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Make yourself some pesto. How? Well, in a medium sized mortar-and-pestle, place 1/4 tsp coarse salt 1/2 clove garlic and grind to a smooth paste Add  10 roasted/unsalted almonds , and grind that  till it is slightly coarse (not a paste! you'll need the coarseness to get the mint in the next step!) Add  1/2 diced jalapeno 1 cup mint leaves and grind away for a bit till its all kinda mushed up. Add 1/4 cup olive oil , and continue the mushing, splashing in some crisp white wine (I prefer pignoletto) till you have a fairly smooth paste.   Pesto - ready! (Alternatively, just toss all the ingredients into a food-processor and whir away till its done.  But wheres the fun in that?) Get yourself some  peeled & cooked shrimp  (i just buy 'em frozen at the supermarket.  Defrosting is fast - just run some water over it for a minute or so). Finally, scramble up 6 eggs.  And no, I'm not going to tell you how to do that :-) (ok, if you really want to know,  check  it

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A NASA camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured a unique view of the moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month. The series of test images shows the fully illuminated “dark side” of the moon that is never visible from Earth.   The images were captured by NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), a four megapixel CCD camera and telescope on the DSCOVR satellite orbiting 1 million miles from Earth. From its position between the sun and Earth, DSCOVR conducts its primary mission of real-time solar wind monitoring for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Check out all the details here

Get 2 bunch red beets with the stems/greens still on (1 bunch should have around 3 - 4 beets) Wash the leaves, separate them from the stems, and chop them coarsely Separate out the beets, and roast them.   How?  Well, w ash the beets, and cut them up into 1" cubes.  Toss with 1 tbsp olive oil  and  salt to taste , place on a baking pan, and roast in an oven at  350°F  for 30 minutes.  You'll know they're done when a fork enters the beets easily. While the beets are roasting, prepare the leaves. Heat up a saucepan, and add 1 tbsp olive oil .   Then, add  1 clove garlic diced fine 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper 3 tbsp raisins Let this sizzle briefly, and add in the chopped leaves, turn the heat up to medium-high, and stir till the leaves wilt - around 30 seconds or so. Add 1/2 cup chicken stock  (or water, if you're vegetarian), and let the whole shebang cook till the chicken stock (or water) is gone.  This should be around 4-5 minutes - if the water evapor

Clearly a slow news day at the Wonkblog (2.6 Million, and Texas Wins)

 Todd Schneider analyzed a crapload (ok, 1.1 B illion ) taxi rides in NYC, and the results are here .  There is a lot (!!!) to digest, but one of the parts I particularly liked were these Notice how the pickups are concentrated in Manhattan (and the airports), while the dropoffs extend out, way  out.  Nice asymmetry :-) There is more, a lot more, including The rise of Uber Don't go to an airport at 5pm (well, d'uh) Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson would have made their trip 39% of the time