New Cooking Toy
So where was this when everyone was asking me what I wanted for Christmas?
Cooking
Eggs Benedict
For some reason, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce have both challenged my technical skills in the kitchen. Which has put home preparation of one of my favorite breakfasts out of my reach. Until this morning, that is. This morning, I… Continue Reading
Pizza From Scratch
Cooking “from scratch” means, to me at least, that you begin with flour and uncut meats and vegetables. Other people seem to use different definitions of this phrase, which confuses me. I don’t think you need to grind and pack… Continue Reading
Waffles
The Wife and I will celebrate our anniversary a few days early this year because the weekend promises to be very busy with other stuff. I asked what she wanted for her anniversary dinner and she said waffles. Waffles for… Continue Reading
Good Strawberries From Bad
So last week I drove up to Stinking Bakersfield and, as is my custom, I stopped at a fruit stand on the way back to get some fresh produce so as to salvage some value for the time spent on… Continue Reading
Cambrian Adventure
“Dude. TL, where have you been? No posts since Thursday!” Staying at a hotel that has no internet access, that’s what. Yes, there are still such places out there. I couldn’t even get the phone to work right the one… Continue Reading
Meet The Grubbers
Our friend the LACMA curator invited us to join a group of foodies who have irregular, rotating themed potlucks. Go back and read that again — from time to time (although not with any regular timing) they meet at someone’s… Continue Reading
Banana Cake
A special holiday present for The Wife was cake decorating lesssons. A downside to that is that efforts to lose weight are hampered by the fact that now she’s baking cakes all the time. She made a white cake with… Continue Reading
Vegetarian, Teetotaler Feast
The Wife invited over a friend from work and his wife for dinner tonight. Cool! I’ve met them briefly at a social event for her work and they seem like they’ll be a lot of fun. Here’s the catch: they’re… Continue Reading
Grilled Cheese Night
The Wife and I were going to meet a friend at the art museum last night to tour some exhibits and have dinner together. However, we were all trapped on this side of the Newhall Pass by a wildfire that… Continue Reading