Welcome!

This is the first of hopefully many posts.  I'm excited to have a place to discuss the things I like other than optics (which is generally what the rest of my website is devoted to).  The plan is to discuss knitting in the winter, gardening in the summer and cooking/baking/eating at all times of year.  Unfortunately for my ability to currently discuss these things, I probably won't cook again until Saturday and I'm on a spending freeze and can't buy yarn until later this month at the earliest.  I do have ambitious plans to make a sweater once I can buy the yarn and needles (smaller than any I currently own) to do so.  

I will mention that I made gnocchi for the first time earlier this week, from Mark Bittman's recipe in How to Cook Everything.  I wasn't super happy with my results the day of (they were a bit slimy) but they reheated really well and were much better on subsequent days.  I think the key may be spending more time making sure that they're thoroughly drained.