Author: Calamity Jane
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Punk Housewife Tip: Oil and Wine
Here’s a double dip tip: Buying Olive Oil in Bulk If you use a lot of olive oil you might want to buy it in the big square cans, it’s considerably cheaper than the small bottles. But you’ll still want to keep a small bottle near your stove, which presents the problem of pouring from…
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Prosciutto e Melone: A Garden Update
Don’t get excited. I am not eating prosciutto e melone. I’m not, and it’s a tragedy. Fourteen years ago, I spent a month in Italy with a dear, similarly food obsessed friend. We ate our way from Roma to Venezia, with a detour to the ridiculously picturesque Cinque Terre. We worked on farms where they…
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Where Imagination Meets Engineering
The 3yo turned 4. Did you hear? Her hours of imaginative play have evolved. Lately she gets it in her head that she want to make a very specific thing. She has apparently boundless faith in my ability to construct anything out of paper, string and tape. Which is endearing, if a little tiresome. “Oooo,…
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Chicken an’ Biskit: Poultry Through the Ages
I don’t remember how it got started, but we have one of those private family jokes about a crusty old timer going on and on about “chicken an’ biskit, chicken an’ biskit.” From some old Monty Python, or maybe Kids in the Hall? Don’t know. Anyway, it’s a solid in our household now. I buy…
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By Surprise
Some time back, after shaking the last bit out of a salt canister, I had a brainstorm. I looked at that big cardboard tube and thought, planetarium! We got right to it, poking star holes with the pointy end of a candy thermometer, removing the metal spout to make a peep hole and lastly painting…
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