http://rumblingsandramblings.com Belly rumblings and brain ramblings Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:41:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Came home early from work, watching Police Academy 1 on the futon, drinking coconut water, eating chicken rice soup and gold fish crackers (extreme cheddar). It's hot and humid outside. http://rumblingsandramblings.com/?p=389 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Raspberry fingers"][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="263" caption="beet head"][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="kale and chard"][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="monarch and milkweed"][/caption] http://rumblingsandramblings.com/?p=374 Foraging for Saskatoon berries along Grace in the heavy morning humidity. Picking a handful and eating them heading southward. Trying to keep cool walking in the shady side of the street. Meeting for Americanos and hitting yard sales with future roommate. Purchasing framed Southern France art deco drawings for the ... http://rumblingsandramblings.com/?p=361 Recently watched Our Daily Bread, a German documentary on modern food production from a couple years ago, and had mixed thoughts -- which is really my preferred reaction to most issues and life in general. I found it to be both revolting, ugly and beautiful -- poetic - the juxtaposition ... http://rumblingsandramblings.com/?p=348 Spending a lot of time alone thinking, planning, creating and just allowing myself to absorb various forms of stimulation and inspiration from around and about... From the garden: Children exploring the garden grounds finding new ways to interact with nature. Sour leaf (aka garden sorrel) bouquet Picking and tasting mei qing choi flower petals. ... http://rumblingsandramblings.com/?p=337 I can't find my camera which is too bad. I picked up some live scallops from Kensington Market (after eating a selection of shucked oysters outside New Seaway) as a treat. I've never bought them before to make myself. Somewhat improvising the following will be my dinner: 1 . Live scalllops baked in ... http://rumblingsandramblings.com/?p=330 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="It's one giant cosmic joke. "][/caption] I've been sorrily MIA and not writing as frequently as I'd like to. For good reason (and maybe a touch of laziness). I've had a few personal and interpersonal issues and health problems pop up rather unexpectedly in the past three ... http://rumblingsandramblings.com/?p=318 On Saturday my family celebrated Matthew's one month old birthday. My cousin Thuy and his wife Jane held a baby shower so that friends and family could meet the little dude with the funniest face. He looks like a puppy. A human puppy. Very cute! Because there was so many ... http://rumblingsandramblings.com/?p=296 Coming home one night, with not much to eat, as we hadn't gone food shopping in weeks, I took out a can of foie gras, BLOC DE FOIE GRAS DE CANARD, that was sitting around in my fridge, a gift from my French relatives that my mother handed to ... http://rumblingsandramblings.com/?p=282 Last week I started this cooking program that I initiated at work with middle school students. We made lasagna "almost" from scratch, and a salad with homemade dressing. It was challenging, and there were some setbacks, however overall it was successful -- although some remarked that the dressing was "too ... http://rumblingsandramblings.com/?p=271