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[Nov. 10th, 2009|01:49 pm] |
 I want to go here. |
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| Shortbread |
[Oct. 17th, 2009|09:54 am] |
Shell is away this morning, taking Micah and Asa to an annual autumn activity day for kids in the hearing impaired community. It is a great opportunity for Micah to stay connected with his friends from CASTLE.
The elder children, being teenagers, are still asleep. Joshua is watching TV.
I have the kitchen to myself. Naturally, therefore, I am making shortbread.
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| Fall Break |
[Oct. 8th, 2009|08:23 am] |
It is Fall Break for the Keims. It is Micah's birthday, too. We are headed on a mini-vacation. First stop: Lexington Barbecue (a/k/a the apotheosis of pork, the epicenter of the barbecue universe, the Nirvana of pigmeat). Second stop: Great Wolf Lodge.
See you all in a couple of days. |
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| JDP |
[Oct. 5th, 2009|07:23 pm] |
My wife loves me. She made me a Jefferson Davis Pie -- a caramel, custard chess pie, with a layer of chopped pecans, raisins, and dates on the bottom. Quite possibly the best pie ever made. |
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| Micah: Successful Lobbyist |
[Sep. 14th, 2009|12:27 pm] |
Last week the Cary News picked up the story about Micah and CASTLE that I posted earlier. A colleague forwarded a copy to Cary's General Assembly members, noting that their support of CASTLE in this year's extremely heated budget battle helped secure continued funding for the program, which prompted this very nice note from Rep. Verla Insko, Vice-Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee:
David: Micah had a lot to do with securing funding for CASTLE this year. He won the hearts of legislators when he spoke to them about his experience and demonstrated how his implant worked. He is very mature and yet every bit a charming child.
I’ll be meeting with Carolyn Brown and our staff soon to discuss recurring funding for CASTLE.
Verla
YAY! Little people can do big things. |
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| Tasting Notes—Millstone Creek Orchards Apple Cider |
[Sep. 11th, 2009|01:33 pm] |
Shell and the boys went to Millstone Creek Orchards in Ramseur, NC, today and picked 30 lbs. of tree-ripened Red Fuji, Red Delicious, and Golden Delicious apples. I sense a lovely pie in my near future.
They also brought home several quarts of Millstone Creek's unpasteurized apple cider--just pressed yesterday! Made from a blend of apples from the orchard, the first sip was like biting into a hundred different perfectly ripe apples all at once. The flavor is complex and multi-layered: a perfect balance of crisp apple tartness and ripe sweetness, achingly fresh, with voluptuous undertones of caramel and butterscotch, contrasting with a hint of warm spices. The mouthfeel is dense and viscous, almost chewy.
This is about as far from grocery store "apple juice" as one can get. |
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| Mayo—Julia-style |
[Sep. 3rd, 2009|10:10 pm] |
Shell is out with some friends, so naturally I took the opportunity for free time in the kitchen to whip up a batch of homemade mayonnaise. I used the recipe from Julia Child's classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
Seriously good eats.
Interesting fact: when you beat 1 tablespoon of oil into mayonnaise, you break up that single dollop of liquid into 30 billion individual droplets with a collective surface area of about 8 square yards. At least, that's what Harold McGee says.
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