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Homemade blackcurrant juice and a shiny new steam juicer.

So back in Cali, the main thing I knew about blackcurrants were that they were a strongly-scented European fruit that was used to make booze and Ribena. The main thing I knew about Ribena syrup was that it was really handy to use when mixing up blood substitute for film and TV productions. Never [...]

Six months and many spices later…

It’s been half a year since we moved to Finland, can you believe it? A lot has changed since that first month, and I’ve got many more projects planned in the coming winter months. Just wanted to stop, take a breath, and look at how we’ve grown. In the case of my spice rack, quite [...]

Shopaholic: The generosity of friends, and Tokyokan too!

Yesterday, we set out for Helsinki bright and early. It’s a little less than a 3 hour drive to get there, and we were trying to avoid traffic both ways. The weather was ridiculously humid and warm in a Floridian sort of way. Luckily the boy’s mother had loaned us her car with functional air [...]

Shopaholic: Tea stuff and colanders!

We had something of a housewares shopping frenzy yesterday whilst visiting some friends in Turku a few days ago. Which was good, because there’s still lots of stuff in the kitchen that needs stocking. They took us (the poor boy got dragged along, since he had some spare time before meeting up with his buddies [...]

The Not-So-Grand Tour

I mentioned that I would take pictures once things settled down, but got so caught up in getting through my backlog that I didn’t get around to it until now. So yes, let me welcome you to my new Finnish kitchen…

View from the doorway off of the entrance hall. That little white box [...]