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Liz

I Laugh More Often Now, I Cry More Often Now

About Me

Check my style out. This is basically what I'm all about...Check out the latest from BLING KONG TVCheck out all our videos at Heavy.com

My Interests

Arts and Crafts, Entertainment, Reading, Food, collecting ceramic birds and silkscreened concert posters.

I'd like to meet:

Kate Pierson of the B-52's

And this guy:

Music:


Lately: LCD Soundsystem, Andrew Bird, White Rabbits, Hot Chip, Lily Allen, Bon Savants, The Changes, The B-52's, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Girl Talk, Peter Bjorn & John, Smashing Pumpkins, The Wedding Present, The Walkmen, Laura Veirs, Cold War Kids, Pulp, Sloan, TV on the Radio, Radiohead, Yo La Tengo and this past week...

Movies:

Do you have any dreams Pee-Wee?I'm all alone rolling this giant donut when this snake wearing a vest...

Television:

Arrested Development, Law & Order, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Six Feet Under, Stella, Simpsons, Family Guy, Futurama, anything on HGTV.

Books:

Currently: 'Skinny Legs and All' by Tom Robbins & Lonely Planet's guide to Peru. Recently: (Re-read) 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 'Take the Cannoli' by Sarah Vowell, 'Remainder' by Tom McCarthy, 'The Poisonwood Bible' by Barbara Kingsolver, 'Poland' by James A. Michener, 'Freakonomics' by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, 'The Assassins Gate: American in Iraq' by George Packer, 'The Secret Life of Bees' by Sue Monk Kid, 'Pretty Little Dirty' by Amanda Boyden, 'Assassination Vacation' by Sarah Vowell, 'When She Was Good' by Phillip Roth, 'Killing Yourself to Live' by Chuck Klosterman, 'Smart Women Finish Rich' by David Roth, 'Mysteries of Pittsburgh' by Michael Chabon, 'The Plot Against America' by Phillip Roth, 'Hairstyles of the Damned' by Joe Meno, 'Why Christianity Must Change or Die' ed. John Shelby Spong, 'Milk It' by Jim DeRogatis, 'Devil in the White City' by Erik Larson; 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay' and 'Wonder Boys' by Michael Chabon; 'Whores on the Hill' by Colleen Curan; 'Thin Skin' by Emma Forrest.

Heroes:

Homemaking heroes: My grandma, my mom, Martha Stewart. Cooking hero: Toby.

My Blog

Home Sweet Homewrecker

Recently Kim and I launched our homemaking (and homewrecking) blog, Home Sweet Homewrecker. I'm still nagging Kim to post more (because she's far more clever than I), but come see what's cookin (and ...
Posted by Liz on Mon, 21 May 2007 09:04:00 PST

Been drinking

Yep. ...
Posted by Liz on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:18:00 PST

I've been baking

Back home in Chicago for Christmas, I tried to top last year's Martha Stewart Christmas Ham (with baked pears and cranberries!) with another Martha recipe for Garlic and Sage Crusted Pork Tenderloin. ...
Posted by Liz on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:10:00 PST

Christmas Balls

A favorite family cookie recipe, I give to you Christmas Balls* 1 c. butter 2 t. vanilla 1/3 c. sugar 2 t. water or milk 2 c. sifted all-purpose flour 1 c. chopped pecans (chop 'em pretty small) thin...
Posted by Liz on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:16:00 PST

Favorite Eateries in the Slope & Heights

Once in awhile people will ask me where to eat in the neighborhood (Park Slope / Prospect Heights), so I thought I'd list some of my favorites here: Bogata Bistro (Pan Latin) - http://www.bogotabistr...
Posted by Liz on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 10:39:00 PST

BBQ Ribs!

This weekend was the annual trip to Katey's lakehouse in CT for tons of eating, drinking, swimming (had it not rained so much), eating, drinking, playing of board games, drinking, and eating eating ea...
Posted by Liz on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:36:00 PST

MATZOH CLUSTERS

I celebrated both Passover and Easter this year. This recipe won me big points at my first Seder...Combine 3 sheets crumbled matzoh with 3 cups melted semisweet chocolate, and 1 cup each dried cherri...
Posted by Liz on Sun, 16 Apr 2006 11:32:00 PST

Valentines Day Dinner

I really out-did myself with Valentines dinner this year.  Instead of going out, it seemed like a good idea to run to three different grocery stores and cook for two hours after work.  Well,...
Posted by Liz on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:25:00 PST

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

As promised to Grace and Maggie... 3 c. all-purpose flour 2 tsp. ground cinnamon 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking soda 4 eggs 2 c. sugar 2 c cooked or canned pumpkin 1-1/4 c. vegetable oil 1-1/2 c...
Posted by Liz on Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:43:00 PST

Fresh Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Last year the brief rhubarb crop eluded me. So this morning when I saw a horde of stawberries and rhubarb on sale at the famers market, I quickly gathered the supplies to bake... FRESH STRAWBERRY ...
Posted by Liz on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST