Mid to late winter is just not a good time of year for me. Generally, sloth subverts all motivation to engage in anything remotely creative or productive, and these days I must use what little motivation remains to fulfill my academic obligations. Hence my lack of posts.

I’ve done a bit of cooking since my last post, and even documented it with the intention of writing about it. Inspired by the exhortations of the good Mr. Bourdain, I made demi-glace. Two weeks later, I turned some of it into boeuf bourguignon. I even whipped up some of the bacon toffee that’s been rattling around the food blogosphere lately.

You will hear about these things, and soon. I have broken silence, and thus shattered a psychological barrier to continued blogging. Though Pittsburgh is still beset by chill, foul weather, some part of me knows winter is waning. And, as wanes winter, so too my ennui.