VISITING FRIENDS

st. patrick's day tunes
+
dinner



ginger beer


leftover lentil + burdock stew


after dinner


chai made with alexis' kava kava tincture, made my mouth go numb for like 5 minutes


needle, thread + ink


nick giving me a new tattoo


:))


annie hall


alexis


guilermo


triangles
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AWESOME FRIENDS

didn't want to forget to bring it home from visiting my friend...


i didn't forget:))

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WHEN THE SUN HITS THE WATER AND THE MOUNTAIN HITS THE SAND

people often ask me my favorite cookbooks. this is one.
maybe THE one.


it's not so much a cookbook as just a really good book, plain + simple

the introduction,

i think it's the single most important thing i've ever read to inform how i want to cook.

this part always gets me

(i was just peeling beets, nails...)

i've definitely read the introductions to the chapters more than i've ever looked at the "recipes" (which aren't really recipes anyway...) the written parts are so good.




it's a really special book to have around.
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4 more of this kind of thing, N interviewed me about food things, and other things, over on her blog...:))

ACE OF CUPS
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

BARLEY 4 BREAKFAST

one day, warm, just cooked


with cinnamon poached pear, crunchy sesame-dulse stuff i make and always have in a jar (dogs like it too) + cinnamon

another day, cold, leftover

with hard boiled egg + sauerkraut + spoonful of apple butter + dried cranberries + sultanas + sprinkle of carob powder, cinnamon, roasted cayenne + salt

and ANOTHER day, a repeat of the first (but cold)

pear, sesame, cinnamon,

had to go back for more sesame

i soaked this barley for 4 days before i cooked it. got so good, nice sour fermented flavor. and the liquid from soaking is so good to drink! (and i fed it to my dogs + plants)

ashley, your barley eating totally influenced an increase in my barley consumption! used to be way more brown rice. now, all barley all the time!
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everything necessitate reiteration of this quote! (i've posted it here before...):

TO REPEAT IS TO BEHAVE IN A CERTAIN MANNER, BUT IN RELATION TO SOMETHING UNIQUE OR SINGULAR WHICH HAS NO EQUAL OR EQUIVALENT. AND PERHAPS THIS REPETITION AT THE LEVEL OF EXTERNAL CONDUCT ECHOES, FOR ITS OWN PART, A MORE SECRET VIBRATION WHICH ANIMATES IT, A MORE PROFOUND, INTERNAL REPETITION WITHIN THE SINGULAR.

i think it's deleuze. it could be john cage easily too. but pretty sure it's deleuze.

first music of the morning
to drink my coffee to

amazing
sigrid sends me the best links in the mornings
she's amazing,
more so even than the amazing links she sends

blue one

other ones i made awhile ago.

STONE FLOOR WITH BEADS OF SHELL + POLISHED BONE + THE CHARCOAL OF ANCIENT FIRES

leftover barley-leftover roasted beets-hard boiled egg-sprouts-sauerkraut-chickpea miso
+ kombucha


poached pears
just cooked them in water with some cinnamon sticks til almost done then turned the pot off and let them sit in the hot liquid overnight.
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listening to:
rufus harley

barley-hard boiled egg-sultana raisins-sauerkraut-tahini-plain yogurt-hot roasted curry powder-salt
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SOME THINGS WILL NEVER CHANGE
SOME THINGS WILL ALWAYS BE THE SAME
LEAN DOWN YOUR EAR UPON THE EARTH
AND LISTEN

"LET US THROW OURSELVES TO BE DEVOURED BY THE UNKNOWN, NOT BECAUSE WE ARE DESPERATE, BUT SIMPLY TO ENRICH THE BOTTOMLESS RESERVOIRS OF THE ABSURD."