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Monthly Archives: May 2007

Tasting soy milks
Posted on 24-May-2007
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I admit it, I find soy milk suspicious. Sure, it works nicely as a creamy substitute in soups; and the occasional soy cheese I've had at Izakaya restaurants has been tasty. I've even had a couple soy-based ice cream sandwiches which nearly fooled me, taste and texture-wise. But soy milk. As ...
Mostly smooth WP 2.2 upgrade
Posted on 21-May-2007
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Upgrading this site to WordPress 2.2 went rather smoothly, a lot quicker than the WP 2.1 upgrade. Not too surprising, as the differences between 2.0 and 2.1 were much greater than the ones between 2.1 and 2.2. The change that might make a difference to you, dear readers, is that this ...
Upgrading to WordPress 2.2
Posted on 17-May-2007
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WordPress 2.2 came out this week. I did a local test, and at first glance it looks like it'd go quickly. So far the only tweaks needed will be updating vars.php (or the appropriate file in WP 2.2) for my smiley customizations (oh so critical, tee hee), and a weird ...
Encyclopedia of Life
Posted on 10-May-2007
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The Encyclopedia of Life project was announced (1). Wow, this sounds very exciting! Timewarp... When I was a little kid, I used to have a subscription to Safari Animal Wildlife Cards —a mail order service suspiciously similar to those recipe card subscriptions from the 1970s. Nice, easy to read, tabular descriptions, color-coded ...
Kedgeree
Posted on 07-May-2007
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Kedgeree, kitchiri, khichdi, or simply "kedge" in our household, is a great way to use up leftover fish, rice and vegetables. We usually make it for supper, but sometimes we'll eat it for lunch. We cooked this yesterday, and late that night I saw Anita's post about A Taste of Yellow's ...
Tea with mint & cardamom
Posted on 05-May-2007
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I love tea, but am just not a fan of flavored tea, with its clashing fruity or cloying, perfumy permutations. There are, however, big exceptions: chai, and tea with mint and cardamom. The latter is quite refreshing, whether it's served hot or cold. Excellent as an accompaniment for lunch or ...