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Lydia (The Perfect Pantry)

A small city kitchen in Boston's South End

Since 2006, food blogging at The Perfect Pantry®, for the first 9 years from my log house kitchen, and now from my city apartment. Publishing e-cookbooks from The Perfect Pantry® kitchen.

Interests: travel, cooking, reading, photography, art (seeing and making), trying to get tomatoes to grow in my herb garden.

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I would not consider this gluten-free. You might check online for other gf products, but King Arthur is clear about what’s in this one. ————————— Lydia Walshin Digital Publisher blogs: lydialikesit.com, theperfectpantry.com books:http://www.amazon.com/author/lydiawalshin

Commented Dec 6, 2017 on Meringue powder (Recipe: royal icing) at The Perfect Pantry®

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Tenements, Towers & Trash

I heart New York. It's the city of my birth, and the city of my granddaughters, and my husband Ted and I both have deep ties there. So it's especially pleasing to see the city through a different lens. In Tenements, Towers & Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New... Continue reading

Posted Nov 29, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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The volunteering life {talking the talk}

One year into my volunteering life, everything feels right, feels focused, feels balanced. It's taken the best part of this Trumpian year to bring all of the pieces together, and in that time, while still howling at the sky every day, I've come to know myself a bit better, and... Continue reading

Posted Nov 13, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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Welcome blanket

The women who created the pink pussyhat project just wrapped up Welcome Blanket, which posed this question to knitters, crocheters, and sewing mavens everywhere: "The proposed border wall between the United States and Mexico is almost 2000 miles long. Imagine if the massive distance of this wall was re-conceptualized and... Continue reading

Posted Nov 8, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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Okonomiyaki: food as theater

On our third trip to Japan a couple of months ago, we wanted to focus not on shrines and temples and impossibly beautiful scenery, though we did see all of those, but on friends and experiences. In the friends department, we are blessed to have known Rika for more than... Continue reading

Posted Nov 4, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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The volunteering life {another piece of the puzzle}

When you commit to an issue and open your heart, all sorts of opportunities find their way in. And so, next week, my husband Ted and I will be at Faneuil Hall to help MIRA (Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition, of which the International Institute of New England is... Continue reading

Posted Aug 24, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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Seeing in color {orange}

I have a thing for brightly colored trucks. This one (seen at a roadside stop in rural Fukui prefecture in Japan), with attachments and hoses here and there and everywhere, looks like it's ready to take on any task. I love the gold ladder on top, too. Continue reading

Posted Aug 22, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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The volunteering life {a project completed}

I'd completely forgotten the thrill of seeing my name on the cover of a book for the very first time. When I showed Amanda, from the Boston Living Center, the cover of the book she has spent so many months putting together, and which I have helped them produce, I... Continue reading

Posted Jul 19, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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Local deliciousness

Every Thursday, my husband Ted picks up empty 50-pound paper flour bags from Flour Bakery's commissary, and delivers the bags to Bikes Not Bombs, where volunteers use them to pack bicycle parts to ship to nonprofit organizations in Africa and Central America. Flour Bakery is famous citywide (worldwide?) for its... Continue reading

Posted Jul 7, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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The IKEA Poäng chair

My husband Ted and I bought our first Poäng chair at least 25 years ago, and a few weeks ago we bought this one, which I believe is at least the fifth Poäng we've owned. (Our decor changed over the years, but the chairs would have lasted forever, except for... Continue reading

Posted Jun 20, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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Seeing in color {turquoise}

Turquoise, the color of stones in beautiful jewelry made by many Southwest Indian artists, seems completely at home on this old pick-up we saw in Raton, New Mexico. Continue reading

Posted Jun 6, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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The volunteering life {literacy, one to one}

Organizations like the International Institute of New England constantly adjust their programming to best meet the needs of current students -- and that means that volunteers have to adjust, too. For me, that means no more computer lab. Now, I'm tutoring, which means doing similar work, without the laptops. After... Continue reading

Posted May 31, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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Berkeley Community Garden, Boston

For the more than 200 gardeners tending 151 small rectangles of land in the Berkeley Community Garden, two blocks from my house, their gardens provide space to grow vegetables, fruits, herbs, and beautiful flowers, and also provide respite from the hard surfaces of this urban neighborhood. Our location in a... Continue reading

Posted May 23, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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The volunteering life {patience, grasshopper}

In the volunteering life, some weeks exhilarate me, leaving me with a great sense of purpose and the knowledge that I have helped someone in all the ways I'd hoped I could. Other weeks don't work out quite that way, and during those weeks, I remember that refugees and immigrants... Continue reading

Posted May 16, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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Riverdance on stage

In Boston, there's no such thing as too much Riverdance. This clip is my favorite, from all of the versions that have played in Boston: a tap challenge. Go ahead and smile. Continue reading

Posted May 4, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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The volunteering life {sometimes, it takes a while}

In this age of instant, some things still take time. If you are the type of person who wants to find one organization to which you will devote all of your volunteer efforts, it might take months, as it did with my husband Ted, who happily gives his energy to... Continue reading

Posted Apr 27, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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Silicone medical alert bracelets

When you have replacement parts, like my two artificial hips, you can't just walk through the metal detectors in airports, museums, or government buildings. One thing that makes the process easier is to wear a medical alert bracelet that isn't metal. I discovered these customizable silicone (rubber) bracelets from the... Continue reading

Posted Apr 21, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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The volunteering life {progress report}

My volunteering life resembles a giant jigsaw puzzle, with the number of puzzle pieces constantly in flux. Unless you have my calendar sitting on your desk, it might be hard to keep track of what I'm doing these days. So, three months in, I thought I'd recap for you what... Continue reading

Posted Apr 18, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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World Music/Crash Arts

Boston hosts the most amazing variety of performances, thanks to an engaged and educated population, a ginormous university community, and the presence of some of the top music schools in the country (Berklee, New England Conservatory of Music, etc.). World Music/Crash Arts gets the highest marks for diversity, accessibility, and... Continue reading

Posted Apr 11, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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Baggallini, the perfect travel bag

Most women spend a lifetime, and a small fortune, searching for the perfect travel pocketbook. It should be lightweight, water-resistant, filled with pockets inside and out, and easy to carry flat against your body. A great color doesn't hurt, either. Enter the Baggallini Everywhere Crossbody Bag. I love it so... Continue reading

Posted Apr 6, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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The volunteering life {a cookbook in the making}

A couple of months after meeting with Victory Programs at the Boston Living Center, I received an unexpected email from the volunteer coordinator. Would I be interested in helping them produce a cookbook? Ironic, because I'd just published what I assumed would be my last-ever cookbook, The Very Best Recipes... Continue reading

Posted Apr 3, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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Riverdance on Ice

When music, dance, and amazing athleticism come together, there is nothing more beautiful to watch. Of course, if the location is Boston, and the music is Irish, it's got to be special. Sheer entertainment! Continue reading

Posted Apr 1, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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On the day I found this on Facebook, it gave me a ladder to climb out of a deep funk. How about you? Continue reading

Posted Mar 29, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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The volunteering life {reconnecting, not connecting}

Once I realized that I was no longer averse to working on hunger relief and food and nutrition issues, I reached out to an old flame: Cooking Matters, the direct service arm of Share Our Strength, one of the nation's most successful hunger relief organizations, and one with a very... Continue reading

Posted Mar 26, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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Sticky screen cleaners

If you have a six-year-old granddaughter who thinks your phone is her personal Game Boy, you'll love these screen cleaners. One side is sticky and adheres to the back of your phone or case; the other side is a microfiber "cloth" that wipes the fingerprints right off your screen. You... Continue reading

Posted Mar 20, 2017 at Lydia Likes It

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