Today I feel terribly compelled to share some links with all of you. Maybe I need to get out more – or, at least, take a break from Google Reader. I swore I would never do this. Waste a blog post with a bunch of links (with few words about why I’m linking to them). But, whatever, no one heard me promise other than the voices in my head.
1. From the Washington Post – Snob Appeal: Won’t Someone Knock Heirloom Tomatoes Off Their Pedistal?
I was rather annoyed when a coworker pointed out that someone at the Post was diss’ing my beloved heirloom tomatoes. His argument is simple: just because a tomato is an heirloom, it is not automatically better. It’s all about how their grown, stored, etc. While I agree with that, I still think the best tomatoes – mostly due to my love of highly acidic tomatoes – are heirloom ones. Especially the ones we’re growing in the thin strip in our town house’s front yard we call a garden.
A neat photography exhibit that captures where some of the greatest science fiction writers, well, write. Makes me feel so much better about my messy home office!
3. From David Lebovitz – Caramelized White Chocolate ice cream
If you own an ice cream maker and have never made of his recipes, you are crazy. Go, right now! I’ve never made this recipe specifically but my husband’s – our ? – food blog has some other types we’ve made previously here, here, here, and here.
In case your office has the same stale-air smell mine does.
5. How to make a scratch-off lottery ticket
The author of the tutorial is using them for a raffle with her Etsy customers, I just want to make them for the heck of it. Anyone know where to acquire sticky-back film?
It has to do with corporate culture. I won’t ruin the “punchline” for you. I’ll admit I had to draw a diagram to keep new and old monkeys straight.
7. 7 Ways to Declutter Your Kitchen
It’s actually 8 ways as there are two number 7′s but whatever. These are good tips if 1) you don’t have a tiny kitchen like us and 2) you don’t love toast.
Good to see someone writing on the other side of things. I’m not sure how I feel about this issue. I think I fall somewhat in between: I want my food to be grown by a local producer (say, less than four hours from my home) that grows in such a way as to reduce environmental impact. If that means short growing seasons or non-organic or whatever, that’s what I want. And I’m willing to pay for it – well, if it’s not too pricey. Where do you guys fit in the spectrum? More towards Mr. Hurst (the other of this piece) or Mr. Pollan?
Imagine, actual knitting content on this here blog. Free pattern from the Purl Bee.
10. Expandable Vases
These are awesome. I’ll take ten.
11. Lemon Shakeups
Lemon-y summer drinks, my kind of thing!
Skip all the jabber about setting up a bar scene and read about how to make your own breakfast sushi.
And you’re feeding my addiction to opening new tabs – I believe I opened all but the heirloom tomatoes and USB fragrance diffuser. The expandable vases one isn’t working though.
Also, for the sticky-back plastic, look for contact paper at office or scrapbooking places.
Now I feel stupid that I didn’t think of contact paper. I used to LOVE that stuff as a kid, covering everything under the sun in a particular version that had ivy on it.