Those of you who follow me will know that I occasionally write about medieval foods, the preparation of which is one of my hobbies. Today I’m posting about a different kind of history, a personal one. I have enjoyed baking since I was a teenager. It was the one culinary art my mother had not […]
Read more "A Different Kind of Historical Recipe"It says something about the state of my life that most of the posts I have managed to post, have to do with food. I may not have time to craft, but at least I’m still putting dinner on the table. That’s something I guess. We just got back from a five day family reunion, […]
Read more "Variations on an Old Theme and A New Winner"I love soup. It’s one of those things you can make as a vegetarian and no one feels like they’re missing out. It’s also now closely associated with warm the companionship of friends. My husband’s family, growing up, was a military family, which frequently meant being away from family at the holidays. Since there were […]
Read more "Cream of “fill in the vegetable” Soup Strikes Again!"I am going to give up on apologizing for long lapses in posts. This time, my excuse is very good… Just a career change and move slowing me down. But never fear, I still find time for crafting. Last month, during Christmas break, I took the kids into downtown Greensboro to visit a local yarn […]
Read more "Spider-Man Yarn"So the last few posts have been about my photography project for my mother’s cookbook. But that is a recent project. One that I have been working on for much longer is compiling a collection of medieval vegetarian recipes as a resource for SCA cooks. So far I have mostly been fishing them out of […]
Read more "My Other Food Project"Ok, I admit it: I’m a one pot cook. Oh, I can do 12 dish feasts for many people, but when I’m at home, I don’t. There are so many excellent dishes out there that give you a relatively complete meal in one pot or one pan, and for your average night, it saves time […]
Read more "I must be doing it wrong"So, I’ve begun work on another project. (Like I needed another one, right?) Several years ago, my mother put together a collection of her favorite recipes. She called it Legacy, and had copies printed up for my brother and myself. The first thing that you need to understand is that my mother has mad skills […]
Read more "Some Food is Just NOT Photogenic"A couple months ago my husband did some computer work for some acquaintances of ours. Knowing that I was somewhat crafty, she offered him her old embroidery machine in exchange for his work. My husband doesn’t know much about these sorts of things, (nor in fact, did I) but she seemed eager to get […]
Read more "Mechanical Monstrosity"I love living in Virginia at this time of year. Growing up in south Texas, just about the only food items that grew “wild” were pecans and cactus, and contrary to the imaginings of Hollywood, prickly pear aren’t all that common in San Antonio. (I also don’t think they’re particularity tasty.) Around here, in addition […]
Read more "Mulberry Season"So I’m having to add a new category. This is by no means the first time I’ve worked in leather. I embossed some leather for the book that I made here. Looking back it doesn’t look like I’ve included that information of the other book that I made. I’ll have to fix that. Sadly, only […]
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