Two-Day Meal

We managed to make it out today without getting drenched. It’s been overcast, but the rain has held off. We headed over to Biltstraat to visit the butcher and Super De Boers (another grocery store chain). At the butcher, we ended up buying half of a turkey breast. Sadly, they didn’t have any turkey legs [...]

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Gefeliciteerd!

Today is Giovanni’s birthday. He decided to go for a low-key celebration, so we’re staying home and I’m making a wine-based beef stew, as he requested. Tomorrow, though, is a different story. We’re going to see Eddie Izzard perform in Amsterdam. Not too shabby a way to celebrate!

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Links 234

I’ve not got too much to say today, since the past few days have been little more than me wrestling with Dreamweaver as I try to build a website for my editing service. Plus, despite my ability to ramble on here about next to nothing, I find it difficult to write about myself, particularly in [...]

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Makeup and Okra

After putting off a trip to The Body Shop for weeks, I decided to finally go today to pick up some makeup I’m nearly out of at this point. Sadly, the sunshine of yesterday is but a distant memory today, but I headed out regardless of today’s cold, grey weather. Unfortunately, I didn’t look more [...]

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How ‘Bout Dem Apples

What do you do when life gives you apples?
Make apple pie (the quick and easy way)!

The apple tart I made earlier in the week was so tasty, I figured I’d do it again, but without the sugar-burnt edges. This time, I also remembered to sample the apple before it was tossed with sugar and spice [...]

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Rants and Raves

That, my friends, is a picture of Orlando sitting atop one of the apples growing on the apple tree on our back terrace. The picture was taken a couple of months ago, but the apples are finally ripe and ready to eat. In fact, one is baking right now in the form of a simple [...]

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Penguins, Herring & Mayo

I saw this today and laughed. Either Opus is Dutch or the Dutch are existential penguins; both are probably fairly buoyant and quite fond of herring and mayonnaise.
I’ve always been fond of Opus. Maybe my affection for him and his quirks explains why I’ve felt so at home — so gezellig — here in the [...]

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Same But Different

Since moving here, I’ve had to find a few food alternatives for some of my recipes, because certain ingredients just aren’t available here, or at least not easily available. I’m usually fine with this, but there are a few ingredients of which I just can’t help but prefer the American version. Today has been a [...]

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Eten en Drinken

Most of my friends and family know I like to cook. Ik vind het heel leuk. In moving to the Netherlands, I left behind a very well-stocked kitchen that included a Kitchen Aid mixer. *sob* I also had quite a bit more counter and storage space. That said, my current kitchen is prettier, what with [...]

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Acht Jaar

Today marks eight years of samenwonen bliss for G and me. Well, we weren’t officially living together, but after a bit more than a month of dating and getting to know each other, we sort of made it official on this date. Eight years later, I couldn’t be happier.
To celebrate, we decided to grill some [...]

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