I can't point to any one page where I got this from, because they're all pretty similar. it's just ( Read more... )

There's a lot that I'd like to post, rantings and ravings that I almost need to type out so I can get it out of my mind and stop obsessing. But some of that ranting I do on the trek to/from work, and some of it I just don't even want to talk about. It won't change anything, and I'll just have a more permanent reminder that, right now, I'm whatever ( Read more... )

So my boss gave me a freakin' big ziplock of mini chocolate chips - he got a giant box from someone else, who yadda yadda yadda, I think there might be a truck it fell off but that's just my head canon - and technically I need more chocolate in the house like the proverbial head-hole. A couple weeks ago I was looking for hot chocolate recipes ( Read more... )

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Just a recipe I want to keep track of. I don't have an oven proof skillet, so I may never get around to it. But still...

Last week was the annual Scone Marathon, wherein I make up to a half dozen batches of scones in various flavors, most of which go to the office Holiday Potluck - for a couple hours of time and relatively minimal ingredients, I get to eat lots of other people's food. Wh00t!  But in the process of getting ready to cook, I took a clean-up tour through ( Read more... )

Last night was a visit to a new (to us) Indian restaurant. Quite tasty! I even managed to get past my cilantro thing and find a truly Yum! dish. I find that I'm not a huge fan of minced lamb as the Indians prepare it - don't hate it, just not a huge fan. On the other hand, I can eat vegetarian quite cheerfully. I'm a *huge* fan of the 'cottage' ( Read more... )

Honey Bear squash FTW. Figuring I better do something with yon squash before it did something evil, like rot, I took some advice gathered Saturday evening and nuked the sucker a minute so I could get the knife through (unevenly, as usual). The online recipes all claim that cooking squash takes an hour or more; after last night I'm inclined to ( Read more... )

Found this in the Tribune online version today: http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/food/sc-food-0305-drink-beer-archeologist-20100305,0,7534254.story  Just a quick little article on a brewery that's researching and producing ancient beer recipes. It's beer; it's research -- now how much would you pay? :D