Month: December 2015
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Beadlejuice critters
My sister is creating the cutest little beads you have ever seen. The process is somewhat similar to blowing glass into a vase or other shapes. She takes sticks of coloured glass and under heat, twists and turns it into whatever shape you can imagine. Once her creations are complete, she fires them in a…
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Vegetables can shine?
As we move through the fall season, descending into the darkness of winter, the root vegetables start to shine again. But some roots are far more prominent that others. In fact, there is almost an inverse pyramid of root vegetables where most people eat across the base with a certain amount of regularity, moving towards…
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Green sauce in place of ketchup
The definition of a condiment has something to do with enhancing flavor and enjoyment. I would have to agree with that. In the condiment category there are so many options to choose from. You start out as a youngster with ketchup. A mystery combination of ingredients suspended in a tomato base. My children choked down…
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Crazy expensive but super fun yarn
A couple of times, I have made the pilgrimage to Purl Soho in New York City. What tends to happen in a case like this is I find myself buying a project. Who knows when I’ll make it back to this amazing yarn store? Will I ever find this yarn again? And so on, goes…