Woke up early to set up slow cooker chili, made with chili powder instead of one of those awful seasoning mixes that come in a packet. Maybe next time I can graduate to making it with actual chilies ( Read more... )

Brought out my steel wok again to make supper tonight. After I cleaned it out, I put more vegetable oil in and put it back on the heat to continue "seasoning" before I put it away. There is something extremely satisfying about watching the patina build up on the metal surface. "Ah, so that's what they used to do pre-teflon!" It's almost worth ( Read more... )