Infusions

I'm a busy girl.  I've got a full-time job, plus three hours of commuting a day.  I'm currently in the process of moving to a new apartment.  I've got a social life--a nerdy, nerdy social life.  I get tired.  So, much as I love to cook, an elaborate meal isn't always in the cards.

But then there are the times when, exhausted as I am, my friends and I simply aren't up for restaurant-hunting.  So it was on a recent Saturday night.  Six hungry, work-weary nerds, gathered around a dining room table in someone's post-collegiate pad, trying to formulate a satisfying and minimal-effort meal.  At that point I reached into my bag o' culinary tricks and pulled out one of the simplest, most satisfying show-offs I know: infused oil.