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Squash, fennel, and apple soup
I tried this recipe from The Voluptuous Vegan. I thought that the combination of squash, fennel, and apple sounded particularly good, and that turned out to be true. The recipe called for a kabocha squash, which I just happened to have on hand. I had never had it before, but someone at the grocery store…
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Vegan coleslaw
Vegan cole slaw Earlier this summer I had a lengthy discussion about coleslaw with some friends, which basically boiled down to the fact that coleslaw can be good, but rarely is. We all agreed that we did not like coleslaw which was doused in a milky dressing, but rather prefer a small amount of vinegary…
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Sweet and sour seitan
Sweet and sour seitan I made this one about a month ago, but have not gotten around to posting it. I mostly followed my normal stir-frying techniques. The main difference was the sauce. I used about 4 Tbsp of plum sauce, and mixed in some of the liquid from the canned seitan. I also added…
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Vim regex-fu for LaTeX
When writing a beamer presentation with LaTeX, I organize my presentation into sections and subsections. Frequently, the title of the first frame (slide) in a subsection has the same name as the subsection. Let’s say I start off with the following structure: \section[corpora]{Accessing text corpora} \subsection[gutenberg]{The Gutenberg Corpus} \subsection[chat]{The web and chat Corpus} \subsection[brown]{The Brown…
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Energy usage myth
Recently I heard some sort of public service announcement about energy usage. I don’t recall where I heard it, but I was struck by one part of it. Two kids were talking about energy usage, and one mentioned that your cell phone charger still draws power, even if your cell phone is not plugged in.…