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Play 1: Two Gentlemen of Verona
The first play on my 2012 Shakespeare reading list was "The Two Gentlemen of Veron", which I finished reading this evening. According to my sources (which, in this case, include but are not limited to Wikipedia), it is one of Shakespeare's less popular plays. The only theatrical adaptation of it is a Chinese silent film from the 1930s ( Read more... ) -
Reading order for all of Shakespeare's plays
The first question I came to when deciding to read all of Shakespeare's plays was, what order do I read them in? Naturally I hit Google to find the answer. It seems there are three main schools of thought:
1. Chronological order, so you can see how Shakespeare's writing style evolved over time. (But, read the histories in historical order)
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New Year's Resolution: Read every Shakespeare play in one year
Even though this my LiveJournal has, in the past three years, morphed into a programming diary and recipe blog, I thought I probably ought to blog this ( Read more... ) -
Popcorn cake
(todo: post a picture ( Read more... ) -
Deep-dish pizza
I took a crack at making deep dish pizza last night. Most of the pizza here in NZ is Neapolitan-style thin-crust pizza, Wholly Pizza has dead-on New York crust pizza, and Hell has a fairly normal medium crust, but I haven't found any place (except Pizza Hut) that has deep-dish pizza. So rather than ordering from Pizza Hut, I decided to try making ( Read more... ) -
Homemade pop-tarts... from scratch!
I made homemade Pop-Tarts a few weeks ago, using pre-made sweet pastry crust. In the LJ entry about that, I said I was going to try some recipes making them from scratch. Well, now I've done just that.
Actually, I also mentioned I was going to try making them from frozen savory crust first, since the sweet crust was way too sweet. And I have indeed ( Read more... ) -
The latest version of the Dr Pepper cookies
I'm actively working on my Dr Pepper cookie recipe. I'll keep this post updated with the latest version of the recipe.
Recipe v0.4
Cookie
0.75 cups (150g) butter, softened
0.75 cups brown sugar
4 tbsp (1/4 cup) golden syrup
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Dr Pepper flavoring
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp orange flavor essence
1 tsp powdered clove
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Nachos
I did not suspect that I would miss the humble nacho on moving to another country, but I do. The state of nachos in New Zealand is extra frustrating because "nachos" are in fact a very common item to see listed on cafe and restaurant menus. But should you order them you'll get, to paraphrase Douglas Adams, something that is almost, but not quite, ( Read more... ) -
Dr Pepper flavored cookies, mark 1
I've long wished I could make my own Dr Pepper at home. Of course the first obstacle to this is that the recipe's a trade secret, but that's not an insurmountable obstacle. There are people in the world who can taste a flavor and figure out its underlying components, as evidenced by the dozens of Dr Pepper clone sodas in existence. I'm not one of ( Read more... ) -
Homemade Pop-Tarts
While I'm on the subject of making American junk foods that Angie likes: Pop-Tarts. I was talking to an American expat about Pop-Tarts and how I imagined they probably couldn't be made at home because they're the product of intense food engineering. But it turned out I was wrong, this very expat had made Pop-Tarts herself, at home. It's actually ( Read more... )