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I stabbed my big toe tonight on the steel blade for the Cuisinart. It\u2019s really not so complicated as it sounds, or else I would explain. The pesto smells luscious, and that\u2019s all that matters.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m now taking contributions to buy a roasting pan, dear readers. My birthday is barely over a month away, and I\u2019ll be ringing in the big two-six. 25 was a solid number: a quarter, a silver anniversary, the square of five. But 26 feels round and smooth, full of possibilities for adding, dividing, multiplying. And I\u2019m already behind in the meat-roasting game; women of previous generations would be well on their way to spinsterdom for such shortcomings. I\u2019ve got work to do. <\/strong>I\u2019ve got my eye on an All-Clad roaster in the Williams-Sonoma <\/a>catalog, but I\u2019ve got to actually get myself to the store and hold the thing in my little hands to know for sure. I think I should have a V-shaped roasting rack to go with. And an instant-read thermometer. And trussing string. And that chicken down the street. Oh, winter! Roasted chicken with Brussels sprouts and chestnuts!<\/p>\n

[Thank you, Gertrude Stein, for the title.]
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