Shorter Spring?
Last year Mike built me a nice cold frame that could be folded up and stored in the basement, then brought out in the spring to harden off plants. Unfortunately I seem to have...
Author: Chris Garrity
Moroccan Chicken
A few weeks ago I became interested in preserving lemons. Wilson’s had a bag of Meyer lemons for a reasonable price so I decided to give it a try. Turns out it’s pretty easy...
Happy St Patrick’s Day
We’d had a nice traditional Corned Beef Dinner while down in Florida last month, so I decided that we should try something a little different today. I found this post about baking corned beef...
Winter Band Concert
The Lexington Schools Winter Concerts were this week. Tom’s not doing band this year, but Pete still is. And doesn’t he look good in a tux? This is the big annual concert where they...
SOPA Protest
Yesterday many sites either went black, or symbolically covered elements of their sites to protest the SOPA/PIPA bills going though congress. If you’d like to understand what’s so bad about these bills, the Khan...
Haddock with Bacon and Onions
Who knew there were so many recipes pairing fish and bacon. As you may have gathered, adding bacon to anything is always a hit in this house. Yesterday when I got the message from...
New year, new look
We’ve been planning on changing the look of the blog for a while now. So here it is, a new look. There will be a few more tweaks coming over the next few weeks....
A Day in Pompeii exhibit
We went to see the Pompeii exhibit at the Museum of Science today. I’m at the museum several times a week to work, but I don’t actually get to see the exhibits until we...
Roast Beef with all the Trimmings
Ok, we did end up getting a ridiculously large roast. On the other hand, it cooked up beautifully. I followed the process described for Classic Prime Rib, but rubbed the outside with the spices...
