Christiana Aretta writes a journal about food, photography, & toys.

Posts Tagged ‘no dairy’

“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet must-roses, and with eglantine.”
– William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Apologies in advance for the less than appetizing photo: black beans are really hard to photograph.

A simple and colorful potato salad that almost photographs better than it tastes. Almost.

March comes in like a lion, August goes out with an apple.. No, wait.. Never put a gift apple in your mouth. That’s not it.. An apple a day is worth two in the bush. Oh, screw the clever excerpts – here’s a “witty” tagline: Apples even a PC user will love!

It occurred to me once, while gardening, that plants have a lot in common with computers. They must be plugged in to run, perform specific sets of programmed functions, respond to external input, and die when unplugged. A friend further pointed out that plants, like computers, can also be “can be hacked to produce virii or insulin, have a built-in cycle of obsolescence, (and) require constant maintenance.”

This story begins with a brief introduction to DC Recycling Laws, circa early 2008.

Today’s challenge:

Make ice cream without 1. milk and 2. an ice cream maker.