I (metaphorically) dusted off the bread machine a few days ago. I am once again riffing off of this recipeThe result is better this time than the last couple; from the resuts I've been getting I'm not sure whether I've been over or under yeasting the bread. This time I used a little more AP flour (proportionally), newer yeast which is also not the ( Read more... )

wispfox asked me recently how I make chicken piccata. Which prompted this long-winded thing. I thought I'd post it in case anyone else wanted it (or I go long enough to forget what I'm doing).

The short answer is... there are multiple versions of the recipe depending on how lazy I'm feeling.All the versions have pretty much the same ingredients ( Read more... )

I love how golden raisins will, if cooked in a sauce, re-inflate into these really cute little grapes ( Read more... )