roasted orange tart

candied orange slices

candied orange PEEL

candied lemon cake

poached oranges with candied zest

cheesecake with candied kumquats

candied blood orange slices

candied clementine peel

candied meyer lemon

candied citrus peel

and my favorite:

caramelized grapefruit

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winter citrus salad:

spiced party mix:

shocking how two giant batches only fills three 3lb coffee bags

granola  (nixed the cinnamon)

whole grain pasta with chickpeas and escarole

blood orange polenta upside-down cake

carrot miso and ginger dressing  (lunch on thurs)

soaking the vidalia onion in boiling water for a minute or two before wringing gently in a towel to get rid of nasty onion taste/smell

and two loaves of jim lahey's bread baked and two more rising for baking tomorrow

beds, beds, beds...finally!!

hopefully they will be finished by the end of the week...then again, they were meant to be done before jan 1st....

also read  Ordinary Thunderstorms... very decent upscale trash.

and really geeky things I think about when doing household chores like cleaning the condenser-dryer parts:

Alien and the nuclear parts needed to blow up the Nostromo:

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"Yesterday you asked us which cupcake we liked the best... I liked the one that had the coconut on it but was not toasted. About 10mins ago I said I would ONLY have a small piece because it was only 10am below is an example of the massacre that ensued at my kitchen table... Remember I said I was ONLY going to have a small piece."

so michael liked the cake on the left

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was hoping that I wouldn't be able to find any fresh coconuts, but of course I remembered that this little natural food place on 13th street always has them!! 

And they were good - getting ready to drain

then crack

then peeled with paring knife and sliced them on a ceramic slicer...that's when the hand damage occurred...

baked three types of cupcakes:

     left                      center                  right

liked the first batch of frosting - held up well

got lazy and doubled the second batch of icing(not as good) instead of trying all three...

birthday boy!!!

Paulie's first cupcake

Michael's first cupcake

and creamsicle fudge (gluten free!!)

let it cool too long in pan and lost a lot of it cause in the end I couldn't get it out of the pan and into the mixer

then I overmixed a bit, so it didn't pour...(I need practice in the candy making dept)

but I think it tasted very good (yes, I did in fact taste it)

and Paulie has been mumbling about wanting a shitty skateboard to cruise his gf's neighborhood in...so he got a hand-me-down and $$$

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(yes, the cartons of eggs hold martha's chicken's product)

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spaghetti with lemon, capers, and rocket

with cheese from farmer's market

martha's lettuce with "la vraie vinaigrette"

a very "sour" white bread from king arthur (link posted by a blog visitor)

left in fridge for 8 days...

a little heavy and sour for my taste (hmmm...web page says it's light...oh well, maybe I screwed up - good thing about it is that it can sit in fridge for so long - no special timing needed)

more of jim lahey's no-knead bread (I always use bread flour and that seems to make a difference)

one with a bit of whole wheat flour substituted

after 2nd rise

out of the oven

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can't remember if this was the first or third slice (another reason to love terrazzo!!  so easy to clean!)

staunching the bleeding with gauze and gloves

changing the dressing

injury #2 was deep 1 stitch needed (but not gotten) in fleshy part of left hand at base of index finger

injury #3 is now fine... had derm. appt anyway (dr. david o. was soooo unimpressed!!), and he gave me some flesh colored surgical tape that breathes and sticks

now that your appetites have been whetted, I will post food soon!!

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maccheronie al torchio with cauliflower (and anchovies!!)

with parsley to taste...well, I do like parsley and didn't want what I had (and had already washed and de-stemmed) to go to waste

jennifer and I had to do a little something yesterday

gettin the big hair

showin(flaunting?) the big boobs

very uncomfortable about speaking in public....waiting, waiting, waiting...

and I tried to get a good show of camera shy Berta (a wonderful makeup artist), but she wont let me (AND she is way sexy/hot)

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the french boys are just below!

according to alexis (and i have to agree) this man below had a lovely package...


and with the mint balls in my mouth..


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last minute tweaking

jesus h. those stools/chairs are uncomfortable and awkward!!

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I had tried it a year or so again and it never worked as I wanted it to, but this time it looks just like his

too hot to cut into...will check it out later

I am so proud of myself I am including a second shot:

about the discoloration of plastic containers: obviously, no tomato sauce and you can only wash them in the dishwasher if you have the "plastics" setting or they will turn orangeish

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