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From the monthly archives: August 2009

Eggplant and Peanut Stew

By Becky Striepe On August 31, 2009 · 9 Comments · In Recipes and Food

My friend Bonnie sent me a recipe for eggplant stew, and it reminded me that I’d been wanting to try a spin on this West African eggplant stew that I’d seen in a few places. The first place I ran across this recipe was years ago in Mollie Katzen’s Moosewood Cookbook, but [...]

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Friday Roundup: My Fellow Crafty Bastards

By Becky Striepe On August 28, 2009 · 2 Comments · In Events and Classes

Hurrah! The Crafty Bastards vendor gallery is up! I thought it would be fun to do a roundup of some of my pals who will be at the show with me on October 3rd!

Home Sweet’s beautiful organic fabrics and housewares. Rhymes With Twee and her cute, quirky, and often [...]

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Handmade Nation Comes to Atlanta!

By Becky Striepe On August 27, 2009 · 1 Comment · In Events and Classes

If you’re in Atlanta and haven’t seen Handmade Nation yet, this very Saturday is your chance!

The film is showing at 8pm on Saturday at Young Blood Gallery as part of the Atlanta Film Festival. You can get your tickets in advance on the Atlanta Film Festival website or pick [...]

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Yoga For Crafters: Jewelers Edition

By Becky Striepe On August 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In News

Yoga for Crafters is back! With craft show season amping up, I thought it would be fun to do some special editions with poses aimed at specific crafty aches and pains. The first set of poses is just for my jewelry-making friends. I hope you dig it!

Incidentally, if you’re a crafter, [...]

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Bean and Corn Salad

By Becky Striepe On August 25, 2009 · 2 Comments · In Recipes and Food

Man, I’m going to miss all the awesome corn that’s been coming in our summer baskets from Vegetable Husband!

Bean and Corn Salad

2 ears corn, raw or cooked 1 can pinto or black beans, rinsed 2 scallions, minced 1/4c olive oil 2T hot sauce 2T chili powder 1 Haas avocado, diced 1/2c [...]

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Bread Party Fare: roasted garlic topped with black sesame seeds and minced scallion

Cooking Memories: The Bread Party

By Becky Striepe On August 24, 2009 · 2 Comments · In Recipes and Food

So last spring, a bunch of friends came by for a meal based entirely around things that you could dip bread into. It was fantastical! I wrote about it back then on my recipe blog, but since I’m working on phasing that site out, I wanted to document it over here!

Liz and I [...]

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Friday Roundup: Tutorial Party!

By Becky Striepe On August 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In News

I ran across a bunch of fun tutorials this week and thought it would be fun to share them with you guys!

Clockwise from the top left, you’ve got:

The Failed Feminist teaches you how to recycle candles! (via greenUPGRADER) A great Instructables on making your own panties. How to [...]

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More Unconventional Beautification: Alamo Square Shoe Garden

By Becky Striepe On August 20, 2009 · 5 Comments · In Gardening

So yesterday I ran across those lovely fence hearts from Outdoor Knit. Writing about that reminded me that my friend Rob posted some pics to Flickr of the Alamo Square Shoe Garden in San Francisco that had me totally intrigued!

It’s apparently just in a little corner of Alamo Square Park, and [...]

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Hearts and Fences

By Becky Striepe On August 19, 2009 · 4 Comments · In Craftivism

I am in love with this project from Outdoor Knit!!!

They decorated a chain link fence by an abandoned lot with tiny yarn hearts. Tons of folks from the community came to help, and I think it just adds so much beauty and whimsy to a previously cheerless place. I’d love to [...]

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