Mastiff Love

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I love my mastiff, Thrace. But she won't sit still for a good picture.

I promise she's not ever as sad as she looks right here. She's just completely freaked out by my gigantic camera.

Check out the way-artsy gallery of mastiff pictures I've put together {here}. Nothing has ever been so gross yet so loveable at the same time.

Pudín de Pan

I decided to make this because a) The french bread I bought went stale, and (b) I've been daydreaming about bread pudding with bourbon sauce since tasting the glorious gumbo over at Crawdaddy's** this weekend.  

This takes about a minute to whip up, and you can make and eat dinner while you're waiting for the mix to set up... ahem... or you could not eat dinner at all and instead watch two or three episodes of Kell on Earth. It's a pretty filling dessert (and I kinda lost my appetite after watching Skinner cry her eyes out anyway), so it's your call.

Follow the jump for the recipe and possibly more trash talk

Get Fresca

Agua Frescas are not just for summer. Or people who live in bordertowns.

They are water + fruit and/or vegetable and they are delicious. If you really can't handle a cold drink right now (I'm looking at you, entire Northeastern part of the country) you could always make this with hot water instead. Of course then you may as well just add some bourbon, make it an unofficial Hot Toddy and call it a day. I'm just sayin'.

Follow the jump for the full recipe!

Neat Video

Super dreamy. I've watched it twice already.

And it's got the best whale cameo since Neko Case's People Got A Lotta Nerve.


{Video by Angela Kohler-- Check out her cool notebook blog here.}

{The girl with the enviable hair is Alison Sudol of A Fine Frenzy. She wrote this little piece of music just for the video.}

Captain, Good Fortune Smiles On Us

  I've officially hit the nerd ceiling. Yesterday I made fortune cookies with fantastically ominous sci-fi messages inside.

All of this has happened before...  

and all of this will happen again.

Embarrassingly enough, I found a decent recipe from about.com (who knew?)
Follow the jump for the full recipe and a few more snazzy pictures...

Our Own Cursed Capacity for Suffering

 

How I love today's Apartment Therapy post on Soviet-inspired decor.

Oh, it's a terrible time to be alive!

Image via Ken Danvers.

Ktichen Stock

Is anyone else out there obsessed with the package design of Wal-Mart's private brand, Good Value?

It looks so wonderfully generic...  like it was designed for the set of your own personal cooking show. Although I would definitely not recommend their cans of crushed tomatoes for consumption, the basic stuff (flour, sugar, etc.) seems okay, and besides, it's super cheap.

I can't wait to go totally Stepford and stock my entire pantry with this stuff. 

Watch your back, Rachael Ray...

(Photo via My Private Brand-- follow this link for more opinions on the G.V. redesign)