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so delicious:

orzo, green bean, and fennel (forgot the fennel!) salad with dill pesto

used wax and string beans, japanese cucumbers and "lemon" cucumbers (all from farmer's market) - and no need for all that olive oil!

spicy quinoa, cucumber and tomato salad (didn't have onion - used scallions)

not such a pretty picture, but tasted great and even better after a day or two

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contest over...winner was a woman named martha!

we are giving away a NEW flip video slide hd camera and cisco valet wireless hotspot on our radio show this week...tune in to find out how...(and later ill update this blog with more info)
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update: from today 07/21/10 through friday 07/23/10 be the first caller (866-675-6675) after we play the song (during our radio show) "if we ever meet again" by timbaland featuring katy perry...and you win!!!!!!

before

hogging the hallway (figured there'd be little traffic on a July Sunday, and luckily only one person needed help getting stuff by)

tools of the trade (and the shelves are idiot proof!  even I didn't make any "mistakes"... not even with the measuring - slightly miraculous)

OMG - it all fit!!!  just need a couple of more shelves on the right

Kevin helped with the assembly (again: !!!!!)...then he left me to myself and my book - Shalom Auslander's Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir, read my him and available for download from audible.com - sooooo funny!  Just finished listening to Mr. Peanut - pretty good for not-so-trashy "trash."

will be even better once the paint and cardboard box w/contents are gone

the curtains were hung on the top floor

their arrival:

the "stuff"

the channel built into the ceiling to hide any "works"

so many hooks!!!

each had to be placed in individually

yup, still got plastic on the furniture (when the rugs come, the plastic can come off)

night view

"greek salad with goat cheese" - except I made it into a pasta salad with feta and vidalia

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producer dan edited...thanks!
alexis is fixing her microphone when she grabs her side...there is a wire. i am blackberrying...shocking! 
later will post some california pictures (went with keith and my sister and bro in law.)

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made pickle sandwiches with homemade pain de mie

first try with the bread a couple of weeks ago:

this "envelope" method seems to leave a bubble or two in the bread

pan might be too big for the recipe as well

also, most recipes call for a 400 degree oven...too hot in my opinion, although the crust did not taste burnt but rather a bit caramel like

second try (much better!) - made two batches and combined them for the rise and then used most of the dough in my extra long loaf pan, leaving enough leftover for a small loaf    lowered the temp to around 365

with grated cheddar

haven't been reading much, but finally finished music through the floor - really great!

listening to shades of grey...weird

saw, at martha's recommendation, I Am Love...very, very beautiful (what a house!!!), sad, and, of course, deeply flawed ... but worth it for the beauty factor (if you like fashion and interiors)

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finally got around to it for tuesday's lunch

started with way too many onions (10 giants), so the roasting/broiling (despite the recipe saying it takes five minutes) took forever...

tues AM...getting ready to cut up the avocados and transport

shots from the set:

afraid the balloon will pop...

cancer/caffeine in a glass

cabbage patch porn

trying to nap while they find "the noise"

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not a fan of carrot cake, so, at joanie's suggestion, made lemon cake instead

with cream cheese frosting

made chocolate wafer cookies for the "dirt" - should have made more of an effort to make them "pretty" - thought they'd all end up as "dirt," but in fact only the scraps were needed...and the cookies are very good - taste like oreos

dough is very sticky

I was super messy with the flour, not bothering to brush it off

coloring and shaping the marzipan

used a french pastry book as guidance

having a set of tools like these helps

as well as some pictures from "vegetables from amaranth to zucchini" (which is an amazing book), and googled some images (ignoring the marzipan babies!!)

the powdered food coloring made a ligher, softer colored marzipan than the liquid and could also be painted on with water

fence

protecting cookie crumbs before adding "grass"

I brushed on dry powdered coloring for the radish tops, the potatoes and for shading the green peppers

ran out of fence for the second one, so made a rock wall insted (had plenty of pastillage, but was too lazy to roll and cut the second half)

leftover vegetables

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end of the day friday... ahhhhh...

and some set photos... i REALLY need help taking a head on picture without making a stupid face... i HATE posing. HATE. i did not cut my hair...it was just curly.


look, the headband makes me feel like i am a princess...lol.


and working VERY hard on a craft.

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whole wheat pretzels

this batch was vegan (used canola oil instead of butter) and approx 1/2 whole wheat:

this batch was 100% whole wheat with butter

both tasted great

pasta with stewed fennel, artichokes(had to resort to canned!) and peas (despite the canned artichokes, it was quite good):

a variety of peas from martha's garden:

blanched:

vaguely followed this recipe (added yellow raisins, left out basil, fennel, mache, green beans, and shallots)

linked to this blog through another website, and found the cutest photo of muffins ...mine turned out ok...not as pretty as the "original"

didn't like how the cinnamon sugar looked, so I tried some with just sugar...

finished shooting, working out, putzing around.... had nothing in the house but some vidalia onion, tomatoes, and blue cheese - fantastic! (with balthazar bakery bread)

Whatever Martha shot all last week:

day 1

cant put shoes on and keep mouth closed at same time

let's get everything just right/don't move, don't breathe:

pics in the monitor:

"no, I'm right!!"

it's always freezing (except when it's too hot)!!  jennifer is examining her goosebumps...I am simply shivering

and there is some fun

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