Kiva loans

I have microlent to:

Shamim Akhtar Nasar Ahmad Group


Shamim Akhtar Nasar Ahmad Group
Location:Pakistan, Raiwind
Activity:Transportation

Jazmines Group


Jazmines Group
Location:Bolivia,
Activity:Services

Hem Sovann


Hem Sovann
Location:Cambodia, Batambong
Activity:Services

On the bright side, hey! Free shipping!

Last week, I got an email from Old Orchard Juice, introducing their newest juice, a Montmorency tart cherry juice they’re calling Very Cherre.

This 100% cherry juice has almost double the antioxidants of 100% pomegranate juice, and oddly enough, about 3mg of natural melatonin (which makes me wonder if that wouldn’t just make you nod [...]

I don’t usually bring up politics, but I can’t let this pass.

This past Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed written by John Mackey, the founder and current CEO of Whole Foods.

Mackey has launched a public campaign to defeat single payer national health insurance, and in his op-ed, he likens the President’s health care plan to socialism, touts less regulation on the insurance industry [...]

R.I.P. Tomato Plant, May 2009 – August 2009.

Remember the lovely wee seedling I brought home and how I fussed over it? And how it turned into a great big beautiful plant?

But then… the blossom end rot came.

Now this:

And so now, I say this with all due sincerity…

UP YOURS, YOU STUPID PIECE OF CRAP PLANT. I’D COME OUT THERE AND KICK [...]

What the hell happened?

Runty, stunted bean plant:

Compared to massively huge with no signs of slowing down tomato plant:

And! It’s hard to tell in these photos, but the bean plant is already starting to flower. Am I right in guessing it’s not going to get much bigger now? These two plants got identical growing conditions. In fact, I assumed [...]

Never believe food bloggers are all successful in the kitchen…

I think I jinxed myself with that last post about the fantastic black beans. Since then, I’ve had a week of… not disasters, per se, but a string of foods that were eh at best.

Case #1: the blandest salsa ever

Based on this recipe from Epicurious, I added extra cilantro and some chili-garlic paste, and it [...]