About 20 years ago my mother gifted me a copy of the Moosewood Cookbook when I graduated from college and got my own apartment. She borrowed it back at some point and then had to replace it (for reasons I don’t recall). I don’t think I’ve ever made a bad recipe from it. I often use it as inspiration and find it’s easy…

Oyster Metallic over cream

Baruch dayan ha’emet. Condolences on your loss.

Toda rabah! B’hatzlacha!

Bigger question: can your canoe hold your Pao?

Luxardo also makes a great addition to lemonade for an easy summer sipper. :-)

Yeah, I know that now. I was young(er) and dumb(er) then. :-/

I had one! 1989 Accord LXi 2-dr, 5 speed, with factory moon roof and the pop-up headlights (that both still popped up). I loved that car... drove it to 200,000 miles when the distributor cap cracked. At that point the car was 13 years old, I was gainfully employed and decided I could afford a new car (though all these…

Eufy HomeVac (https://www.eufylife.com/products/variant/homevac/T2401111). I have an older model, and while I don’t recall how long it’s supposed to last for, I can clean my entire home (about 1,400 sft) on a single charge. Bag free, and easy to dump out the accumulated debris. I periodically rinse the filter in the…

Eufy HomeVac (https://www.eufylife.com/products/variant/homevac/T2401111). I have an older model, and while I don’t…

In you list of steps, should step 1 have the web address of where you can access the chatbot?

Plus Codes (or Open Location Codes), at https://plus.codes/ have been around for years (at least since early 2016, based on the WayBack Machine at https://web.archive.org/web/20150314015244/http://plus.codes:80/). They’ve been a useful way to communicate locations without street addresses (as you note), and since…

I have several M42 lenses that I use with my digital Fuji via an adapter. There’s something really satisfying about nailing the focus with an old manual lens, and the equivalent lengths and focal stops would be cost-prohibitive in a modern, electronic lens. I have several old Russian and Japanese lenses (my favorites…

Typical. They got rid of the indian but kept the land...

About 25 years ago I worked in local (non-chain) coffee shop. They (we?) took pride in roasting our own coffee, buying fresh cream, making our own whipped cream, etc. My manager and I walked in one day to see an employee using the whip cream bottle - the kind where you insert a nitrous charger in the top when making…

Damnit Clare! I’ve been stuck at home for six weeks and you’re just now posting this? What happened to looking out for the little guy? We’re never going to get this time back... :-(

I had a similar conversation with a friend one time and offered to show him the how delicious those bits of fond could be. Unfortunately, Denny’s wouldn’t let me in the kitchen and kicked me out of the restaurant. :(

I love doing this. There’s a batch of raspberry-basil simple syrup in the fridge, which is an excellent addition to lemonade. It goes well with gin, vodka, etc.

NyQuil can be an excellent substitute for water when preparing Jello for your kids. They’ll stay quiet even after they’re done eating!

At some point after all this craziness dies down I’m going to have to arrange some coffee (or bringing over a six pack) after work one day just to see the amazing collection of iron oxide cars in your possession!

I could maybe deal with eight days if they were spread out over a year or so, but eight consecutive days is painful. I pretty much did go keto at that point (long before I had ever heard what “keto” actually is). I think it’s been at least 15 years since I’ve voluntarily had matzah (besides matzah balls, naturally!).