Thursday, March 18, 2010

Stuff below the fold

An Irish Blessing....


Tea at Trianon reminds us that bards and poets have always been held in high esteem in Ireland.
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And via Epi-Log: lots of recipes for Irish soda bread.

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and yes, Viriginia, there really is such a thing as arugula:
Arugula Salad with Caramelized Onions, Goat Cheese, and Candied  Walnuts
if we made it here with local ingredients, it would have to be mustard greens, carabao-yogurt cheese, carmelized red onions, and pili nuts.

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Librivox has a new "coffee break collection" of essays and short stories for your pleasure

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Spring festival time.
For Iranians and others in Central Asia: Happy Nowruz.

Tehran 24
has photos of the fire festival, Chaharshanbe Suri, a festival which goes back 3700 years,and which is celebrated in that country at the start of Nowruz.

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