tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71415564672382864682024-03-05T09:12:56.278-06:00The Chicago OutpostUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-6560921709332173672008-07-10T21:55:00.002-05:002008-07-10T22:23:23.430-05:00Chocolate Peppermint SorbetIt's been a while since we've posted. It isn't too much longer that we can legitimately post as the "Chicago Outpost" since each of us is moving back to South Bend within the next month. I've spent the last couple weeks packing, visiting friends, and preparing for my new job as a teacher at Trinity. It has been quite a nice change of pace from school, but I will be glad to begin work. What prompted this post was a nice bowl of homemade chocolate peppermint sorbet. It is such an easy and delightful treat that I thought I would share the recipe. My mom gave me a sorbet maker and it is so easy to use. I especially like it considering that there aren't any brands of frozen yumminess that I can eat. Here's the recipe:<br /><br />1 c unsweetened cocoa powder<br />2 c water<br />1 c sugar or 1/2 c agave nectar<br />pinch of salt<br />1 to 2 drops of peppermint oil (a few drops of this on the back of your neck and temples is a great way to cool off as well)<br /><br />In a medium saucepan, bring the water and sugar to a boil. When they have incorporated, whisk in the cocoa, salt and peppermint oil. Cool the mixture in the refrigerator. When cooled, add the mixture to the ice cream maker and make according to the directions for the maker. If you don't have an ice cream maker, you can freeze the mixture in a baking pan, stirring every few hours until it reaches your preferred texture.<br /><br />This makes about 4 servings.Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190292241845710917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-998916919454515532008-04-11T23:26:00.003-05:002008-04-11T23:35:51.659-05:00Victory is ours!!!!Really, the victory is all the Lord's! Praise the Lord, we turned in our BA's today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you everyone for your prayers!! It was truly awesome to know how many people were praying for us, personally it gave me hope and enabled me to trust the Lord even when I thought I could not finish this. <br /><br />We did not really sleep last night, wrote till the time we had to print it and turn it in... After rushing to the history office to get it in by noon, we went out to the Point/the lake and ran around for a while, in awe that it was over, praising the Lord for getting us through this.... Then we went home and slept for like 6 hours.... Still exhausted... Praise the Lord, soon enough we'll be able to celebrate with more energy :) <br /><br />GLORY!!!!!!!!!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-14316403938529729672008-04-06T13:00:00.003-05:002008-04-06T13:03:49.130-05:005 DaysMany of you know that the three of us have been working on our BA theses in History. They are due this Friday at noon. Please pray for us--that the Lord will sustain our minds and bodies and that we can get to know him better through the work that we do in the upcoming week. To God be the glory!Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190292241845710917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-84199929332772993832008-03-31T18:18:00.003-05:002008-03-31T18:27:09.321-05:00Tolkien's MythopeiaAnne and I are taking a class called Tolkien: Medieval and Modern. I love the first reading <a href="http://home.ccil.org/%7Ecowan/mythopoeia.html">assignment</a> we have and wanted to share it. <a href="http://home.ccil.org/%7Ecowan/mythopoeia.html"></a>Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190292241845710917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-61144631603486564462008-03-15T00:54:00.003-05:002008-03-15T00:57:58.139-05:00All three of us in 1 photo!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD6f0_efn-A4pflYl5x2y_ZmcL84dUo3yphgWP9-3vcC_ZOQ7uAwT2MWXduHpaBF9mPviKf91dUBZ7LjV1qcqB_ViXnzVjxcneNG1k_sCdNE8KkhQWMAiWk4RLUeOWH06U5Ayt0fYo250/s1600-h/IMG_6347.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD6f0_efn-A4pflYl5x2y_ZmcL84dUo3yphgWP9-3vcC_ZOQ7uAwT2MWXduHpaBF9mPviKf91dUBZ7LjV1qcqB_ViXnzVjxcneNG1k_sCdNE8KkhQWMAiWk4RLUeOWH06U5Ayt0fYo250/s400/IMG_6347.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177843252584246434" border="0" /></a>Anne has indeed been in Paris this quarter... Gina and I got a webcam so we could still talk face-to-face with Anne every so often, that was awesome :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-17656249403148801182008-03-12T14:55:00.002-05:002008-03-12T15:02:21.520-05:00I'm in Parisfor the quarter....in case you didn't know. It's almost over though, so it's probably <span style="font-style: italic;">un peu tard</span> to be posting this. But, if you want to see pictures, check out <a href="http://http://flickr.com/photos/7320082@N06/?saved=1">my flickr page .</a> There's quite a lot of them. If you want to hear about what I've done and learned, ask me in person, because there's more than I can post here. :)Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18017646941263087853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-91863614995574931022008-01-21T10:09:00.000-06:002008-01-21T13:36:08.066-06:00The "Great Man Theory" of HistoryOur national celebration of the life and influence of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reminds me of one of my favorite books, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/War-Peace-Leo-Tolstoy/dp/0307266931/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200943217&sr=1-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">War and Peace</span></a>. In <span style="font-style: italic;">War and Peace</span>, one of the things that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy">Tolstoy</a> tries to debunk is the historical myth of there being a "great man" or hero of historical events. He uses the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_wars">Napoleonic Wars</a> to illustrate his point. The defeat of French troops in Russia and their previous success throughout Europe, could not, contrary to the popular belief of Tolstoy's time, be attributed to Napoleon. Instead, the spirit of the French and Russian troops was the defining force of the war, just as the sentiment and actions of "the people" are/were the defining forces of history.<br /><br />I do not mean any disrespect to Dr. King--he was a great man, from what I can tell, who devoted his life to doing what the Lord asked of him. However, there were thousands to men and women who did the same thing fighting for civil rights, and who will never be recognized. Dr. King gave voice to their beliefs. However, the organization and education of people throughout the country, something in which Dr. King was not directly involved, was just as important, if not more so to the success of the civil rights movement, than providing a public face for it.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Baker">Ella Baker</a>, who was a grassroots organizer for civil rights beginning in the 1930's, focused on empowering individuals to lead and organize in their respective areas--a "teach a man how to fish" approach to change. I enjoyed learning about her and some of the smaller, yet crucial, organizations of individuals within the civil rights movement in her <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ella-Baker-Black-Freedom-Movement/dp/0807856169/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200942335&sr=8-1">biography</a>. It gave me a better understanding of the myriad of roles needed to affect meaningful change, as well as the equal importance of everyone fulfilling their individual callings. Just like the<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> unified body that Paul presents in <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=53&chapter=12&version=31">1 Corinthians 12</a>, there were many different parts of the civil rights movement that were necessary to affect change--each part playing an essential role.Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190292241845710917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-16763619148892713892008-01-16T10:39:00.000-06:002008-01-16T11:10:06.257-06:00Following MIT<a href="http://web.mit.edu/">MIT</a> makes many of its <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm">course syllabuses</a> and reading lists open and free for public use, which I think is great. While having access to reading lists isn't necessarily the same thing as having an awesome professor lecture and teach on a subject, I think in many cases it can be just as good, or better to follow a self-directed line of study. Following MIT, and also my personal desire to share more of my life, I wanted to post what I will be reading in the courses that I am taking this quarter. I won't do them all at once, but I'll start with a class that I have on the History and Theory of Drama in the 19<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span>-20<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> centuries in Europe. We will read and discuss the following plays: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dolls-House-Henrik-Ibsen/dp/1599869497/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200502334&sr=8-3">A Doll's House</a> , <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Julie-Plays-Performance-August-Strindberg/dp/1566631092/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200502362&sr=1-2">Miss Julie</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cherry-Orchard-Dover-Thrift-Editions/dp/0486266826/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200502443&sr=1-2">The Cherry Orchard</a> (I was in the play my senior year in high school), <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Major-Barbara-Press-George-Bernard/dp/1406553859/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200502523&sr=1-1">Major Barbara</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mother-Courage-Children-Penguin-Classics/dp/0143105280/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200502732&sr=1-1">Mother Courage</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Endgame-Without-Words-Samuel-Beckett/dp/0802150241/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200502784&sr=1-1">Endgame</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Endgame-Without-Words-Samuel-Beckett/dp/0802150241/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200502784&sr=1-1">The Homecoming</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Endgame-Without-Words-Samuel-Beckett/dp/0802150241/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200502784&sr=1-1">Cloud Nine</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Travesties-Tom-Stoppard/dp/0802150896/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200502909&sr=1-1">Travesties</a>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Angels-America-Millennium-Approaches-Perestroika/dp/1559362316/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200502942&sr=1-1">Angels in America</a>. I have not read all of these plays yet, so I am not necessarily recommending them. I'd love to hear thoughts from people who have read any of these.Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190292241845710917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-17585635462163684672008-01-14T23:10:00.002-06:002008-05-14T16:34:34.020-05:00Chance or the DanceI read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chance-Dance-Critique-Modern-Secularism/dp/0898702291/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200374492&sr=8-1">Chance or the Dance: A Critique of Modern Secularism</a> by Thomas Howard after my senior year in high school and found it interesting, yet difficult to read and comprehend. After 3 years in college and an increasing interest in art and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holism">holism</a>, I decided to try and read it again to see if it made more sense to me. I have yet to finish it as I'm back at school and should be doing my assigned readings, but it is a perfect articulation of a lot that I have been thinking about over the past few years. One of the main things that the book does is contrast the new, secular myth, that "everything means nothing" (i.e. that images abstract reality), to the old Christian myth, which is that "everything means everything" (i.e. that images reflect reality). Instead of acedemic analysis, which breaks things down into parts, fragmenting our understanding of the world, story, poetry and art synthesize the world and fill it with glory. This book is thoroughly refreshing to read right now while I am in the middle of an academic world that is full of analysis but seems devoid of life. I highly recommend the book!Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190292241845710917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-69874972799622123772007-12-17T21:56:00.000-06:002007-12-17T22:52:02.231-06:00"Creation is groaning for the revealing of the Sons of God"I just read <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/magazine/16wwln-lede-t.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5088&en=2aa13fccedc76f2a&ex=1355461200&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">this article</a> by Michael Pollan in the New York Times magazine. He talks about two seemingly unrelated issues that cropped up in the last year and ties them together under the topic of industrialized agriculture, and the effects of the process of industrialization on the living/natural things involved, pigs for food production in the first case, and bees for almond production in the second. More broadly his argument is about sustainability/unsustainability. He says that what unsustainable "is that the practice or process can’t go on indefinitely because it is destroying the very conditions on which it depends." The mass production of meat involving "raising vast numbers of pigs or chickens or cattle in close and filthy confinement" leads to using an enormous amount of antibiotics on these animals (some say 70% of antibiotics consumed in the US), which possibly leads to the development/evolution of lethal, antibiotic-resistant, viruses etc. And the mass production of almonds in California leads to shipping in foreign bees from all over the country and world who are not at a place in their life-cycle to work hard, which could lead to mass sickness among the bees (and therefore less almond crop) every so often... Read the article to get the full stories...<br /><br />Pollan is not asserting direct cause and effect situations here, he's careful about that. And even if we don't believe the connections he points to, I at least agree with his overall point. He says at the end of his article, "[this] seems to be a hallmark of industrial agriculture: to maximize production and keep food as cheap as possible, it pushes natural systems and organisms to their limit, asking them to function as efficiently as machines," and points out that this is dangerous. If we keep doing this, and continue trying to solve the problems that inevitably arise in ways that continue to treat them as machines, we are just making more problems. I am all for progress in agriculture, and in production in general, all for innovation. But I believe that we, as sons and daughters of God (creator of all), made in his image and likeness and given dominion over creation, would do well to have a greater respect for all of God's creation, to work with God and with the order within creation to innovate/create systems of agriculture, and society in general. This belief applies to the way we as humans treat humans as well, not just animals/organisms (think the stem-cell issue: embryos mass-produced for the sake of solving certain problems--scary! and probably not fully solving a problem that is actually much deeper than we think!). Pollan's argument and my endorsing it is not solely for the sake of pigs and bees. Ultimately even these agricultural problems have bad effects on us.<br /><br />One more separate, random thought: there's a line in the article,"the lifestyle of the modern honeybee leaves the insects so stressed out and their immune systems so compromised that, much like livestock on factory farms, they've become vulnerable to whatever new infectious agent happens to come along..." When I read that I immediately thought of myself (and Gina) and UofC as an analogous situation and laughed... UofC has killed my immune system (think sudden onslaught then steady increase of allergies)... Really makes me wonder what is so unnatural about studying so hard...<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/magazine/16wwln-lede-t.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5088&en=2aa13fccedc76f2a&ex=1355461200&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-69135154933243671482007-12-14T11:49:00.001-06:002007-12-14T11:51:27.571-06:00Studying at Aster with Anne<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8015294@N08/2111160426/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2379/2111160426_b417b0e14f_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" > <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8015294@N08/2111160426/">IMG_5357</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/8015294@N08/">marg.decelles</a> </span></div>In the afternoon, Anne and I needed a change of scenery, so we headed to Aster cafe for more BA studying/reading. I love this place, and it gave me an opportunity to take <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/8015294@N08/">cool pictures </a>:)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-72430160034845611792007-12-14T11:38:00.001-06:002007-12-14T11:44:24.976-06:00Video of Dinkytown study day 1027Anne and I are in the town of Dink for a little bit... Yesterday we got to study (work on our BA's) with the masses of Dinkytown Campus Division students studying for finals; it was their study day break between classes and tests. Also, yesterday the piano was tuned, which was quite exciting... Anyways at one point it was so crazy in the dining room I had to capture it on <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-541059653765735410&hl=en">video</a>.<br /><br />Check <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-541059653765735410&hl=en">it</a> out :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-53667031811512899312007-12-12T19:55:00.000-06:002008-01-03T17:28:56.827-06:00Recommended ReadingThe focus of my BA thesis will be the <a href="http://www.parks.ky.gov/findparks/histparks/jd/">Jefferson Davis Monument</a> in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Fairview</span>, KY and how it fit into the Confederate monument building boom of the late 19<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> and early 20<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">th</span> centuries. In trying to nail down a thesis, I have read some pretty fascinating books that I think are worth recommending.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lies-Across-America-Historic-Sites/dp/0684870673/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197512775&sr=1-2">Lies Across America</a> by James <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Loewen</span><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Race-Reunion-Civil-American-Memory/dp/0674008197/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197512726&sr=8-1">Race and Reunion </a>by David Blight<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lies-Across-America-Historic-Sites/dp/0684870673/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197512775&sr=1-2">Confederates in the Attic</a> by Tony HorowitzGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190292241845710917noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-44211829094841265032007-12-08T14:37:00.000-06:002007-12-08T15:03:36.491-06:00Done with Finals!Margaret, Anne and I are done with Autumn quarter finals! Personally, I think it was my toughest finals week yet. However, I have found that painful academic experiences are easily forgotten; I will catch up on sleep and I don't have to read or think about poorly written papers again. While the pain doesn't last, I have faith that it was not pointless and that the learning that came through the pain was helpful--I may not remember many of the historical details from my classes, but the practice of analysis and synthesis of material is something that will stay with me and continue to grow once I'm out of school. That said, I can't wait to be done! :)<br /><br />To celebrate being done, we went out to the Christkindlmarket in downtown Chicago. We had spiced wine and sugared macadamia nuts. Tonight we are celebrating Margaret's birthday--we're going to try and make our own spiced wine and roasted chestnuts. God be Praised!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWBrN0_1sEgDfeTS22uHKQdrxaVf0uG333js31USegyCCpKbsZw02R_MuGHhrrpE_txOg5iVPdXilA69OSOrEnrqH01aTtP9tpSHhmVPQyxiqK1RyNDt8RjWexT-_kBBu01Zzam0DDew/s1600-h/christkindlmarket.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWBrN0_1sEgDfeTS22uHKQdrxaVf0uG333js31USegyCCpKbsZw02R_MuGHhrrpE_txOg5iVPdXilA69OSOrEnrqH01aTtP9tpSHhmVPQyxiqK1RyNDt8RjWexT-_kBBu01Zzam0DDew/s200/christkindlmarket.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141708733570477778" border="0" /></a><br />(Anne and I with our warm drinks)Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190292241845710917noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-33656217637205488522007-11-08T14:30:00.001-06:002007-11-08T18:15:51.243-06:00Allergy RotationLast night I accidentally posted the spread sheet that Margaret and I use to rotate the foods that we eat for our allergy rotation diet. Someone had a question about it, so I will explain. We are <a href="http://www.netnutritionist.com/fa6.htm">sensitive</a> to many foods (i.e. we don't go into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaphylaxis"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">anaphylactic</span> shock</a> after eating said foods, so we aren't "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_allergy">allergic</a>", but the reactions that we do have are uncomfortable and restrictive enough to make avoiding them well worth our while). The hope is that by following this rotation, we will avoid becoming sensitive to more foods and possibly lose our sensitivities to corn, wheat, milk, and soy products, as well as some other things.<br /><br />The rotation assigns food families to specific days, ensuring that you do not eat a food, or any of its close relatives, more than once every 4 days. While it can be a hard plan to follow, I have learned some interesting things: did you know that onions and asparagus are in the same family? what about mangoes and cashews? If you are interested in looking at the table and learning about the different food families, you can check out the spreadsheet <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df25hc3s_77f3bjhc">here</a>. There are many foods that are not on the list, as well as ones on the list that we don't eat. You can tell when foods are in the same family by looking at the number next to it.Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190292241845710917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-25009726079120375472007-11-08T09:06:00.000-06:002007-11-08T09:42:31.001-06:00South Bend Sunday<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZoDHE7v0Uhgyng3Gu5dQEyHerVYSHzjT4YLmxDUdzglEYUtkZ_TzXnco-iBV2NrSHyPhdf54HqjKkT1CMudkBS-j4bN_gVSpzxkLggz-_ZFWW4c2XY7DoNsL0hXtaJzlmQGJOuSqNMD8/s1600-h/IMG_4952.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZoDHE7v0Uhgyng3Gu5dQEyHerVYSHzjT4YLmxDUdzglEYUtkZ_TzXnco-iBV2NrSHyPhdf54HqjKkT1CMudkBS-j4bN_gVSpzxkLggz-_ZFWW4c2XY7DoNsL0hXtaJzlmQGJOuSqNMD8/s320/IMG_4952.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130488523978120770" border="0" /></a>(departure)<br /><br /></div>Gina, Anne, and I come to South Bend for the People of Praise Community Meetings as often as we can while still being students on track to graduate when we want to... We've also recently been reassigned to the Action Division, and their meetings are, at least for the moment, before the CM's on Sunday. So this last Sunday, we got in the car and took off for the POP meeting double header. Here's sort of a photo tour of our trip down and back, though I didn't take pictures of the most interesting parts, the two meetings...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zABzeG3nnO46CQurJCWs0bS-c8AiHPUaDPzMukS-jifo_QJ85qmzo-rmN9RaHUqKOu-3GTSFJUMAbC3IKWwol_1EFUFx6xhrX5D9FDuPXPeM1vikY-FUInAQws7aX8jjwlSuVjEM7g0/s1600-h/IMG_4955.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zABzeG3nnO46CQurJCWs0bS-c8AiHPUaDPzMukS-jifo_QJ85qmzo-rmN9RaHUqKOu-3GTSFJUMAbC3IKWwol_1EFUFx6xhrX5D9FDuPXPeM1vikY-FUInAQws7aX8jjwlSuVjEM7g0/s320/IMG_4955.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130488532568055378" border="0" /></a>Moo and Oink's on Stoney<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hMC3UggrlYosb7T_9_ZzsFddnEHdiux6ZQcHD68sRRHWrzx_f65akUs7FNQG_X3O8iHXiv9Y2TBc_MJHcWqvcOeQ5JUT2PF3dH81F-GJKRGG1qkInpIkX0VRimbdTs-58fL5azo2tcw/s1600-h/IMG_4959.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hMC3UggrlYosb7T_9_ZzsFddnEHdiux6ZQcHD68sRRHWrzx_f65akUs7FNQG_X3O8iHXiv9Y2TBc_MJHcWqvcOeQ5JUT2PF3dH81F-GJKRGG1qkInpIkX0VRimbdTs-58fL5azo2tcw/s320/IMG_4959.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130488541157990002" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihF-4yutaKlUELCbnsNUhdK0CycOqp4bHlemDmk_ulAzQRlultqyRnUMRq8WIfuQ7CZOifphfGdr2EeEzeemMyurUMaFe5_xtny8ezuoROAMN1sKyEBMaVPqlfW03rTpQ4bTzyzse4Kn8/s1600-h/IMG_4969.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihF-4yutaKlUELCbnsNUhdK0CycOqp4bHlemDmk_ulAzQRlultqyRnUMRq8WIfuQ7CZOifphfGdr2EeEzeemMyurUMaFe5_xtny8ezuoROAMN1sKyEBMaVPqlfW03rTpQ4bTzyzse4Kn8/s320/IMG_4969.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130489997151903378" border="0" /></a>It was a gorgeous day.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOzmSiQn-Xsu2hi_xbBvbMmEm4yPQc135-bueRhYcpT0LzTDZ9ZIht9aWU4WZ2JWvahjdNS3SbxVOtduBMxgu8_OYbV6Qx9jQctgjp3GNCOV1bI9-JVuRaYVpW8FyxU6wY8jUXW7FwLs/s1600-h/IMG_4977.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOzmSiQn-Xsu2hi_xbBvbMmEm4yPQc135-bueRhYcpT0LzTDZ9ZIht9aWU4WZ2JWvahjdNS3SbxVOtduBMxgu8_OYbV6Qx9jQctgjp3GNCOV1bI9-JVuRaYVpW8FyxU6wY8jUXW7FwLs/s320/IMG_4977.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130490005741837986" border="0" /></a>South Bend!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdYPdwvQhwjpagh55aI-cYILDYueW4K2ROxPe28dY-T9qEhXc3YTlcKJKl9T75BUK38lvuhlB0Bbd30pKurmOSq6R3S9dsAJquH02PcLI475i1UCHL9_epK15dIk2jzt25EujWE8qZS0c/s1600-h/IMG_4978.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdYPdwvQhwjpagh55aI-cYILDYueW4K2ROxPe28dY-T9qEhXc3YTlcKJKl9T75BUK38lvuhlB0Bbd30pKurmOSq6R3S9dsAJquH02PcLI475i1UCHL9_epK15dIk2jzt25EujWE8qZS0c/s320/IMG_4978.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130490070166347442" border="0" /></a>The Center<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOvs371Hf6d1dYFuczTXIRQzFkvOxuJOC3yN532AkTjk74BkEMkNJrxkL89BZxYow-ZiVZGamxn87WvqQscB3hY2XtE4n-CBuT3CEHJgYTKrdc-p-rLgKPZrnZv6SUyBSVKqBv6KBjH4/s1600-h/IMG_4981.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOvs371Hf6d1dYFuczTXIRQzFkvOxuJOC3yN532AkTjk74BkEMkNJrxkL89BZxYow-ZiVZGamxn87WvqQscB3hY2XtE4n-CBuT3CEHJgYTKrdc-p-rLgKPZrnZv6SUyBSVKqBv6KBjH4/s320/IMG_4981.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130492045851303650" border="0" /></a>Terry Kelly and the burning bush...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdh91DA4xFwT1nCcwvRQV4U5wSgij450GGZ0qtU00zC3OXMcYVafoXQaxKDakAWNQqlwBVfLl9_450DEOoxAG9_AIRBgFr7lT0o4bQJYMP4QtS8qAl2zu3jQJPN5IeTsoGYYXYpay8cI/s1600-h/IMG_4984.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdh91DA4xFwT1nCcwvRQV4U5wSgij450GGZ0qtU00zC3OXMcYVafoXQaxKDakAWNQqlwBVfLl9_450DEOoxAG9_AIRBgFr7lT0o4bQJYMP4QtS8qAl2zu3jQJPN5IeTsoGYYXYpay8cI/s320/IMG_4984.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130492956384370434" border="0" /></a>Back to Chi-town<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdkGMK40VAH_fPuP6E0k-5RjHnJJ6AQgnwmeNbRvOp6OQ3CLv8SbX5B-IRIUeuL0tvH48AkWbEovJBHonCuhuvAabaISQxvAsZ44Lr6k1hnWsZZfr9-BxHLofDs2gFIMoDdqKm4O33es/s1600-h/IMG_5018.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdkGMK40VAH_fPuP6E0k-5RjHnJJ6AQgnwmeNbRvOp6OQ3CLv8SbX5B-IRIUeuL0tvH48AkWbEovJBHonCuhuvAabaISQxvAsZ44Lr6k1hnWsZZfr9-BxHLofDs2gFIMoDdqKm4O33es/s320/IMG_5018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130492063031172850" border="0" /></a>(the bridge is up)<br /></div>More pictures on my flickr page...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-73013747656788887542007-11-07T20:21:00.000-06:002007-11-07T20:25:39.772-06:00Bonjour!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwR05sKNLKJRGxllfWN-nw8nktk_DIeZ64SAlTfYLr_tr9D3ZKbnL23AERjZhZoXXOeVj1_q_gfQYtWxkjd8Abp4nN-s0ngKEOqEHokaP4TxN7U9XrIESJ-AYj1WSe-dIrLJjmCWw3bLw/s1600-h/P1000959.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwR05sKNLKJRGxllfWN-nw8nktk_DIeZ64SAlTfYLr_tr9D3ZKbnL23AERjZhZoXXOeVj1_q_gfQYtWxkjd8Abp4nN-s0ngKEOqEHokaP4TxN7U9XrIESJ-AYj1WSe-dIrLJjmCWw3bLw/s320/P1000959.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130289928923686050" border="0" /></a><br />Margaret brought me this from the Bonjour Bakery this morning, entirely unsolicited, while I was writing multiple papers quickly. It was even better than it looks.Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18017646941263087853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-22812853365397847482007-11-03T17:28:00.001-05:002007-11-03T17:50:46.727-05:00End of Week 6In the quarter system, we talk about our life in weeks. A full quarter consists of 9 1/2 weeks of classes, followed by a two day reading period and then a finals week. This week ends the 6th week of classes.<br /><br />Since we are all history majors and seniors, our life pretty much looks like lots of time researching, reading and writing. We have to turn in a 40-50 page original history paper (our BA thesis) at the beginning of Spring quarter (the beginning of April). We each have a faculty advisor who is supposed to help us with the process, as well as a special seminar devoted to learning how to write good history and talking about our individual projects. These past couple weeks have consisted of discerning what secondary and primary sources we might use in our papers, as well as annotating those sources. Annotating them basically consists of reading the sources, which can look like skimming the source or reading academic reviews of it, and then summarizing what the source presents and why we think it will be useful to our project. The next hurdle we have in the process is to write a "problem paper", which I think is supposed to articulate the problem that we think our paper will set out to answer. That paper is still a few weeks off, so I'm still fuzzy on what it's supposed to be.<br /><br />In addition to these last few weeks being full of annotation, they've been full of the common cold. When you live in household, it seems pretty hard to avoid passing bugs on to one another. I'm the last victim, so hopefully in the next few days we'll be done with it and on to the land of no colds! Please pray for us--all of our work and health. May the Lord be glorified in everything we do!Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190292241845710917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-3191141919924547882007-10-30T14:06:00.000-05:002007-10-30T14:24:51.273-05:00Corn and EconomicsThere's an interesting conversation on the <a href="http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/index.html">Becker-Posner blog</a> (they are 2 economists from the U of C) about ethanol subsidies, the rise of food costs, its possible impact on developing countries, and the politics of agricultural subsidies in the US. It is a little long, but I thought it was informative. One interesting thing I hadn't realized: the fact that the state of Iowa plays such a large role in the primaries affects how politicians support subsidies. According to Posner, Iowa caucuses extract pledges from <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/12/AR2007031201722.html">possible presidential candidates</a> to preserve and expand the home-grown ethanol industry, making the issue of ethanol subsidies bi-partisan and unlikely to generate a lot of critique.Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190292241845710917noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-54013428498417945842007-10-28T18:08:00.000-05:002007-10-28T19:14:06.666-05:00More Recipes!By request from a dear sister in the <a href="http://peopleofpraise.org/">People of Praise</a>, here are the recipes from my birthday dinner.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date and Apricot Chutney</span> from <span style="font-style: italic;">Cooking Light<br /><br />1/2 cup dried apricots, halved<br />1 cup chopped, pitted dates (about 1 lb)<br />3/4 cup brown sugar<br />1/2 cup apple cider vinegar<br />1 tsp minced peeled fresh ginger<br />1/2 tsp coriander<br />1/4 tsp salt<br />1/8 tsp crushed red pepper<br />1/2 red onion, thinly sliced<br />2 tbs chopped fresh cilantro<br /><br />1. Place apricots in a medium bowl. Cover with boiling water, and let stand 1 hour. Drain.<br /><br />2. Combine apricots, dates, and next 7 ingredients in a medium heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer 25 min or until thickened. Remove from heat; stir in cilantro<br /><br />3. Pack chutney in clean jars. Cover and cool chutney completely; chill. Yield: 2 1/4 cups (serving size: 1/4 cup)<br /><br />Note: You can store chutney in refrigerator for up to 6 weeks. It is good with roasted meats, in the morning on toast, or on ham sandwiches.<br /><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.oprah.com/foodhome/food/recipes/food_20020820_squash.jhtml">Butternut Squash with Sage </a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-recipes/NU00434">Mixed Greens with Fennel, Pears and Walnuts</a>Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190292241845710917noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-15921578446334017142007-10-21T09:40:00.000-05:002007-10-21T12:59:35.930-05:00Praise God for Birthdays!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF5C4G8Dgb4DwWtxVeyRBmrxMs3bycBwQDH9y2V0u36brcxd8Wvt66W3_NXcdwS785J-pHDWnjt0Szi8BegWGd3dLvY431J4TiBCASqsYYYwhH2B0dC3snbyhFI6dG_-WwDsMf6BxyWw/s1600-h/lamb.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF5C4G8Dgb4DwWtxVeyRBmrxMs3bycBwQDH9y2V0u36brcxd8Wvt66W3_NXcdwS785J-pHDWnjt0Szi8BegWGd3dLvY431J4TiBCASqsYYYwhH2B0dC3snbyhFI6dG_-WwDsMf6BxyWw/s200/lamb.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123849860542541154" border="0" /></a>Margaret and Anne made a wonderful birthday dinner for me last night. It was the first Lord's Day that we have had here in Chicago this school year; the last 4 weeks or so there have been many wonderful occasions for which to travel and celebrate with brothers and sisters in the POP!<br /><br />Anne and Margaret both like taking cool pictures, so I asked them to print off some of their artsy photos and frame them for me so that we could hang them up in our apartment.<br /><br />I love squash, so we had butternut squash with sage, lamb chops with apricot, date chutney and mixed greens with pears. It was a very autumnal dinner despite the 70 degree weather! Dessert was a peppermint chocolate torte. Scrumptious!Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190292241845710917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-42825301145947873702007-10-19T09:31:00.000-05:002007-10-19T09:39:45.376-05:00Back porch!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikjHmS0LcXkBYlrPQdZ3ANsDcguxfprxbMnfPA1boY0xxhSIZmZgsdZElPR3_bz36as0NdBi5gMg4Vrq7ca4KPfPwKpDGqOSh49C1p0OEKniok00xZvP88JvNTMcYEkUIsXKtDFRcNTMU/s1600-h/IMG_4929.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikjHmS0LcXkBYlrPQdZ3ANsDcguxfprxbMnfPA1boY0xxhSIZmZgsdZElPR3_bz36as0NdBi5gMg4Vrq7ca4KPfPwKpDGqOSh49C1p0OEKniok00xZvP88JvNTMcYEkUIsXKtDFRcNTMU/s320/IMG_4929.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123056577929315378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglv5Jds9hpiSGylOzYE_dbTyxAQG2vFeMSf-y6CVzk6gxuG0rislnCP93drQw89ekGJQeYtFrUhjIi1WqGvPdQOxgO2jxQDW5Tq1ALwATWgw34c7sfGii086wLnyVOLHUVq37qjORO3r0/s1600-h/IMG_4931.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglv5Jds9hpiSGylOzYE_dbTyxAQG2vFeMSf-y6CVzk6gxuG0rislnCP93drQw89ekGJQeYtFrUhjIi1WqGvPdQOxgO2jxQDW5Tq1ALwATWgw34c7sfGii086wLnyVOLHUVq37qjORO3r0/s320/IMG_4931.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123056599404151874" border="0" /></a>For the past four weeks we have not been allowed to go out our back door because this porch was rebuilt. (This has meant much loud noises during working hours, and really long round-about trips to the laundry room and to the trash...) It's done today, and looks awesome! The above pic shows our back door on the left, and the pic below is taken from right outside our back door looking to the right...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdpMbjkkAmxo0z_nKdcxXkqcxnz2hiVTNC6paHF-5HBzKNNF5iOtGkdea7Wg_JYnMnM773lkLdjXtCYm_TWxc_T0ALid311cJL6XIhIEsOyTJRH7BkUs7lWFvSnuHFfaptoH_2JNgD5Y/s1600-h/IMG_4932.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdpMbjkkAmxo0z_nKdcxXkqcxnz2hiVTNC6paHF-5HBzKNNF5iOtGkdea7Wg_JYnMnM773lkLdjXtCYm_TWxc_T0ALid311cJL6XIhIEsOyTJRH7BkUs7lWFvSnuHFfaptoH_2JNgD5Y/s320/IMG_4932.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123056612289053778" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-65068876430905749422007-10-19T09:25:00.000-05:002007-10-19T09:31:30.890-05:00more BA work...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxzMOWCsXh3Ucz2f3lEAIeAs74Lkq6tV2RrciIW9qxR3yMUj7M7mGffa8kkUJbEMSJzeeVr775l4FboZ_npOwwEebJ7kb7U1RdzKOl1dXfzXMZv7dBGe2pPE6tFYEE8ZPMBn7OggLxB58/s1600-h/IMG_4922.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxzMOWCsXh3Ucz2f3lEAIeAs74Lkq6tV2RrciIW9qxR3yMUj7M7mGffa8kkUJbEMSJzeeVr775l4FboZ_npOwwEebJ7kb7U1RdzKOl1dXfzXMZv7dBGe2pPE6tFYEE8ZPMBn7OggLxB58/s320/IMG_4922.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123054898597102610" border="0" /></a>This is my desk... I'm working on writing my annotated bibliography for my BA research on Scottish neo-nationalism...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXj-FS1JUWs8DJ-j_GQ4n-niAOK3F3kQ5riS4Vxh3-_46bbh9dUjVpg5f2asFb12KUNuplJhOsGu340Ar1lGgwFkU871RqXYyr82CRHYlwkw2aUgeMArjlQyajoh-Fzkz2g7e_izBfD68/s1600-h/IMG_4925.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXj-FS1JUWs8DJ-j_GQ4n-niAOK3F3kQ5riS4Vxh3-_46bbh9dUjVpg5f2asFb12KUNuplJhOsGu340Ar1lGgwFkU871RqXYyr82CRHYlwkw2aUgeMArjlQyajoh-Fzkz2g7e_izBfD68/s320/IMG_4925.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123054911482004514" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-42012296461084548042007-10-10T12:47:00.000-05:002007-10-10T12:55:40.729-05:00BA researching...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0rQ4DexFqUIahJdzIERfQkF1Zj76c4ckJrQP2h7mQ0bL5e8Tb5F3691YIlXGdw0sTLqrdPDmGm5l3J7dp4Ohyphenhyphen4_1yWIRraP5A65DxBmbQ8vXEnf7L7BYFX-VY2WjwqI4zbpst5bQzlM/s1600-h/IMG_4901.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0rQ4DexFqUIahJdzIERfQkF1Zj76c4ckJrQP2h7mQ0bL5e8Tb5F3691YIlXGdw0sTLqrdPDmGm5l3J7dp4Ohyphenhyphen4_1yWIRraP5A65DxBmbQ8vXEnf7L7BYFX-VY2WjwqI4zbpst5bQzlM/s400/IMG_4901.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119768101859394546" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGWF0xhB1Q_KHmmfHJmQiMHW9jmWdfDhEKoGbXA9TEIFZO65MNKfDyD_kVhLTRjn9qwxgMm9_O4GgQ49EKb2Milw2f1nBsb8V6FHMHJoZE7Z3O-NYVQYNUv_Eg4GjL8kJRyXCOqhXNIE/s1600-h/IMG_4899.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGWF0xhB1Q_KHmmfHJmQiMHW9jmWdfDhEKoGbXA9TEIFZO65MNKfDyD_kVhLTRjn9qwxgMm9_O4GgQ49EKb2Milw2f1nBsb8V6FHMHJoZE7Z3O-NYVQYNUv_Eg4GjL8kJRyXCOqhXNIE/s400/IMG_4899.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119768119039263746" border="0" /></a><br />...on a chilly fall day...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141556467238286468.post-78648292953125851652007-09-30T21:31:00.000-05:002007-10-02T22:16:22.818-05:00Praise God for Chocolate!I knew that there was going to be cheesecake and chocolate torte at Genevieve and Nathan's wedding this past weekend--which meant yummy desserts and Margaret and Gina should not eat if we wanted to enjoy the company of our dear brothers and sisters. So, I decided to make a milk-free, soy-free, flourless chocolate cake. I was skeptical as to whether it would work, but it did and it tasted great and fit right in with the chocolate torte that was at the wedding. Here's the recipe adapted from Epicurious.com:<br /><br />4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate<br />1/2 cup canola oil<br />1 cup sugar<br />3 large eggs<br />1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder plus additional for sprinkling<br /><br /> Preheat oven to 375°F and oil an 8-inch round baking pan. Line bottom with a round of wax paper.<p> Chop chocolate into small pieces. In a double boiler or metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water melt chocolate with oil, stirring, until smooth. Remove top of double boiler or bowl from heat and whisk sugar into chocolate mixture. Add eggs and whisk well. Sift 1/2 cup cocoa powder over chocolate mixture and whisk until just combined. Pour batter into pan and bake in middle of oven 25 minutes, or until top has formed a thin crust. Cool cake in pan on a rack 5 minutes and invert onto a serving plate.</p><div id="servingInfo"> <p><br /></p> </div>Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190292241845710917noreply@blogger.com0