Comments on: Well, I’ve made it three weeks so far.

By: Hello, 2012. | gezellig-girl.com

Hello, 2012. | gezellig-girl.com — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:48:08 +0000

[...] I’ve made them here in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2011 (I don’t know what happened to 2010) with varying degrees of success, [...]

By: Resolutions 2007: The One About Bentos | gezellig-girl.com

Resolutions 2007: The One About Bentos | gezellig-girl.com — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:35:45 +0000

[...] One of my 2007 resolutions was to pack more bento lunches for my husband. I recently mentioned I have a bento cabinet, which sounds a lot cooler than it is. In truth, it’s a small, awkwardly-placed cabinet in which almost nothing else would fit, so it became “the bento cabinet.” (Although, now that I think about it, maybe it should be called “the Japanese stuff cabinet” because I also keep our beloved Hello Kitty toaster in there too.) [...]

By: I now enter Phase II of Learn to Bake. | gezellig-girl.com

I now enter Phase II of Learn to Bake. | gezellig-girl.com — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:18:52 +0000

[...] When I set my “learn to bake” resolution, I wanted to be able to bake a cake, a pie crust, and a not-cake-or-pie dessert. I’m pretty comfortable with cakes now, having made a two-layer birthday cake as well as vegan cupcakes recently, and I think I’m about ready to learn the intricacies of pie crust . [...]

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:18:52 +0000

Sarah: I saw that! Today, my husband and were talking about changing the name of blog to "I shot Rachael Ray" and see if that gets me more readers. Kate: I just wrote you a letter! I'm going to continue our conversation on grass-fed beef in my next letter. Andrea: I really think creative lunches hinge on having cute containers to put them in. My friend Eun-Duk and I keep saying we're going to the Mitsuwa Marketplace in NJ soon on a bento expedition â€” if you want to go bento shopping, you should come with us.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:56:37 +0000

I agree with Cake Bible! I’m not a baker and even I’ve had success with the book.
I hadn’t come up with anything good as far as “food resolutions.” Now I need to ponder this. I do want to come up with more creative lunches for work besides dinner leftovers or cheese and crackers.

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:54:27 +0000

My unofficial (because I can’t shake the slight distaste I have for official resolutions) food resolutions were:

1. At least half of the beef I eat should be grassfed
2. Increase the amount of locally produced food I consume
3. Plan my meals weekly and reduce the amount of eating out we do

So far, so good. My meal plans/grocery lists are pretty awe-inducing. I think almost all the beef I have consumed since the new year has been grass-fed and I am making a serious effort to buy locally produced food by visiting the local farmer’s market weekly.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:40:27 +0000

Also:
http://www.idontlikeyouinthatway.com/2007/01/rachael-ray-is-drunk.html

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:39:03 +0000

Hands down the best baking book: Baking Illustrated.

“Cook something I havenâ€™t cooked before every week”

I think I’m going to make myself do this one.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:28:57 +0000

Sorry to be off topic, but I don’t see an email address for you. Can ya believe Trainwrecks (which is how I found your site – as in, through the comments) is kaputsky? Holy [cow]!!!

I missed the drama, just wondered why nothing new was coming through my feed reader. Doh.

On topic: I am all about the Bento plan. Have you seen the boxes offered by Laptop Lunches? Room temperature no more!

By: Kristen

Kristen — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:05:33 +0000

That sounds great â€” that’s what I like about the book I’ve been using, which I’m just going to start referring to as “1/100″ because it’s too much to type out every time.

Anyway, that’s what I like about “1/100″: it’s very specific on why and how the cake works. I’m going to have to get “Cake Bible” from the library.