I have loved the stuff at Loop-d-Loop for a while now and I'm excited to see Teva Durham has put out a book!

I recently discovered that I love oatmeal. I don't know how I made it through my life so far without ever having actual oatmeal. I mean, I've had a few packets of sickly flavored instant oatmeal (my favorite being the kind with tiny brown sugar treasure chests that melt to reveal tinier candy keys and jewels, but I didn't love that for the taste, I loved that because it was the food equivalent of a kids video game). But for the last few weeks I've been eating steel cut oats and I love it despite the time it takes to prepare. Next week I'm going to experiment with oatmeal and dried fruit pairings, I'm ridiculously excited about this.

Yesterday I bought myself a really early birthday present - KitchenAid stand mixer, hooray! I got the basic basic model because I know I won't be using it all that often, very likely just for cupcake frosting and Christmas cookies, and because it's on super sale at Amazon, at least I hope it's a really good price. It was on sale enough for me to forgive it for not being orange. Found via the Cooking For Engineers Deals Blog, whom I thank greatly.