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I have conqured Hollandaise!
I have conquered hollandaise.
This delicate, frustrating, maddening sauce is the key component of Eggs Benedict, the Recipe of the Day. Without the sauce, it's just poached eggs and English muffins.
The sauce, though- the sauce! It seems so simple: all it is is egg yolks, butter, hot water, lemon juice, salt and cayenne pepper. It's putting it ( Read more... ) -
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The other day, I was food shopping with my dad, when at the checkout line, my eye was caught by the most glorious looking three-layer cake gracing the cover of a slim, magazine-sized recipe book by the editors of Cooks Illustrated, and America's Test Kitchen, authorities whose advice I both enjoy and respect. I had to have it. Dad put forth this ( Read more... ) -
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Reaction post to Stargate: Universe
So Stargate Universe premiered last night. You know, that show with the "new young cast" hoping to snare the interest of a 'different demographic'? Yeah, that one.
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Season finale of Royal Pains! Oh my god! HOW WILL I SURVIVE UNTIL NEXT SEASON?!?
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Playing God
A short scene between The Potter and Phinnaes Gage. Here we see a bit of hubris from the Potter, and the seeds of distrust in Phinnaes.
"You're creating people." The Potter looked up from her wheel, frowning.
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This is a scene with my Borien, a black Estharne (that is; a black feline roughly the size of a fluffy tiger © Art of Spirit) and Theo, a winged 'Tharne.
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The Three-Moon Wolf - Part 1
Shevaru's backstory. This is the story that has been eating my muse lately! It will be in three parts (unless I get carried away)
Title: Blue Moon Pup
Characters: Shevaru, Shevaru's birth family (the Pack)
Story Rating: PG-13
Chapter Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Takes place in Pethia, a setting created and owned by Art of the Spirit/MML/MDDR. Though ( Read more... ) -
Strike a Pose and Fake a Smile
This is a roleplay between Vixen and I, using our characters Vixen and Dmitri. It got a little bit hot and heavy for the Crossroads, so we moved it over here. Everything that happens here is completely in character, and will be referenced (however vaguely) in the future. It simply moved beyond the board rating, and had to be moved off-site.
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