Rhosgobel: Radagast's home

My campus requires all faculty members to hold four office hours a week.  During these office hours I'm required to be in my office (or ...

It's hot here in southern California this weekend 1 , and thus on Friday I broke out our ice cream maker and made some plum frozen yogur...

While I teach my favorite course on Friday, I'm basically in the classroom prepping, teaching, or cleaning up all day long.  So, come 5:...

In the past few years my SO and I have been bitten by the artisan cheese bug.  We started out sampling the cheeses at Trader Joe's; buyi...

A good friend of mine just started a post-doc at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution , and for his first week at work they decided to throw...

My SO and I almost never roast meat, but recently we ended up getting two chickens for free.  So, we roasted them and served them with a del...

One of my favorite features of writing here on Rhosgobel has always been my " recipe blogging of the week " posts.  Through that ...

" No, it isn't particularly good, but it may be eaten by the bulging with a clear conscience. " Description of the "Dr...

I've deleted my personal Facebook account, but since most of my friends still post on Facebook regularly, I wanted a way to keep up with...

The housekeeping is largely finished, at least for now.  I've got a shiny new template, a non-swindling comment service, a reorganized ...

A bit of dust has collected here at Rhosgobel over the past few years, and it's going to take me a bit of time to clear it all out. I...