul but I [...]

Walking fava bean (Day 15)

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Walking fava bean (Day 15), originally uploaded by laurenipsum.

We planted a cover crop of fava beans and crimson clover in the old tomato bed a bit ago and the birds (including the chickens and [...]

Cop-out picture of veggies in a basket (Day 9)

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Cop-out picture of veggies in a basket (Day 9), originally uploaded by laurenipsum.

I wanted to take pictures of people, which I haven’t tried yet and which I’m totally scared of, and that was my [...]

I LOVE SPRING

I got dropped off at the market today, fortuitously!
Co-workers were going downtown to see Iron Man (I was jealous but too busy to attend) and they pointed out at 5:45 that if they drove me to the ferry, they wouldn’t have to pay for the 15 minutes of parking they would owe if they instead [...]