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Off we go

Saturday, 01 August 2009 17:08 | Author: Anton

Cindy and I are going off to Germany for the next two weeks, so hopefully we'll have lots of photos to post here soon. My parents also financed an HD camera as a birthday present, so I'll probably post snippets of video (unfortunately, HD takes up about 12 gb/hour, so no long hd videos will appear here).

Oriental Institute

Travels - Short Trips in Grad School

Monday, 27 July 2009 04:06 | Author: Anton

A couple of weekends ago, Cindy and I went to the Oriental Institute at U Chicago. It's a small museum, but has quite a bit of neat objects from the middle east, especially the Mesopotamian region. Here are some pictures (click for bigger ones):

Leading up to the Gates of Babylon was a series of 100 mosaic lions. Two of them now live in Illinois:

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Борщ (Borscht)

Food - Soups

Saturday, 25 July 2009 23:22 | Author: Anton

Standard Russian/Ukranian soup, based on my dad's recipe. Takes about 2 hours to make, but it's not difficult - just a lot of chopping. I'm usually not very precise with the amount of each ingredient, so I'll give ranges rather than precise numbers. Careful with the beet - it'll make everything red.

Ingredients:
Beef - 2-3 lb
Beet - 1 (standard-potato-sized)
Potatoes - 2-3
Carrots - 3 (medium carrots)
Onion
Red bell pepper
Cabbage - about 3 potatoes' worth
Tomato paste - half a can
Dry dill weed - teaspoon? tablespoon?
Salt, pepper, oil

Fudge

Food - Desserts

Saturday, 25 July 2009 23:01 | Author: Anton

I make fudge from scratch, and after a few tries it is very quick and tasty. Here's the recipe, based on this:

Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 cup whipping cream
4 Tbsp butter
Candy Thermometer

Fruit Tart

Food - Desserts

Wednesday, 08 July 2009 02:44 | Author: Anton

Cindy and I got adventurous this weekend and made a fruit tart:

Here's the recipe we used, from JoyOfBaking.com. It does take a while to make (at least the first time), but comes out very good. Do let the filling sit overnight as it gets better the next day. And I used vanilla extract instead of vanilla bean.