If you haven’t discovered Instructables yet, I highly recommend them. Lots of DIY for all sorts of things, from how to cook microwave corn to how to build a touch screen table. I posted my first Instructable this week. You can find it here. Here are some of the photos from it.
Read more "Instructable"I’m late getting my post up this week because I had a wonderful weekend. I have two food related items to post today. The first is a thank you to my cousin, Leah, for posting this recipe to Facebook. She was absolutely right. This recipe for biscuits is amazing! I have probably had better, but […]
Read more "Successful Culinary Weekend"I love Alton Brown. He is my favorite food celebrity. His mix of science and food is irresistible to me, and his quirky humor makes it fun to watch. He also has some very good advice, which my husband usually insists that I follow. No one trick ponies in the kitchen (other than the fire […]
Read more "No One Trick Ponies in My Kitchen"Also known as cream puffs, choux pastry has to be one of my favorites, especially when filled with rich mousse. These however, I did not make for that purpose. Some time ago, for a reason I can not now remember, I picked these up for my children. What was I thinking? Frozen eggs?! *shudder* Anyway, […]
Read more "Choux, Beautiful Buttery Choux"In my former life, back when the government had money to spend on research, I was a scientist. A geneticist and a microbiologist to be exact. That tendency towards microbiology is strongly represented in my crafts as well, i.e. baking, brewing and cheese making. I bring a love of experimentation to crafting, and cooking lends […]
Read more "Cheese Experiment"Fall came in with a vengeance over the weekend, and all this cooler weather has me thinking pumpkins, and pumpkins means pumpkin bread. This was a holiday tradition in my house, and Christmas time sees a lot of baking. Since I’m able to make it whenever I wish now, I do. This time, my three-year-old […]
Read more "Fall=Pumpkins=Pumpkin Bread"An embarrassment of riches this summer in the form of my very first attempt at growing tomatoes, caused me to have to search out new and creative uses for grape tomatoes. Fresh off of pickling the few measly cucumbers that I got off of the vines before they withered prematurely, (Still haven’t figured that one out) I decided […]
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