NY Times No Knead Bread. Oh my goodness, it’s a long process. Pretty simple, but you can’t really speed it along. By the time it was done, you almost aren’t in the mood for bread anymore… almost. The end result looks like a great, high quality loaf of Artisan bread. But it just tasted ok….
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Playing in the Kitchen: Sweet ‘n Spicy Wings
Don’t you want to be friends with someone who’ll make you some honey-chipotle glazed wings from scratch 😀 This is the second batch, which came out better that the 1st… unfortunately my family filled up on the OK-first-batch so this one is now in the fridge. I used a recipe from the new Food Network…
Playing in the Kitchen: NY Times No Knead Bread (Part I)
I have been looking forward to trying this recipe for days… I found it out in Blog-land, where it made the round about 2 years ago when it was 1st printed in the NY Times. Since I love eating bread and conveniently own a Le Creuset dutch oven that doesn’t get enough attention, this seemed…
As Seen on TV: Perfect Brownie Pan
Admit it, you love those cheesy commercials! Usually “as seen on TV” type things are good concepts, but the actual product is a bit lacking in quality. If you’re like me, you’re tempted to call in, but usually don’t… knowing you could probably find the item at the nearest Bed Bath and Beyond or Dollar…
Using Social Media As Resource, Not a Distraction
How do you judge the stressfulness of a website? A standard in the online advertising industry is to view how much “traffic” a website receives. This is how many unique computer users are choosing to view a website, and how many are choosing to return. The goal for website owners, from individual bloggers to multinational…
Playing in the Kitchen: Quick Garden Salsa
Between our backyard garden and our friendly neighbors’ gardens, we’ve been getting a lot of pretty, fresh vegetables… especially jalapenos and bell peppers. So after lots of chopping and some onion tears, I created this: Yum Yum! There wasn’t a specific recipe, I just went from the memmory of past dips. 🙂 Here’s the ingredients,…
A skein is a terrible thing to waste: Learning How to Knit
While cleaning my room/organizing my living space this weekday-weekend (my days off rarely fall on a Saturday-Sunday), I realized I have a lot of space-hogs. One is my VHS movie collection. Another major culprit is YARN. Apparently I have lots of yarn… 2 big Rubbermaid plastic storage bins full. And then I got ANOTHER huge…
Sew what?? A bag and a bear!
September is National Sewing Month! But you already knew that, right. :/ I found out via a Joann’s Fabrics email. If you cant find a Happy Sewing month cards at Hallmark, you could always make one yourself 😀 My last weekend was originally supposed to be 4 days, but turned into 6 days off… leaving…
8 Years ago
Manhattan/Financial District as seen from Hoboken, NJ September 11, 2004 It’s weird living in Texas on September 11th. Texas itself isn’t to blame. It just feels different, almost inappropriate, on how normal the day feels here. As many of you are aware, I was in Washington DC as a college student on September 11, 2001….
How to go on the St Arnold Brewery Tour
Lets start by stating the obvious. Beer is delicious. And beer should not taste like water. Yes, some people choose to drink beer that tastes like you just dunked your dixiecup in a toilet for one reason or another. But wait, you say… it’s inexpensive, and refreshing, and the commercials are so funny. Seriously? Maybe…