culinary experiments and explorations

I know I've been absent a good long while, but honest, it was for very important reasons. Over the past six months or so, I've been doing a serious remodel on my kitchen, and I ended doing a lot of the work myself for financial reasons. Finally, though, my kitchen is back up and running again -- and if you're curious to check out the picture-heavy post to follow, I'm pretty sure you'll agree it's in much better shape.

( It was by no means a three-hour tour... )