( I am a cooking, travelling, nerd. )

Rather than contenting myself with just the regular loaf of bread (and scone: see subject) at the market this fine sunny morning1, I acquired also: cup of coffee2, bag of mixed soap ends, bottle of cider pronounced to be "real cider" by the Quebecker browser/taster standing next to me, jar of pepper jelly3, rutabaga and kale4. I spent 95% of my ( Read more... )

In response to my parent's "HOW ARE YOU DOING?" email: I AM DOING FINE. I am not ill, though I haven't been walking this week (I have done my pushups and crunches, though). gragathaz seems a bit better today. LBIL is in Seattle for the weekend (got a ride down with his friend who'd been here for a week), and was slightly ill a few days ago. It was rainy ( Read more... )

Nothing is more old-school than baking your own damn staff of life!

Made soda bread just now from Diane Duane's mother-in-law's recipe, whilst washing dishes. Used milk+vinegar in place of buttermilk which I've used up since buying some for Alton's Raisin Bran Muffins ( Read more... )

I made anpan yesterday from just about the only English recipe I could findAlterations: whole wheat flour, margarine instead of egg glaze, store-bought sweet adzuki paste, and thumbprint to shape them more like red blood cells before rising and baking. Most of the filled rolls (I also made some plain rolls) ended up with air between the top and ( Read more... )

• Preheat oven to 400ºF and grease or line a baking sheet.
• Stir together:
  • about 2 cups of flour (save maybe a quarter cup for the flouring of the surface later)
  • 1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Only two Kingdoms today, I'm afraid, unlike the last soup…

Food: fried sliced mushrooms, chopped broccoli, brown lentils, brown rice
Flavour: fried onion and garlic, sesame oil, salt, pepper, savoury, sage, marjoram, celery seed, vinegar, soy sauce, one bouillon cube ( Read more... )

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Will be out of town this coming weekend, starting Thursday, so there will be no Doctor Who nor Games at our place this week.
This weekend's graphxgrrl visit was fun. Besides De Dutch and Sunday gaming, we showed her the first two Autons episodes. I'd forgotten how bad-ass the Master can be when he's not hypnotising people (even if I can't understand the ( Read more... )