Photo update

Took the pumpkin I never carved and roasted it to make homemade puree for recipes:



and roasted the seeds...first time ever! They were underdone, but still delicious.

My first bento! The star-shaped rice is my FAVORITE part. And it worked! The star didn't fall apart as I was eating it or anything.

My old, icky stove. Left side is a grill that has remnants of food from everyone who's ever lived here. Only two burners, but couldn't ever use the smaller one when my most frequently used pan was on the big burner, since the burners are too close together.

My beautiful new stove (thanks, Mom and Dad!). Four burners, one warming burner. Three of the burners have multiple sizes on them. The controls aren't pressure-sensitive, they're people-sensitive, so accidentally tapping them with utensils or pots won't change it--it's gotta be a finger. Pretty cool, unless there's splattering oil in a cooking disaster (and, yes, I've ALREADY experienced that disaster, practically on the first day of the stove!).