MareCat wrote:

> Hope you all had fun, Serene!

It was great, thanks!

> Yesterday was my birthday,

Happy birthday!!

> and I spent much of the day cooking. I made a
> confit byaldi (Thomas Keller's recipe -
> http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulif...120204?page=1), from
> the movie Ratatouille (ever since the first time my 5-year-old and I watched
> the film together, she's wanted to make the dish with me).

Oh, wow, that sounds great. Yum.

Serene