daily babblesynthesis of a personal reality, refracted through the ætheramerican beauty redux- October 22, 2006 My god. I remembered that American Beauty was one of the best films I'd ever seen. I just saw about half the movie, intermittently, on TNT, but I did get to see the whole ending intact. I had forgotten just how amazing it really is — and, more importantly, I hadn't seen the very end with my last couple of years of changes and growth. In that light, it was absolutely heart-wrenching and beautiful beyond belief. Oddly enough, the friend I saw it with in the first place is in Chicago...http://blog.truegeek.org/2006/10/21/21.33.37/ food goes elsewhere- October 17, 2006 Just a quick note: I'll be putting all my recipes, cooking discussions, and other food-related items, even the low-sodium ones, on gourmet babble from here on out. I've crossposted the mushroom and tomato soup recipe there (by hand, not using David Raynes' excellent MultiBlog Movable Type plugin), but that's likely the last food-related thing you'll see here on the default blog. So, if you're looking for all that epicurean goodness (and you know it's one of the only things I can actually...http://blog.truegeek.org/2006/10/17/07.43.09/ hearty tuscan tomato and wild mushroom bisque- October 15, 2006 Here's the recipe I promised a few days ago. Hearty Tuscan Tomato and Wild Mushroom Bisque 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 shallot (chopped) 1 tablespoon garlic (diced or minced; roasted okay) 1-2 Roma (or other kind you like) tomatoes (diced) 12 pound fresh mushrooms (ends of stems cut off and sliced) 1-2 tablespoons flour (rye or other) 1 cup low-sodium vegetable stock (chicken or beef at your discretion) 1-2 tablespoons truffle-infused olive oil 12 - 1 cup soy milk or cream 1 tablespoon...http://blog.truegeek.org/2006/10/15/15.40.41/ Na+: the silent killer- October 12, 2006 One of the things that is markedly different about my new life is my salt intake. Before I was "watching my salt" and was supposed to avoid anything high salt, including Chinese and Japanese food (as if!), and avoid cooking with it or adding it to anything (which was easy for me). Now, it's an absolute imperative. I'm limited to 1,000 mg per day of sodium; the US RDA is 2,400 mg per day and the average American consumes between 4,000 mg and 5,000 mg daily. (The UK RNI is a much more...http://blog.truegeek.org/2006/10/11/23.30.24/ |