– My rhubarb is still going bonkers, so I grabbed a cookbook and went to town. I happened to open Nigella’s How to Be a Domestic Goddess, which has a recipe for rhubarb polenta cake. I don’t like reprinting recipes, but somebody’s already done so here. I halved the recipe and baked it in a 6″ cake pan (with a removable bottom), and I thought it turned out wonderfully. Here’s a photo of what it looked like inside.
– Yesterday, I tackled the hilliest portion of the half-marathon route I’ll be running in July. I only did 7 miles yesterday, not 13.1, but it was definitely the most challenging part of the course. There’s one hill that I often drive over, and I always say that my car gets tired going up it. It’s hard to feel like you’re even moving when the incline is so steep, but at least I know what to expect now. And running down the other side was pretty fun.
– Are you a weather-checker? I am; I think I started my weather.com addition when I moved back to Minnesota. It always baffles me how people can move through life with no idea what the week’s weather has in store. Of course, I also don’t really trust the forecast, which is why checking it so often is important. At the moment, I’m hoping it will decide overnight (or perhaps in the next hour, if it’s feeling kind) that tomorrow morning will actually be dry and clear.
It looks yummy – nice and moist! I hope it tasted as good as it looks.
Congrats on conquering the hills!
Hmm, we’ve plenty of rhubarb around at the moment so I’m definitely going to look up that recipe – looks very scrumptious! And I just love the rhubarb bunch photo – wonderful colour and composition.
I ALWAYS check the weather each morning. It blows my mind when people wear clothes completely inappropriate for that day’s weather, presumably because they didn’t check the weather before they left.
oh it’s gluten free! i’ll have to try.
is “caster sugar” granulated white sugar?
First app I check on the iphone before I even get up is the Met’s weather. How else will I know whether to slide or spring out of bed?
Mmm mmm mmm! That cake looks amazing! I have that cookbook and have yet to find the perfect rhubarb for that recipe–now you’ve inspired me!
oh! I will be keeping my eyes open for rhubarb at the farmer’s market! And I feel your hilly run pain. I ran a half marathon a few weeks ago that tackles the steep Newton hills & the Heartbreak Hill [of Boston Marathon fame] just keep chugging my dear, and the sense of accomplishment will outweigh any temporary discomfort.
When I was in college in MN there was a girl on my floor who checked the weather every night and put it on the whiteboard outside her door. When I transferred to college in IL, somehow that became my role – I would look it up online and my roommate would post it on our door, which everyone would come and check. It failed me last weekend in MN, though, or maybe it was my expectations that were off!