Christiana Aretta writes a journal about food, photography, & toys.

There’s gotta be some kind of irony in being stalked by socks and shoes.

I present you with a new micro-meme: YACD, or Yet Another Cucumber Dish. In this case, a rather nice one discovered in the New York Times.

I thought about titling this post “Garlic Dill Refrigerator Pickles” just for the SEO but where’s the imagination (and, more importantly, bad pun/cheesy sex reference) in that?

I’ve been working on a new 100 project called 100 Casualties. I’ve got a pretty good concept pitch for it that gets really good response. At least until yesterday. Click through for today’s episode of Art Meets Civics.

As of July this year, the Japanese government has been considering cutting the JET Programme from its budget. Their budget concerns are real and deserve attention. But so does the JET Programme. To show my support for JET, I’ve created an online exhibit called 100 English Dreams combining photographs of my students with their actual thoughts about English. Please give it a look and share.

Dunno know what magic took place to make this magic cats eye tomato but I figure it’s worth at least 2 aggies.

In today’s post, the part of the bumblebee shall be played by Pepe Le Pew and the part of the delicate, cornered eggplant flower shall be played by a French cat.

Bitter is as bitter does. Which, fortunately, is tasty about nine months out of the year.

Mainly a bit of a screed about the recent heat and draught plus some lovely pictures of baby beans.

Not much story here, I’m afraid. Just a cute lil’ furry moth on a big ol’ daisy.