Kiva loans

I have microlent to:

Shamim Akhtar Nasar Ahmad Group


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

Hem Sovann


Hem Sovann
Location:Cambodia, Batambong
Activity:Services

Niètaga (le Succès) Group


Niètaga (le Succès) Group
Location:Mali, Koutiala
Activity:Retail

I made pizza! It was easy! And it didn’t suck!

A couple of years ago, we were living in Massachusetts and squirreling every dime in the hopes of moving to New York. The pizza delivery guy was a distant, dim memory from the days of frivolous purchases like take-out, cable TV, or new underwear. Desperate for pizza, I labored over a batch of dough, then [...]

Site changes ahoy!

I dunno about the rest of you but goddamn, am I tired of looking at myself chug Fox’s U-Bet out of the bottle. It was fun for a while but now I’m tired of it and I’m sure you were too, only you’ve been too polite to say so. I fully expect to screw things [...]

Now I’m mad.

For about a year now, I’ve had between one and four text ads at the bottom of the right-hand column on this page. These ads pay me a whopping $11 a month on average — almost enough to cover monthly web hosting and annual domain name costs. (Hey, I love you guys, but I’m not [...]

À bientôt!

Things are going to continue to be quiet around here while as I jump into a new semester of classes. It usually takes a couple weeks to integrate my class work and studying with the rest of my life (including cooking).

This semester I’m taking an intensive French course — I foresee a venture into French [...]

Time for a quick poll:

If you know me in real life, you already know I’m kind of an eco-nerd, and although this is a food blog, I was thinking of starting a Green is Gezellig category of posts — just some posts now and then on things I do around the kitchen (and sometimes elsewhere around the house) to [...]