The "Vegetarian 100" meme - how many of these vegetarian foods have I eaten?

This list was created by Barbara Fisher of Tigers and Strawberries:
http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2008/09/04/the-vegetarian-hundred/
If you want to play along, here’s ( Read more... )

Friday was Pi day (3/14, get it?)  Our longtime gaming friend and his better half rislyn hosted a Pi Day party for lots of their friends on Saturday (a large approximation of pi).  It was great to meet so many nifty people and game as only nerds can do.  The games were as good as the company.  Also, Sweetie brought his vintage Apple IIc and lots of folks ( Read more... )

Saturday did not start out well... I slept in due to Benadryl and left later than originally planned. Then it took about three hours to get to the site - twice as long as it should have - due to a bad accident on I-66. So I missed the Coronation ceremony and arrived right at the end of lunch; but fortunately just in time for the Paternoster class ( Read more... )

My Saturday afternoon was spent frying hundreds of pieces of naan bread. Yes, hundreds! And we'll probably end up making even more! Our Cooks Guild is feeding 200 people on Saturday. The site (a BSA camp) has a large kitchen, so it should be fine ( Read more... )

It's today's featured article. Quite nicely done.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_cuisine

This was my first original redaction from Medieval Arab Cookery. It actually turned out pretty well.
( Long recipe and redaction details cut for non-foodies. )

Okay, tonight my original thought had been chocolate-chip cookies. But when I was getting out the chocolate chips, I came across some almost-expired Bisquick... And while wondering what to do with it, I also noticed a cheese block lying around that needed to be eaten. And Lady Gwyneth MacDonaugh had recently posted a recipe for the delicious ( Read more... )