Category Archives: food

I Should Get Royalties from the Dairy Lobby

Posted on 1/17/2008 by cheesefairy

One time, someone asked me for my mac & cheese recipe. Tonight worked out particularly well, so here’s tonight’s recipe: Start With Sauce: 1/4 cup butter 1/4 cup flour 2 cups milk 1. melt butter in saucepan, then add flour. … Continue reading →

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Messages Otherwise Undeliverable

Posted on 1/11/2008 by cheesefairy

To the people in line in front of me at Trees on Granville: You are such good people to buy your friend who is having a baby next week a cheesecake. I even forgive you for not knowing what to … Continue reading →

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False Advertising, or: Non-Sequitur Monday

Posted on 12/24/2007 by cheesefairy

For example: Cheez Whiz adds Personality. I mean, isn’t Cheez Whiz pretty much synonymous with bland, flavourless plastic? Is that the kind of personality you want on your celery (which, in itself is rather blah, though crunchy)? Was it the … Continue reading →

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Against All Odds

Posted on 12/22/2007 by cheesefairy

Despite the following: – I have a cold (so far, not terribly disabling [or surprising, given the time of year and my track record with Christmas Illness]) – it snowed this morning (WTF?) – I needed two items from the … Continue reading →

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Some Days I Am Painfully Aware that Motherhood Couldn’t Hope To Change Me As Much As I Feared It Might

Posted on 12/6/2007 by cheesefairy

I have been alone this week, well, since Tuesday noon. Saint Aardvark flew to cold, cold Ontario for a few days and I have been here, eating like a drunk bachelor but keeping the hours of a 82 year old … Continue reading →

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