Baker's Mark

Food is all about balance. Not too salty, not too sweet, with just enough spice to knock at the door, but not so much as to overstay its welcome. It’s a push-pull tug of war on the palate, but when the right combination is struck, few other things can compare. Like food, my life right now is about hovering around an invisible median: Be polite, but don’t be a pushover. Be feminine, but don’t be helpless. Be hopeful about the future, but don’t be quick to make plans that are surely subject to change. Be smart, but don’t be a know-it-all. But sometimes I wonder if my middle-of-the-road attitude about everything doesn’t actually inhibit me from being totally passionate about any one thing. Maybe my supposed favor for logic and reasoning is really just a disguise for my fear of total spontaneity. Maybe one day, in a moment of total clarity, I’ll decide the answer. For now, less thinking and more eating. And cooking. But mostly eating.

Oct 21, 2009 11:49pm

#3...

Mexican Chicken Soup, Ina Garten’s recipe. Very tasty. I cut the recipe in half, and it still made a ton of soup that I ate for days while I was sick last week.

Lesson: Rotisserie chickens are a blessing that is not to be underappreciated.

Oct 21, 2009 11:45pm
2. Malaysian Chicken Pizza on Whole Wheat Crust, recipe also from Cooking Light. I have to remember this one for those nights before I do my long training runs and I’m sick of eating pasta. HA! Just kidding, let’s be real, I’m never sick of pasta.

2. Malaysian Chicken Pizza on Whole Wheat Crust, recipe also from Cooking Light. I have to remember this one for those nights before I do my long training runs and I’m sick of eating pasta.

HA! Just kidding, let’s be real, I’m never sick of pasta.
Oct 21, 2009 11:43pm
1 rotisserie chicken, 3 ways: 1. Curry chicken salad with apples and celery. Recipe from Cooking Light, which I’m really loving lately.

1 rotisserie chicken, 3 ways:

1. Curry chicken salad with apples and celery. Recipe from Cooking Light, which I’m really loving lately.
Oct 21, 2009 10:55am

Sometimes, a chart just isn't necessary.

[H1N1 in NYC]

If 4 out of 5 categories are 0%, what is the point of having this information displayed in a pie chart? Plus, a denominator of only 7 isolates? Come on, NYCDOH. How about 2 bullet points instead:

  • NYCDOH tested 7 isolates
  • All of them turned out to be H1N1
Oct 19, 2009 9:17am
“ Everything changed the day I understood that if I was to become a runner, I would have to run with the body I had. ” - John Bingham, The Courage to Start
Oct 16, 2009 2:30pm
ilovecharts: think4yourself: The GOP’s Palin Problem | The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan Editor’s note: We, as a nation, need to stop Palin enabling. She is no longer a political force, but just a free agent, in a common “right wing” mold, out to get money. She thrives on her status as a lightening rod, much as do Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck, and crafts a persona to cash checks on our outrage. All three of these people deserve no coverage, and have been allowed to remain in character, laughing all the way to the bank, for too long. Save when their behavior endangers public safety (as Glenn Beck’s fear-mongering does now) they should be ignored. That in mind, ilovecharts will post nothing more about Palin, O’Reilly or Beck……..unless it is really funny.  I can’t be the only one who thinks that it looks like the Democrats chart is giving Palin the finger here.

ilovecharts:

think4yourself:

The GOP’s Palin Problem | The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

Editor’s note: We, as a nation, need to stop Palin enabling. She is no longer a political force, but just a free agent, in a common “right wing” mold, out to get money. She thrives on her status as a lightening rod, much as do Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck, and crafts a persona to cash checks on our outrage. All three of these people deserve no coverage, and have been allowed to remain in character, laughing all the way to the bank, for too long. Save when their behavior endangers public safety (as Glenn Beck’s fear-mongering does now) they should be ignored. That in mind, ilovecharts will post nothing more about Palin, O’Reilly or Beck……..unless it is really funny.

 I can’t be the only one who thinks that it looks like the Democrats chart is giving Palin the finger here.
Oct 14, 2009 10:33am

Going to Costa Rica in Feb 2010. May have to stay here.

Oct 8, 2009 5:12pm
Scallops with grilled polenta and roasted fennel, onions, zucchini, and tomatoes. It’s hard to see the polenta, but it’s there, in the middle. I don’t think I like roasting zucchini - it tasted kind of bitter. I do want to try making zucchini fries, though.

Scallops with grilled polenta and roasted fennel, onions, zucchini, and tomatoes. It’s hard to see the polenta, but it’s there, in the middle. I don’t think I like roasting zucchini - it tasted kind of bitter. I do want to try making zucchini fries, though.
Oct 8, 2009 1:12pm
highlow: Pam & Jim have a wedding website. From the guestbook:  Pam, you are like a daughter to me, and Jim is like a son. I’m so proud that my son and daughter are to be wed! Tis a thing of beauty! Glory be!!! -Michael Scott

highlow:

Pam & Jim have a wedding website.

From the guestbook: 

Pam, you are like a daughter to me, and Jim is like a son. I’m so proud that my son and daughter are to be wed! Tis a thing of beauty! Glory be!!!

-Michael Scott
Oct 8, 2009 1:03pm
Whenever the weather gets cold, I have a hankering for some dumplings. This year I got some help from Fa. I think we made close to 10 dozen. Guess which ones she made, and which ones I made.

Whenever the weather gets cold, I have a hankering for some dumplings. This year I got some help from Fa. I think we made close to 10 dozen. Guess which ones she made, and which ones I made.
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