Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Since we've been back, 3 of 3

We've been trying to make the time to cook a bunch since we've been back. Which has given us the opportunity to use many of the wonderful wedding gifts that we've received. We got a craving for steak and barbeque'd one weekend. And it turned out so good (I've concluded the secret to success is in the marinade) that in an uncharacteristic display of meat consumption, we decided to do it again and invite some friends over. Lorien would like me to point out that here we are enjoying our final bottle of Canadian wine from our cellar. Which means that when we're in Toronto in a couple of weeks Lorien is going to try to get some more.

And on the non meat front (which usually does a better job describing our habits) our garden is doing quite well. We're starting to harvest what promises to be an over abundance of tomatoes. Besides the several varieties that we planted, we have quite a few volunteers -- plants that just sprung up on their own after laying down compost. We've also learned that if you plant the root end of a stalk of green onions, you'll end up with another stalk. And while we missed what probably would have been one of the last edible artichokes for the season while we were on honeymoon, the plus side of that is that it turned into this amazing artichoke flower that you see here.

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