IDIOT PROOF and INSANELY GOOD BANANA BREAD
I am not a baker, but I pride myself on making a mean banana bread. It doesn't hurt that it contains chocolate chips and walnuts. (these are optional) Years ago, my mother gave me the Needless Markups Cookbook (Neiman Marcus Pure & Simple) This was way before I knew how [...]
GO GADGET GO – Part Trois – Le Video
Do I begin this post by addressing the VIDEO? I guess I just did. I am not going to stop writing because I am now entering into the exciting new world of video. Here it goes: I am not a huge proponent of gadgets for gadget's sake. In fact, I [...]
… And a Water Buffalo in a pear treeee!
— I just got the coolest catalog in the mail and surprisingly there isn't a shoe or a toaster oven in site. Nope, this catalog is filled with rabbits, goats, chickens, llamas honeybees, ducks... well, you get the idea. I look forward to getting it every year partly because it [...]
BETTER THAN NUTELLA?
YES, BETTER. Put your guns down! This is my opinion. I, too, was in passionate love with Nutella for years until I read the ingredients. You are probably saying, "well, that was dumb." and perhaps it was, but luckily for me, I discovered not only a healthier alternative, but a [...]
SHOW ME
I will let you in on a little secret. Sometimes, late at night, I get comfy in bed with my iphone and some headphones and surf YouTube for how to make certain dishes or how to learn a cooking technique. I am not a good book learner, but if I [...]
BRILLAT SAVARIN, NOT THE MAN.
The cheese. Brillat Savarin was the famous lawyer and gastronome from the early 1800's often quoted for saying,"Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.", but more importantly, for this post, he is the man after which someone named one of the most creamy and [...]