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I made these pistachio cookies a few days ago:

My boyfriend says they are like me — not too sweet and a little nutty.

Next time I will put them on parchment paper to make sure they don’t get to dark, and make a few more tweaks.  I plan to make them a few more times to perfect them and post the recipe then.

I would like to wish everyone a happy new year and share my sprouts.  They make me so happy growing away there on the counter.

I have read that the Chinese solved the whole scurvy problem on sea voyages by growing bean sprouts while at sea — it’s such an elegant solution and much more appetizing than rotten fruit.

I hope the new year is full of elegant solutions for difficult problems.

A new project

I have decided that what I really want now is to become good at cooking — my sister says that I am already good, but I want to explore what it means to express myself in food.  There must be more to life and food than steamed broccoli and pasta, and I plan to find out what I really want to cook and eat.

My shopping list: