Well, we haven't had any Friday Night Feasts in many months now, and my own dinner parties have not happened through the summer since the Pacific Northwest has a temparate enough climate that air conditioners are few and far between (i.e. I don't have one in my "house").  Therefore, cooking for two days and inviting people over to a stove- and oven-heated house on top of possible summer heat is not very hostlike.  I plan on starting them up again in the fall, however.

So I have an online friend who is a rep for a national meat company and assures me that EatWild is written by a crazed hippiefreak (my words, not his, but he didn't disagree (though he has not really read the content of the site yet)--I talked briefly about my issues with Peta, et al. here).  I told him that I wouldn't take either his or EatWild's word for it, but would really like to have a tour of a local beef farm and slaughterhouse that is contracted by said national meat company so I could judge for myself.  I hope he takes me up on the offer, since, as I've said in the past, I am still very interested in how my food gets to my plate.

Other than that, there's not much new to report.  I've been baking bread every couple-to-few weeks and in general just making up a few off-the-cuff recipes for weekly meals.  I did create a personal cookbook a three-ring-binder with one-page recipes that sits in my kitchen.  I may share some of them here if I get inspired enough in the coming weeks and months.  I'm pretty happy with it, as it eminds me what to do when I need a reminder.  Good stuff.  Here's to hoping I update more often...