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15 Mac & Cheese Recipes | Martha Stewart
Some friends and I are participating in Interesting Winter. 
What is Interesting Winter, you ask. Well, dear reader, it’s our modest attempt at doing something other than hibernate and excessively drink* while we’re slogging our way through another Chicago winter.
So, what do we do? Something. Anything, really. Trip to the CSO, five-course beer dinner, go to PechaKucha, take a pottery class, craft/game night, whatever. (If you have any good ideas please let me know.)
But why is there a huge picture of mac & cheese for this post? Well, I was thinking that for Interesting Winter we should have a mac & cheese dinner. Everyone can bring a different kind and then we can feast on many versions of one the best dishes known to man! (Grilled cheese would be another excellent option - lactose intolerant need not attend, or should bring a big ol’ box of lactaid.) Perhaps it could be called Gain Twenty Pounds Winter instead of Interesting Winter, or maybe we need to schedule some physical activities - would anyone be interested in winter kickball, or is there an adequate hill somewhere in Chicago for sledding?
(via peterwknox:sequinsandsideeye:stickyheels:haygirlhay:sheasylvia)
________________________________________________*But we’re not trying to have a sober winter, rest assured there will be a healthy amount of drinking and drinking-related shenanigans.

15 Mac & Cheese Recipes | Martha Stewart

Some friends and I are participating in Interesting Winter.

What is Interesting Winter, you ask. Well, dear reader, it’s our modest attempt at doing something other than hibernate and excessively drink* while we’re slogging our way through another Chicago winter.

So, what do we do? Something. Anything, really. Trip to the CSO, five-course beer dinner, go to PechaKucha, take a pottery class, craft/game night, whatever. (If you have any good ideas please let me know.)

But why is there a huge picture of mac & cheese for this post? Well, I was thinking that for Interesting Winter we should have a mac & cheese dinner. Everyone can bring a different kind and then we can feast on many versions of one the best dishes known to man! (Grilled cheese would be another excellent option - lactose intolerant need not attend, or should bring a big ol’ box of lactaid.) Perhaps it could be called Gain Twenty Pounds Winter instead of Interesting Winter, or maybe we need to schedule some physical activities - would anyone be interested in winter kickball, or is there an adequate hill somewhere in Chicago for sledding?

(via peterwknox:sequinsandsideeye:stickyheels:haygirlhay:sheasylvia)

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*But we’re not trying to have a sober winter, rest assured there will be a healthy amount of drinking and drinking-related shenanigans.


Selected excerpts from old journals I found while packing: part I

10 January 2004

Polish Metrosexual
for M. Stewart’s Jury

I’m not completely clear about the circumstances surrounding this, but I’m fairly certain that my roommate at the time and I were trying to decide who would be Martha Stewart’s peers, and therefore suitable for jury selection. Why was a Polish metrosexual (on) the list? No freakin’ clue. But it was clearly so important that it had to be written down.

Stuff like this reminds me of all the silly things that we used to do to kill time. If I ever find it, I would love to share the “List of Things We Will Never Do” which Aaron and I started sometime in January 2001 when we were stuck for hours at a bus station in Ohio. We took it so seriously. Think about it, if it goes on the list you can never do it. So make sure before writing it down. Right now all I can remember is that one of the first things on the list was “like Creed”. If that one is any indication, we are probably doing pretty well at sticking to our list.

About last night’s dinner - it was delicious.  Spicy Black-Bean Cakes.  Try this recipe.  I mean it. 

About last night’s dinner - it was delicious.  Spicy Black-Bean Cakes
Try this recipe.  I mean it. 

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