the owl and the olive tree

Sadly, to make room for other things in life, I've banished myself to microwaveland for the past couple of years. But when I used to cook all of the time, I loved that magazine. Especially b/c they are strictly a COOKING magazine, rather than the food-porn 'lifestyle' mag that my beloved-but-infuriating Gourmet was. I love how CI demystifies things, too -- they once did a creme anglaise tasting with a bunch of well-known pastry chefs where they made one with deluxe real vanilla extract and one with vanillin. And all the snoots rhapsodized about the vanillin-based dish, swearing that THAT had to be the one with real vanilla :P

BTW, I LOVE the fact that all of your mood icons come from Elfquest!