i worship good food.

#1. hamilton family cook out tomorrow so i made the best ever kale salad katie shared with me earlier this summer. and now i am passing along the love.

make this salad the day or several hours before you want to eat because it needs to soak up the yumminess of the marinade.

freshy fresh kale.
wash. de-stem and tear into smaller, bite size pieces. katie says she rubs the kale with salt to aid in the wilting process but you only need to do that if you don't have a lot of time before you want to eat it. if you make it the day before the marinade makes the kale wilt so i usually just put the kale in a bowl and sprinkle with salt and let it sit while i make the marinade.

marinade.
**olive oil of the virgin persuasion
**red wine vinegar. i use a pomegranate red wine variety that is good and has extra anti-oxidants. but any would do. i've never used balsamic but i think it would be good too.
**shallots or red onion sliced thinly
** garlic
**pepper
**tamari
**maple syrup
**mustard or mustard powder
**ginger, fresh or ginger powder
put all ingrediants in a jar or whatever and shake.

pour over kale. put in the fridge. let infuse. eat it up later. its amazing. and good for you.

#2. in celebration of miles' visit this past weekend i made his mom's linguine feta yumminess.i've been making this recipe for over 8 years and it never, ever gets old. the only thing i ever change is the variety of beans. this is probably the easiest thing ever to make. and it tastes like heaven in your mouth.

make linguine.
strain and set aside.

while thats doing its thing do this in a wok:
saute a white onion in olive oil and tamari until translucent.
add garlic.
add beans. these work best: navy/cannelini beans; chick peas/garbanzo beans
add chopped tomatoes. any kind of tomato will do.
season with pepper.
add linguine
saute briefly until warm.
add feta cheese. melt a little.
serve immediately.
you don't even know how good this is.

check out what my friend porter has been up to

"swimming cities of switchback sea"
be sure to look at the multimedia section to see the photos....

dogs do lick toads to get high.

my dog is a junkie. frothing frodo.

word. roots. i find this interesting.

the word care comes from the latin word caru which means "sorrow, anxiety, grief," and that to care is to lament. as cameron would say... isn't that weird? but think about it. really think about what it means to care. about someone, a cause, an ideal, anything.

ric is sick.............

this is awesomeness is my oldschool friend's arm. check it out. its crazycool.

by dingwell. portland.me

and some info

read here if you have concerns about bob.

the death of bob.

i happen to live in an apartment connected to the house that my parents bought when my mum was just 18. when the parents divorced bruce stayed and my mum left. my childhood sandbox has always been out front. i noticed this morning however that the sandbox is gone. the sand is still there but the box around it is gone. sad. this brought back a flood of memories, including bob. bob was my imaginary friend. i really, truly loved bob. we did a lot together. we spent lots of time in that sandbox chatting it up. my sister hated bob. i worshipped my sister. she also hated me at the time but i think that she hated the fact that i had something she didnt have and couldn't even see for that matter. when she would happen upon me having a grand old time with bob she would get...agitated. she would insist that he wasn't real. i was not convinced. i could see him. there he was with his red shirt on and sandy fingers. there was the castle we were builing together, the shovel at his feet. the juice can used a mold in my hand. or, yeah, that's him, swinging on the swing next to me, swinging his chunky little legs and pumping away to try to get higher than me (yeah right). i would sing and he would sing too. micheal row your boat. rhiannon. good day sunshine. and then the sister. telling me i was nuts for having a fake friend that was a boy no less. i never listened. she would yell at him to leave but she never seemed to yell directly at him because she never knew where he was. until one day. bob and i were kicking it in sandbox, letting the cool sand trickle over our legs and through our fingers talking about this and that. then the sister came home and was immediately all over bob and me in the sandbox. she stormed up to us and demanded to know exacty where bob was. um. hello. he's right next to me. the sandbox~ not very big. the sister picks up a bucket. fills it with sand and dumps it right on bobs head. i freaked. what was that for? you got sand in his eyes! his mouth! and the sister laughed and said bob's dead sarah. and walked away. and poof. bob was gone. and he never came back. the power of the sister, the giver of light, the taker of life.

giant slugs live outside my door.

leopard slug. gross.

the deobrah lee. the jenny. the rahlee

stephen's pirate father, danny (poopie to his grandkids) recently returned from a boat off of alaska. he was home for 2 days and then disappeared to gloucester. then he returned with this 80ft dragger. how he manages these things is a mystery. carly and i have decided that he needs to change the name of the boat from the deborah lee to just the rahlee. combo of sarah and carly. we took a tour today. its in rough, rough shape and needs a good scouring. then its going to be a party boat. think... late october birthday party for me and car. slash haunted boat. mark with be in the fish holds in his box. much scarier then the last haunted house, but i'm still going to be a pirate.

just a little light reading this evening...

i found my pocket Constitution and thought i'd read it since it had been some time. my favorite. the 19th amendment. 88 years of voting for women. we are sooooo lucky that those men finally decided we were smart enought to vote. fucking smuchs. ratified 08/18/1920

"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation"

why put off until monday when you can do it today.

we decided to go for the yellow buoy today. why wait we thought. we are easily amused on the predator.

japanese proverb

vision without action is a daydream. action without vision is a nightmare.

baby lobsters are soooo cute.

alex saved this baby to show me cause he knew i'd love it. i found one this small once before. they are very cute when they are very small.

ah. monday.

we spotted a yellow buoy today so we'll shoot for that one next week. i'm thinking... christmas cards for all the lobstermen... they'll be missing me by then. it's a stop light theme, or rasta colors... red gold and green. i'm going to give the trio to my mumz. she'll be so proud of me, 2 degrees and on my way to my masters and i love to hang out on buoys. this one had an interesting nest on top. the lobster boats that were near by must of thought we were crazy. stephen and i were laughing pretty hard. i was crying and trying not to fall off. it was really special.

because i love a challenge

tomorrow is katie's shower and late last night i decided it would be a great idea to make lobster bisque. and i've never made a lobster bisque before in my life. obviously this was the perfect time to experiment with seafood for 20 or so people. my experience at earthfoods, a collectively run vegetarian restaurant really helped. we made soup to feed 500 people daily so the big portions where familiar.i think its going to be delish. it took forever. cooking and picking out all those lobsters was tedious. it smells perrrrfect. this is a non-traditional bisque (extra goodies) while leaving all the traditional ingredients in that makes bisque so f---ing yum... you know, the truckload of butter and milk truck of half and half.
try this out:
saute:
butter
onion
garlic
celery
carrots
mushrooms
pepper
cayenne pepper
tamari
use locally grown and organic if you can because its good to support your local farmers.

when veggies are tender add veggie stock. simmer for a bit.
let cool a little then blend in blender with some lobster meat.
put mixture back in pot.
add half and half
lots of lobster
dry white cooking wine.
roast corn.
add corn.
simmer.
and eat.

i'm letting this bad boy sit until tomorrow, always better the next day. next is homemade croutons out of bagettes i had shipped over from standard baking co. i love to cook. for other people.