Nemo

That's beautiful.

Not too young. If you change your mind about wanting kids, adopt. But you probably won't change your mind.

I've only really had success with rewriting recipes in a way that made sense to me.

Yeah, that's what works best for me, too. I was hoping for something that would make finding new recipes easier, I guess, but maybe there's no shortcut beyond personal recommendations.

This entire post is about planning. I'm trying to read recipes and understand them so I can plan meals for the coming week. Laying out my mise is helpful when actually cooking, but I can't lay out mise for every recipe as I go through the book deciding what to make.

I do my mise en place when cooking, my struggle is when reading the cookbook, which also knocks out your response to two and three. I'm not asking about how to cook faster, but rather how to understand what I'm reading, days in advance of cooking, before I've even bought the groceries.

That most recipes are written for people to follow in a hurry make sense, so thank you for the recommendations for more technical works.

Love the love for Chicago, but an article on holistic urbanism that doesn't even mention the Emerald Necklace, the Burnham diagonals, or the bike culture is leaving money on the table, as it were.

I remember Harvest Moon 64 had one.

Hence all the many business startups and crowded house and frustrated spouse.

It's gonna be Russians and Arabs for a good while yet.

If replying to emails was easy, everyone would do it.

IDK how you're making your hummos that it's not ending up buttery, but you're missing out.

Look, they're both legume patés that you spread on sandwiches. They both pair best with an acidic counterpoint. They both taste great with lettuce, or celery. I'm not coming out of nowhere with this.

IDK why everyone is saying they're nothing alike. There's definite similarities. But they're different enough that you should at least try hummos yourself to see if you like it.

Also, nota bene: If you tried peanut butter in Europe, it's very different from the peanut butter in North America.