November 2010
17 posts
Persimmon chutney →
Sorry about the rough looking photo here, I had prepared this for a dinner party with friends but forgot to take a photo of it in the kitchen so I had to do a quick snap via iPhone in low…
Eggplant and green beans in spicy garlic sauce →
So having made a huge batch of vegetable stock the other day I was figuring out recipes to use it for — and as it happened I also wanted to use up both eggplant and green beans I had around,…
Some more mid-November AMG reviews →
Onward and along:
MJ Hibbett and the Validators — Forest Moon of Enderby
Imandra Lake — Seesamseesam
Munly and the Lupercalians — Petr and the Wulf
Bachelorette — Isolation Loops …
Not Just the Ticket will be on a slower pace for a... →
Nothing major, it’s just that the time of year — and the time of the quarter! — means other commitments, in this case also including some further writing work for the OC Weekly and elsewhere. I’ll…
Roasted broccoli with lemon →
So this was a simple and handy lunch, building on a suggestion with my latest basket mailout. There’s not really much to this recipe, which is part of the point! Basically chop up some…
Enjoying a Saturday — especially sunset →
Nothing major here but yesterday was a great little trip up to LA and back, resulting in:
* A lovely morning in Anaheim:
* An excellent brunch at the Mercantile on Sunset with friends (I…
Marinated winter squash →
In this case butternut squash, which along with some basil was at the tail end of the previous basket. The recipe I used comes from the Lidia’s Italy site — the marinade was very tasty if…
Not Just the Ticket — #78, NOFX, December 10, 1993 →
Then-current album: none, as Punk in Drublic wasn’t released for well over another half-year from this point.
Opening acts: The Muffs, Wax, DI and at least one other one…
Back of ticket…
Some more November AMG reviews… →
Continuing along!
Voltaire — Spooky Songs for Creepy Kids
William Ryan Fritch — Library Catalog Music Series, Vol. 7: Music for Honey and Bile
I’m Not a Gun — Solace
Daniel Carlson —
Garlicky roasted beets, leeks and eggplant →
This was actually from the other night — a good light dinner, very delicious! I was looking for some way to use these very three ingredients from the CSA basket and thanks to Sarah’s Cucina…
Butternut squash stew →
Had a huge butternut squash that I wanted to do something a little different with, and some scrounging turned up this recipe, which I adapted here. The major change was necessitated by my…
Not Just the Ticket — #77, Curve, November 24,... →
Then-current album: Cuckoo
Opening act: Engines of Aggression
Back of ticket ad: AT&T importuning me for my business. Flattering and all, and yet.
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So the show that had an opening act…
Not Just the Ticket — a ticketless special on... →
Much like the previous academic year, 1993 through to 1994 was also a time of random shows here and there around UCI in what was the continuing good run of booking done by ASUCI at that time. Jen…
Chard salad with pomegranate and honey mustard... →
And hurrah for serendipity. So for the first time I’d received a pomegranate in my latest basket the other week, though I wasn’t too sure what to do with it. I’d had some juice before but…
Not Just the Ticket — #76, Front 242, November 21,... →
Then-current album: 05:22:09:12 Off
Opening acts: Ethyl Meatplow, Stabbing Westward
Back of ticket ad: …hmm, forgot to check. I fear Fox Photo return.
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I like the occasional strategies…
November AMG reviews →
An Election Day special. Sorta:
v/a — A Sepiachord Passport
Barbara Morgenstern — Fan No. 2
Kathryn Williams — Relations
Evan Caminiti — West Winds
The Sand Pebbles — A Thousand…
Not Just the Ticket — #75, Depeche Mode, November... →
Then-current album: Songs of Faith and Devotion
Opening act: The The
Back of ticket ad: nothing. How nice, really.
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A different ticket color scheme! At last a change! Though this was…
