So I am now in possession of some sourdough starter from my mom. While I have tried to make sourdough in the past, they never really took properly and "old dough" bread I made from previously saved pieces of dough never really had the oomph needed to properly leaven a loaf. I am going to do a little experimenting with the starter that I do have, ( Read more... )

So, I'm progressing in Final Fantasy VIII and I've gotten Rinoa into my party. Rinoa has a dog, which I decided to name Bolt for a couple of reasons. First off, there's the obvious movie reference, but there's a Final Fantasy ref in there as well. Y'see until Final Fantasy VIII, the electricity based attack spell was called "Bolt", probably ( Read more... )

I finding that, if I really try, I can cook something once a week. Sometimes is a recipe that I've wanted to try for a while, other times it's something that I've improvised. By the way, never eat anything I've improvised. It's probably not healthy or tasty and may contain mutagenic effects ( Read more... )

Did some cooking tonight. I'm making a buckle. Not sure why it's called that, but I think I'll find out. I wish I had more time to cook. I like doing it, but I could never do it professionally.

I blame Kitchen Confidential really. I read it while I was in cooking school because Chef Shapiro, my cooking instructor, recommended it to people who ( Read more... )