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Karen, probably hasn't been picked up by any stores yet, so they haven't made more than a few. (source: I work for an upholstery fabric company and we do lots of small-ish "Market orders" for prototype furniture.)

Sometimes I cube, flour and pan fry....

Freeze and defrost tofu. Squeeze out as much moisture as you can without crumbling it and then cube or slice into 1/2 inch slabs and then tear into peices by hand. In a plastic storage container with lid, mix flour (rice flour is great, or cornstarch, or regular flour is fine) and paprika and turmeric and black pepper and salt. Drop in your tofu cubes and cover and shake up. Depending on qty you can just pick up small handfuls of floured cubes and shake off the excess, or dump the whole into a wire seive and shake it off. Pan fry in olive oil (for the best color) until brown and crispy.

The cukamelons look like tiny watermelons. Adorable.

Irish Soda Bread yesterday, and Colcannon (with green cabbage and scallions) tomorrow!

OR, you could make AUTHENTIC Irish Soda Bread:

3 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup unbleached white flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder (ok this part isn't completely authentic)
1 3/4 cups (approx 14 oz) buttermilk

Mix dry ingredients. Add buttermilk. Handle dough lightly- knead breifly and roll into a bannock shape on a well floured counter. Place in an oiled or buttered 9 inch cake pan. With a sharp knife, cut a cross in the top. Cover with another 9 inch cake pan. Place in 375 oven for 20 minutes, remove top pan, and cook for another 15-20 minutes.

Let cool completely before cutting. Eat slathered with good butter and orange marmalade.

Brown rice with lots of "butter" and salt.

And miso soup, it has the same homey savoryness of chicken noodle soup (to this vegetarian's chicken flavor memory at least).

Unless you have a desktop computer, having a dedicated desk in such a small apartment is not the best use of space.

I am speaking from experience- I live in a approx 300 sq foot sudio!

I have the luxury of having a well defined kitchen/dining area separate from my living/sleeping area. My kitchen table / craft space / desk has two drop leaves and a shelf close to the floor, which is where I keep my wireless scanner/printer. Frequently I use my laptop in bed on a breakfast tray.

Be wary of landlords that don't check references. I found my dream place, told the landlord it was perfect, filled out the application with several references, and then when I was driving away the landlord called to tell me I could have the apartment and did I want to come right back and sign the lease?

It was nice for me, until I realized she's probably not checking the other tenants references and a certifiably crazy drug addict college girl moved in across the hall from me and screams all night long at her boyfriend.

Sigh.

I love the patina of the walls! Beautiful cozy space.

Those Ikea wicker chairs are becoming as ubiquitous as Expedit- not a bad thing, I have one too! There are multiple homes with them in the Decor8 "Decorate" book.

Grew up with a white laminate topped kitchen table- the rest of it was wood- and had many friends with tile topped kitchen tables. They stood up to lots of cookie making and toothpick bridge construction.