Sunday May 19, 2013 at 11:04

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“But we do worry about our children’s futures. What if they want to be a teacher? (There are a lot of teachers in my family.) The middle class is not doing well in this country, I’m not sure how they’re going to do if they decide to go into teaching.”

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I Made $570K Last Year, But I Don’t Feel Rich (In Fact, I Feel Worried) | The Billfold

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Friday May 17, 2013 at 7:04

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summerofsalads: Carrot, Dill, and White Bean Salad (via 101 Cookbooks) Let’s talk about the good things in this salad: carrots, white beans, and almonds. All delicious, and I tend to forget how lovely carrots can be when they’re lightly sauteed or grilled.  But we also need to talk about dill again. Yes, I know. It’s a dill week. Because once I made the one salad with dill, I had to make another one with dill! And pretty soon I realized that dill is…uh…not my favorite thing? I mean, I can handle it in this salad, as the doses are small. But the dill in the veggie drawer has put its scent on every other vegetable, as if it’s marking its territory. GAH! Dill, did someone make fun of you as an adolescent or something? If you like dill, by all means, follow the recipe as listed. I won’t be using it again until we’re on better terms. Grade: A- This week has been all about dill. Dill is not my friend.

summerofsalads:

Carrot, Dill, and White Bean Salad (via 101 Cookbooks)

Let’s talk about the good things in this salad: carrots, white beans, and almonds. All delicious, and I tend to forget how lovely carrots can be when they’re lightly sauteed or grilled. 

But we also need to talk about dill again. Yes, I know. It’s a dill week. Because once I made the one salad with dill, I had to make another one with dill! And pretty soon I realized that dill is…uh…not my favorite thing? I mean, I can handle it in this salad, as the doses are small. But the dill in the veggie drawer has put its scent on every other vegetable, as if it’s marking its territory. GAH! Dill, did someone make fun of you as an adolescent or something?

If you like dill, by all means, follow the recipe as listed. I won’t be using it again until we’re on better terms. Grade: A-

This week has been all about dill. Dill is not my friend.

This post was reblogged from Summer of Salads.

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Thursday May 09, 2013 at 17:47

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Is Gay Marriage Legal in Minnesota?

kaeti:

I made this today, inspired by Erica.

GUYS. I am, as always, an inspiration.

ALSO YAYYYYYY MINNESOTA!

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Tuesday May 07, 2013 at 17:47

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Women's Choirs Make Solos Seem Lonely

fightwithknives:

I wrote about three very different women’s choirs in the Twin Cities and all the cool work they do— defying everything our culture puts forward about catty, competitive women. Thanks to all the ladies who participated; this was a fun piece to put together!

Yay! My choir is up in here! 

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Sunday May 05, 2013 at 20:55

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summerofsalads: Best Lentil Salad, Ever from My New Roots I am not sure this is the best lentil salad, but it is quite good. I don’t use the fancy De Puy lentils because I haven’t found a store that carries them (and I not yet obsessed enough to ship rare beans via amazon); nor do I use capers. Using a whole red onion makes for a ridiculously pungent salad, so I swapped a bunch of green onions instead. The spiced vinaigrette is complex and delicious, and is way less complicated than it seems - throw in a dash of whatever spices on the list you have, and don’t worry if you miss some! It’s delicious with goat cheese and makes a good lunch. I will probably bring it to a picnic someday. Grade: A- Friends, I am still super jazzed about salads of all sorts so I am bringing back a blog that never really got off the ground. If you like salad, you should follow it! (I am currently one-fourth of its followers.) Also, there are two types of salads in the fridge right now. 

summerofsalads:

Best Lentil Salad, Ever from My New Roots

I am not sure this is the best lentil salad, but it is quite good. I don’t use the fancy De Puy lentils because I haven’t found a store that carries them (and I not yet obsessed enough to ship rare beans via amazon); nor do I use capers. Using a whole red onion makes for a ridiculously pungent salad, so I swapped a bunch of green onions instead. The spiced vinaigrette is complex and delicious, and is way less complicated than it seems - throw in a dash of whatever spices on the list you have, and don’t worry if you miss some! It’s delicious with goat cheese and makes a good lunch. I will probably bring it to a picnic someday. Grade: A-

Friends, I am still super jazzed about salads of all sorts so I am bringing back a blog that never really got off the ground. If you like salad, you should follow it! (I am currently one-fourth of its followers.)

Also, there are two types of salads in the fridge right now. 

This post was reblogged from Summer of Salads.

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Friday May 03, 2013 at 20:41

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“An earlier version of this article referred incorrectly to the products sold at By Brooklyn. The store does not sell dandelion and burdock soda, lovage soda syrup, and Early Bird granola “gathered in Brooklyn.”

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How I Became a Hipster - NYTimes.com

Best correction ever, am I right?

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Wednesday May 01, 2013 at 22:29

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Death Traps: The Bangladesh Factory Disaster

I get most of my news from NPR - I listen in the morning as I wake up, I listen here and there on the drive both to and from work. This isn’t to say that NPR has said nothing about this tragedy, but it certainly hasn’t been shoved in my face ears, as this morning I listened to yet another story from Boston, a woman who lost both her legs but is finding solace, finding the power to get on with her life.

Over four hundred workers have died so far making our clothes.

You could say I have avoided this story. And it’s true, I heard about it briefly but didn’t seek out details. But that is the main problem - it’s not being forced on me or anyone really. It’s been tossed aside like all the clothes on my bedroom floor.

I could make yet another pledge to stop buying new clothes for a time, knowing that the timing fits, seeing as how I have bought a lot of new things over the past few months. It might quell some of my guilt, but I alone won’t make a difference. 

“American companies, they know this is happening. We’ve told them: Remember these human faces. You killed these girls.”

So thank you to the Billfold for forcing this into my attention. It’s a start.

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Monday April 08, 2013 at 20:52

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On Trying To Maintain Optimism

Scene: in the locker room of the gym last Monday. Cranky old lady enters.

Lady: [grumbling] Another Monday, another cold day…at least today I didn’t have to wear my boots, but it’s still scarves and hats and [blahblahblah GRUMBLE]

Me: [trying not to be annoyingly cheery post-workout] Well, there’s always hope for next Monday!

Lady: The way this winter has been, we’ll probably have another foot of snow next Monday!

Me, in my head: Yeah, good luck with your sad life where winter lasts forever.

Me, in my head, a week later: OH GOD, IS CRANKY OLD LADY ACTUALLY RIGHT ON THIS ONE? sdflkhjdsaflkhsa

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Tuesday April 02, 2013 at 21:58

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Recipe Dump, Baked Goods Edition

AKA I bake things so you don’t have to!

The Life-Changing Loaf of Bread

Okay, I wanted to like this, though I’m not sure why. It’s a gluten free bread, and even though I’m not adverse to gluten, I do understand that flour has no nutritional value. But the thing is, this bread kind of sucked. It is very filling, as in, it sort of feels like a brick in your stomach after you eat it. But it always had a weird flavor that I couldn’t really get over. Like I said, I wanted to like it. I wanted it to change my life! I think the worst part about this bread is that it takes good ingredients that I already eat on a regular basis (oats! almonds! sunflower seeds!) and pretty much ruins them. Remind me, why would I eat this instead of granola? Grade: C-

The Best (life-changing) Scones

OMG Y’ALL THESE WERE SO GOOD. I have always been into the idea of making scones, but the only time I tried they ended up more like muffins (muffones!) and these were very scone-like and also DELICIOUS. I am super jazzed about my future of brunch parties, where we will eat scones with different fillings (like, bacon??) and PRAISE GLUTEN while apologizing and serving rice crackers to our gluten-free friends. Gluten, you win this round. Grade: A

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Tuesday March 19, 2013 at 21:20

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All the Songs Featured on the Soundtrack of the 1982 Film Adaptation of "Annie," Discussed | The Hairpin

All of this is relevant to my interests.

ALSO let’s talk about how in the six days that my boyfriend has been away in Hawaii I have watched Pitch Perfect in its entirety twice and have also watched selected scenes (such as the finale) every other night. Yuuup. Let me know when that one is for sale for $5.

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