Love the idea, especially using thyme to make sweeping smell nice. This reminds me of those cinnamon brooms sold in the fall, but hand-made and free!

This is just really amazing and beautiful and generally awesome!

My first reaction: OMG COOL! FISHIES ARE AWESOME!!!
Second reaction: Wouldn't that smell?

I never knew you could make leather out of fish skin, but now that I know I must have, due partially to my love of all sea creatures. Also, because thats just damn cool. Love it, good job!

My favorite salad ever is a really simple asparagus edamame salad. Just mix together cooked asparagus tips and edamame (preferably fresh, but frozen, thawed, works too) with some olive oil and serve chilled. I like to top the salad with crumbled feta, but any other salty cheese, such as parmesan will do. The best thing about this salad is that its quick, easy and deliciously unique. The flavor and texture of the veggies complement each other wonderfully, and the cheese provides a delicious contrast. You can add freshly cracked pepper if you like, but nothing else. The beauty of this salad is in it's simplicity.

Enjoy!

OH. MY. GOD. Thank you so much for this recipe! I've been searching for an authentic ras malai recipe for ever... this sounds so good! I became enamoured with ras malai when a good Indian friend had me for dinner with her family and they served it for desert. I've begged for the recipe but she won't give it to me, it's some old secret family recipe    But now I can have ras malai all the time!

This soup sounds so good. Is it a heavy soup> Do you think it would still be good even if it's hot outside (summer has already arrived doun here in Florida)? What kind of milk do you use? Whole, part, skim or fat free? Sorry about all the questions

Clam chowder is sooo good! I personally would suggest just using a lactose-free milk product. I don't know if you can get lactose-free cream since lactose is in the fat, but its worth checking out if you want to use milk. I would also say think about using goats milk, which has a lot less lactose than cows milk does. Unless you're really, really super-duper intolerant. Then I would use soy, almond or rice milk.

But then again, I really dont know that much about cooking, but whatever. Good luck!

OH MY GOSH, these sound so good! I would sugguest replacing the butter with applesauce to make them fat free too. Yay for yummy health food! 

How interesting! I don't know that I'd trust myself to not accidentally saute up some deliciously poisonous plant of doom. Are you using any particular reference book? Please do keep us updated with anything else you may try!

Same here. Knowing me, I'd probably cook up some delicious hemlock, but I would love to have some more information. I would like to try my hand at wild veggies 

Thanks for all the great ideas, you guys are all much more imaginative than I am! I've started using one as a sewing case, and will start to use them as containers for any giftcard I might give, especially to my male friends