Author: doug

We brought this moose lantern home with us from Yellowstone, and he graces our dinner table most every night.

It’s finally cool enough to enjoy a glass of Cognac after dinner.  I tried a couple of weeks ago, but it didn’t quite work.

 
Bonus picture: I made peach/plum jam today.

It’s dead, Jim.

 
I suspect the power supply and have ordered a new one. But just in case I’ve also ordered parts to let me get the data off of the drives.

Nice dinner out at Tempo in Waltham tonight.  I have to admit, this beer was not what I was expecting when I ordered it, but it was excellent. Brewed in Framingham, too.

I drove to the train today rather than biked, due to weather. My car was the first one in the lot this morning.

An advantage of my September experiment: I walk right by Rosie’s Bakery in South Station. This morning the blueberry scones were fresh out of the oven, and still warm by the time I got to the office.

I bought myself a manual coffee grinder.  Evidently it’s Japanese.  There’s not a lick of English on the box or instruction sheet. Good thing the instructions are basically “Put in coffee.  Turn handle.”

Q: What happens to the ends of the proscuitto ham that are too small to be sliced & sold for $18/pound? 
A: Lis buys them (for pennies on the dollar) and Doug turns them into yummy risotto, pasta, or soup.

My brother has a house on a pond in North Reading.  We visited today for an end-of-summer party.  It was a bit too windy for kayaking.

Beef neck bones from the CSA, roasted and ready to be turned into stock.

 
Bonus picture: here they are 4 hours later, having been turned into 2 quarts of tasty beef stock.