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New in the Kitchen: A Mug Rack

Made by Len.

Currently Reading and Watching

 Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine: The New Science of Achieving a Healthy Weight
Reading the semi-autobiographic work by David Kessler about food and anti-food, specifically weight-loss drugs.

Reading news accounts of a hero who betrayed his followers: another revelation of abuse of women by a powerful man. It’s so sad to read stories about so many predators. I wonder what will become of this mural. Shared with Sami’s Murals.

On TV: a remake of the old favorite. I’ve read it over and over, though not recently.
It was the first long book I read when I was around 12 years old.

At Alice’s Apartment

Alice is growing a few pots of herbs in her kitchen.

Dinner at Alice’s apartment.

Freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies from frozen dough made by a friend of Alice.

Dreaming of Hawaii: Old Photos

A turtle at Poipu Beach on Kauai in 2016. Shared with Eileen’s Saturday Critters.

 Manta Ray, Kona, 2005

Tiger Shark, Kona, 2005

Fish and coral, Kona, 2007

Io Valley on Maui, 2009

Blog post and photos © mae sander

Shared with Readerbuzz Sunday Salon.

Weekend Images

Partly-Read Book

I wasn’t finding very many new ideas here, so I skipped several chapters
I expected more from Mark Bittman..

Silly Newspaper Items

I guess if I got drunk I would forget it was still winter. 

As they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Wait… What?

Baking Hamentaschen

Ingredients for the dough, which has to be made, chilled, rolled, cut out, and filled.

We cooked some traditional prune filling, and also used jam.

A Purim Play: children watch through the window. A plate of hamentaschen is on the table. 

 Photos © 2026 mae sander

Weekend

 

Windows of the People’s Food Co-op.

Ann Cleeves: another Inspector Ramsay novel.
Not a very good book! Too many hints make it seem contrived.

Marina Chang: Tastes of the Pyrenees
Appealing recipes — I may try some of them.

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Ordinary Days

Eating Out 

Friday lunch at the Guernsey Farms Dairy Restaurant in Novi, Michigan.
The cow mural in the entryway is so great, I have to share it with Sami’s Monday Murals.

Food and Wine hosted by our neighbors.

Birds and Flowers at the Botanical Garden

A Sandhill Crane.

Annual sale of beautiful hanging plants and patio plants at the Botanical Garden.

On our porch.

Shopping for Woodworking Tools

Shopping at Rockler Woodworking and Hardware in Novi, MI.

New Food Books

America Eats by William Woys Weaver was published in 1989. It’s full of good information about historic foodways, and also indicates a lot of possibilities for continuing research. Much has been done in the ensuing decades!

Blog post © 2025 mae sander