Category Archives: food & cooking

The Egg-Woman and the Fish

By aiche | Published: July 22, 2010
The market by the river looked almost like a giant ship; bread and meats at one tip, flowers at the other, and in between an oblong mass of tables with their stacks of fruits and vegetables. Early summer meant a surplus of cherries, though not the sour kind, and strawberries, though the rains had battered [...]
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Cum s-ar coji un ou.

By aiche | Published: May 26, 2010
Cum s-ar coji un ou: In primul rand, alege un ou cu un aspect fericit; ouale fericite sunt mai usor de cojit. Pui oul puicutei la oala sub apa fierbinte si plina de bule. Acoperi. Faci diagrame complexe de matematica, cartografie, si cartofi care explica cum s-ar coji un ou. Lucrul va fi gata inaintea ta: bucura-te [...]
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A Suspicious Surplus of Kitchen Appliances

By aiche | Published: February 7, 2010
Somehow, in a potentially very sick twist of fate, the kitchen ended up becoming the arena for far more gadgets, strange yet addictively convenient devices, and noisemaking thingamajigs than the bedroom, though arguably some of the items in the standard utensils drawer could easily be transplanted with the right entrepreneurial spirit. Why this seemingly bizarre [...]
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Swallow it Down

By aiche | Published: January 28, 2010
I grew up being, for the most part, a vegetarian whose diet was never riddled with the sorts of nightmarish foods that children are typically forced to eat. You know, the occasional bit of gizzard or tongue, or the venison burger when dad either went hunting or relieved his vague sense of bare-chested masculinity by [...]
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