So I didn't feel like cooking today. In fact, I didn't really even eat much of anything, but I did learn that lemon angel food cake works pretty well as dinner. Instead, I leafed through Martha Stewart's Desserts cookbook and determined which cake I'd make for my dad's birthday: devil's food cake. He's a chocolate fiend, and this seems to be one of the more approachable recipes in the book...the only other recipe I've made was the fig tart, seeing as I was given a ton of figs at Monticello last semester. It was pretty labor intensive. Martha's devil's food is a layer cake, and all I have is still the ol springform pan, so hopefully it'll work out. Ironically enough, my dad gave me this cookbook for my birthday in 1999 (he wrote in it, I don't remember THAT well).

I DID, however, notice that my herb seeds are sprouting, which is very exciting. Also, I found these little 99 cent seed/peat pot "kits" that were marketed to kids at Kmart. Of course they appealed to ME too. I resisted getting all of them and only purchased the pole bean and the giant sunflower cups. So, the beans are taking off...to say the least.