Soup Sale

More Design

For some reason, Culinary Club flyers bring out the Don Draper in me (well, the crappy DD, that is).

Lay Out

I have indesign again:

Unclean Hands

I am worried that my new apartment does not have a dishwasher. For some reason this is something that I forgot to check when I was looking at it, mostly because I didn't think I would actually end up living there (long story). But having done three (three!) loads today, it would be irritating to not have one.

Our grades are going up from fall term. I am only waiting on one, which may be more maddening than before, or less. I haven't decided.

Snack Time

I made ricotta cheese tonight for a recipe I'm making tomorrow. It was pretty much impossible to not taste it while preparing it, but only later did I realize that I had had paneer for lunch. I should probably have more variety in my diet.

Not Bland

Mom and I went to CostCo last month and at her suggestion I got some vanilla beans. I've never actually cooked with them before, though I've seen them growing in India. Having just gotten back to Ann Arbor, I opened up the packaging to the most delicious scent of vanilla ever - strong but not cloying, and definitely not like a perfume. And I haven't even opened the vials yet! They look a little like a chemistry set, no? I'm almost too in love with the smell to actually use the beans.

The Fire Next Time

I've set off the smoke alarm half a dozen times in the past week while roasting vegetables. Cooking - it's full of fumes!

Hal-law-ween

Our Con Law professor encouraged us to dress up as our favorite case, rule, or statute today as we don't have Con Law on Fridays, and then sweetened the deal by saying that if he called on us and we answered correctly and gave a reasonable answer of what our costume was supposed to be, he wouldn't cold-call us for the rest of the semester (cold-calling = being called on at random to answer a question).

Since I like to cook it made sense for me to go as this case, for which I wore my apron, carried some flour, sugar, and a sign saying "OPEN MON-SAT 8AM-10PM", and brought some homemade chocolate chip cookies. I did get called on and was judged suitable, but I don't really expect to get out of cold-calling that easily. Although it'd be nice to have a little breathing room.

Civilized Procedure

Last night some people came over and I cooked dinner. It felt very grown-up, at least until we decided to finish the night by watching a superhero movie. Of course, on the other hand, for our generation The Dark Knight is equivalent to The French Connection, so...

Sit and Spin

One of the last things I did before leaving NYC was buy a standing mixer off of Amazon because at that precise moment it had been heavily discounted. But I had sent to my parents' in MI because I didn't have enough space for it and it seemed silly to have a 30 lb machine for just 2 months before moving it.

I hadn't had time to use it until last night and now I'm kicking myself for not breaking it out sooner - it really makes everything so much easier and the dough came significantly better than it would with a hand mixer. Best impulse buy ever.