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First, the announcement: I sent out a new installment of the newsletter the other day! This one was in remembrance of actor/director/playwright Tom Noonan, who died recently. Please check it out and subscribe! I try to send it twice a month, with usually a long piece or essay. Now, for the weekly quiz-thing that I don’t always do weekly but this week I am because it’s prompt-based, which is interesting. Here’s the details: This week we’re playing word association as suggested by a blogger named Dawn Camp. She said these words “tickled her fancy,” and let’s see if they inspire you.Down the rabbit hole….

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I’ve shared my method of preparing chili several times in the past, but it’s been more than two years since I reposted it here, so it’s time to bring it around again! As I am preparing this post it’s Sunday afternoon on the 29th of December, and the house is nicely fragrant from the pot of chili I have simmering away in the crockpot. There’s another few hours to go until we dish it up, though. Sigh…anyway, I believe that people should have at least some rudimentary cooking skills and a few dishes they can make without even consulting aDown the rabbit hole….

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MULDER: Did you bring enough ice cream to share with the rest of the class?SCULLY: It’s not ice cream… it’s non-fat tofutti rice dreamsicle.MULDER: Ugh… I bet the air in my mouth tastes better than that. –“The Unnatural”, THE X-FILES It’s Monday, so I’m going to do a Sunday Stealing quiz that’s a few weeks old. Hey, sue me. Here we go–the topic is ice cream! 1. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? Coffee, and going even more specific, coffee Haagen-Dazs. There are a lot of wonderful coffee ice creams out there, but Haagen-Dazs’s is the best. I don’tDown the rabbit hole….

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Last night we went to see Phil Rosenthal at Buffalo State University. If you’re unfamiliar with Phil Rosenthal, you need to watch Somebody Feed Phil on Netflix, and you need to do so now. Right now. Go watch, I’ll wait for you. [waiting music here] OK, now that you’ve watched…well, if you went on without watching, Somebody Feed Phil is a travel and food show starring Phil Rosenthal, a comedy writer and television producer who is best known for creating the classic show Everybody Loves Raymond. In the show, Rosenthal travels to a city and, well, eats. He visits beautiful places, eats wonderful food,Down the rabbit hole….

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Not really soup, actually, but it’s fun to use a relatively obscure Friends reference to title a post. Anyway, last night I finally got to use the noodle bowl I got for Christmas! How did we get to almost April without having an Asian noodle dish? I am honestly not sure, but more such dishes are on the menu; I want to start exploring the world of ramen, and not just the sodium-laden stuff you get for $1 a pack at the store. I also need to investigate gluten-free ramen, so we can both use our nifty noodle bowls. (IDown the rabbit hole….

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While discoursing about food over on Threads earlier, I learned that in some Chinese eateries–probably the ones in bigger cities, with proper Chinatowns–you can order a plate of duck tongues. Yup. I had no idea this existed. Apparently this is what they look like: I’m generally of the “I’ll try anything once” camp, but…I can’t tell a lie, these do not look appetizing to me. If someone at the table ordered them and offered me one, I think I’d be like, “Cut a bite off one for me.” However, I do very much like the look of that dipping sauce!Down the rabbit hole….

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This is a repost that first appeared three years ago, on the old blog. I’m reposting it now, because of the season and because I’ve been thinking today, prompted by discussions elsewhere, about problematic people and what to do with their work. I also have the subject of food and memory on my mind, particularly this year, as this will be the first Christmas of my life without my mother’s “cheesy potatoes”, which are basically potatoes au gratin. Yes, I’ve looked around at some recipes, and yes, I’ve found some that sound good that will probably be pretty close. ButDown the rabbit hole….

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The Tom and Jerry is a beloved holiday cocktail in these parts. And I knew nothing about it until just a few years ago. The drink is basically a kind of boozy eggnog, with extra spices, served hot. It’s really not the kind of drink you can have more than one of–at least I can’t, because a well-made T&J is really rich and decadent and sweet. Drinking one feels like dessert before the entree arrives. At least, that’s what it felt like to me, because I ordered one first when we went to dinner the other night. We were at a placeDown the rabbit hole….