ch’io non avrei mai creduto
che morte tanta n’avesse disfatta
— Inferno, Canto III, 56-57
The first time I was at the World Trade Center was in grade school, on [...]
Here are a few of the photos taken during the recent West Coast trip. The photos are generally better than what we got out of the scanner.
Update (8/6/2003): these were originally in a static page format. I’ve moved the badly formatted page displaying these pictures into the super slick image view script I’ve written [...]
From the NYT
Time: 20 minutes
1 tablespoon wasabi powder or paste
2 or 3 large cloves garlic
Salt
1 tablespoon canola or corn oil
2 large or 4 small rib-eye steaks, 24 to 32 ounces.
Prepare a gas or charcoal grill or heat a large heavy skillet until it is just smoking.
Place wasabi powder in a small bowl, and add about [...]
Prized for their fine flavor and texture, blue-green French lentils hold their shape well during cooking.
2 cups French green lentils
2 tsp. olive oil
1 medium yellow onion, finely diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 [...]