Peach cobbler.

I won at Second Sock.

Finally got flourless chocolate cake right. #foodsky

Koshari-inspired pasta salad. We had baharat spice blend left over from the time we made traditional koshari (the national dish of Egypt) and I used it to flavor a vinaigrette. (Koshari is great, but it had several parts, and is a lot of effort for just three people.)

Vietnamese coconut lemongrass pulled pork rice paper rolls with a savory peanut dipping sauce and a chili lime dipping sauce. We made the batch of pork in the Breville Fast Slow Pro several months ago in cool weather, and vacuum packed half of it. Recipe by Nagi Maehashi.

Breakfast from the other day: avocado toast with basil

I would like my Picot Bind Off badge now, please.

Finished this shawl before I even got this in-progress photo posted. Now I'm back in The Slump Again.

The holy basil is extremely happy with the high temp/high humidity weather we've been having. First holy basil stir fry of the season has ground pork and eggplant. Heat level: 4 birdseye chilies in 3 servings.

Here’s the loot: three skeins of sock yarn from @dyemadyarns.bsky.social (including the show special colorway), a double stranded sock blank from Grilliant Creatives, and two hanks of Polwarth fiber from Oink Pigments that will either be a combo ply or two-color brioche.

A gem from the pre-visit online form. I wasn’t able to add any of my actual family history (a search for breast cancer came up empty!). Note that three out of the four suggested conditions have to do with weight, even though this was a non weight related appointment.

Milk or dark?

As promised, I did not cook dinner last night. Monday we had pulled pork with mole rojo in homemade tortillas, slaw with quick pickled red onion and serrano peppers, and corn on the cob dressed with olive oil and a guajillo and ancho salt.

Repost with the Russian agent who spies on your posts

Here's the knitted shrug I'm going to rip out. I'm having some difficulty finding another construction that will play nice with the striping of the handspun yarn.

Forget sharing the last picture you saved, I want to see the very first picture on your phone. Scroll back until your fingers bleed.

Fusion dinner. Pressure-cooked Vietnamese coconut lemongrass pulled pork in fresh homemade bao, with a peanut sauce made from the reduced cooking liquid. I didn't get the carrot and daikon pickled on time, so I made a tomato and cucumber salad with fresh lime juice and mint.

Thai beef noodle salad. There was no Napa cabbage at two grocery stores, so we substituted half romaine and half green leafy parts of bok choy. Four red Thai chilies went into the dressing. So much chopping. Tired now.

Technically, we ended up with a central peninsula instead of an island. We were able to put in an island vent hood and ducting that goes straight up through the roof. The glass canopy cuts down on the hood's visual weight quite a bit.

QRP with the doctor you'd trust leading the hantavirus response instead of RFK Jr

Best film adaptation of the Odyssey. Wrong answers only.

Gus came back and tried again after a bit. But by then I had figured out how to make both of us happy.

What I'm wearing to the Met Gala

Nearly all pictures of Gus involve a box.

A rustic Sicilian dinner: fresh hand-rolled pasta tubes with a tomato, basil, and almond pesto. The pasta instructions said to coil strips of dough around a skewer about the size of a #knitting needle. Hmm, what sort of pointy sticks do I have that suit that description? Swallow casein straights. 🧶

Gus requires a customized spot on the furniture.

That's ok, I have one cat that has six cats' worth of box obsession.

The most recent meme in your camera roll describes your mental state.