I learned that our house is 11 meters above sea level.  This was definitely worth looking up, so that I could then use this lovely Norwegian scientific egg timer.

Yes, you should click on the egg timer.

I rarely believe a particular recipe.  When I want to cook something, I just look it up, and compare a few recipes, and get a feel for about how much of what I need, and whether particular special techniques are important or not.  I really love being able to tell why they might choose to include the ingredients they include, and choose whether or ( Read more... )

We went to a farm in Maine on Saturday.  It was a delightful day all around, and I did a LOT of catching up on sleep on the drive.  I also learned about myself that I believe I could, if necessary, deliver a lobster to its steamy doom without much emotional drama.  I didn't have to do that directly on Saturday, but I was cooking other parts of the ( Read more... )