August 2009
This list has me excited about chilly fall weather: 25 Excuses to Bake in September: http://bit.ly/fW5VT (via @browneyedbaker)
Aug 31st
current literary obsession: Betty MacDonald
Aug 31st
RT @nytimesfood (time.com) Julia Child on the cover of TIME, 1966: http://bit.ly/15poBv <—classic!
Aug 31st
Weird. Ordered books from @Amazon & got “they shipped” notice this morning. 7 hours later, they arrived!!
Aug 31st
Aug 31st
Despite my best efforts to teach him better, @unluddite continues to bring home sugary processed “fruit on the bottom” yogurt.
Aug 30th
making pan de mallorca and baking croissants. both will be stuffed with baked ham and cheese
Aug 30th
i love spelling yogurt with an “h” in it
Aug 30th
pan de mallorca came out beautifully! tucked it with freshly baked ham and aged cheddar cheese plus a generous shower of powdered sugar
Aug 30th
Just pickled a few little gherkins. They look like tiny watermelons!
Aug 30th
I have a very long list of things I’m going to make and write today. Going to get started!
Aug 30th
Making new england clam chowder
Aug 30th
I removed the captcha from comments on my blog. I hate filling them on sites, so why subject my readers? Spam, after all is easy to delete.
Aug 30th
I’ll be making these blueberry buttermilk pancakes w/ hints of lemon: http://bit.ly/4CV4Fo
Aug 29th
Friends, it is pancake time.
Aug 29th
RT @diannej Bloggers are Journalists http://bit.ly/2LWUmw <—Heck yeah!!!
Aug 28th
Looks like we are *not* getting sprung early today. Will have to sit here for next 1.5 hours shivering & checking gutter credits. Fun!
Aug 28th
Have you signed up for my brand new totally awesome nyooooozletter yet? http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=598136
Aug 28th
Security guard here is named “Officer Bacon”!!! How cool is that?
Aug 28th
It is freezing in my office today. Am wrapped up in blanket and shivering.
Aug 28th
Aug 28th
I’m going to start sending out an Always Order Dessert newsletter! Want in? Click here & sign up: http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=598136
Aug 28th
Fresh Basil Pesto Agnolotti →
A few months ago, I read a wonderful book called The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken. It’s the story of a woman—a historian—who sets about tracking down the long-lost ravioli recipes her…
Aug 27th
Looking at unretouched JLo images. Ladies, she has wrinkles!!
Aug 27th
Pesto Agnolotti & meditations on dumplings: http://bit.ly/1P8k1S
Aug 27th
Ugh gross. This more to love show makes me mad. This guy is such a douche and these girls are so dumb
Aug 26th
RT @unluddite: This More To Love show does a disservice to non-douchey fat guys.
Aug 26th
Any Wordpress users that can recommend a widget that allows you to sort posts by more than one category at the same time?
Aug 26th
So upset. My Lodge enamel Dutch oven started sputtering and pieces of enamel popped off while I was heating some oil today. So dangerous!
Aug 26th
Just sent Lodge an email complaining about their Dutch oven spitting enamel on me less than one year after purchase. Not cool, Lodge.
Aug 26th
RT @NathanBransford A nuts and bolts overview of how a book gets published, from manuscript to bookstore: http://tinyurl.com/m98eg6
Aug 26th
RT @foodloves: I love the sounds kitchens make. So much. <—-me too
Aug 25th
RT @SugarMamas: looking 4 competitive pie-eaters for Sat’s b-day party, 3-7. speed, not volume, contest! winner gets $250 bag o’gift cards!
Aug 25th
My friend Carlo’s new West Village wine shop. It’s pretty incredible: http://bit.ly/vpcRn
Aug 25th
RT @WonderToast: Maps of NY street food: http://is.gd/2wPme LA street food: http://short.to/nvyu & SF street food: http://short.to/nvyu
Aug 25th
not sure what to do about dinner. I didn’t plan anything & forgot to pull meat out of the freezer. Maybe pasta?
Aug 25th
Interesting. There aren’t any letters to the editor in this months Gourmet, only recipe requests. Wonder if due to last month’s kerfuffle…
Aug 25th
I tweeted this Chardonnay Cake w/ almond crust late last night so RT for those who aren’t nocturnal like me: http://bit.ly/4Cq3PU
Aug 24th
Here’s my recipe for Chardonnay Cake! http://bit.ly/4Cq3PU
Aug 24th
Chardonnay Cake with an Almond Sugar Crust →
In our home, half-bottles of leftover wine tend to suffer an ignoble fate. All too often, the last glass or two is forgotten once the movie ends and the dinner dishes are cleared away. The…
Aug 24th
Is Rachael Ray a smoker? What’s with her voice? Just saw an ad for her bakeware and was like woah… She sounds very unwell…
Aug 24th
Watching Pillsbury BakeOff on FN. Should be called Sandra Lee BakeOff. All bottled & packaged crap! These people don’t deserve a $million!
Aug 24th
Yes!! My recipe index is complete. Was cool to see some of the older recipes (& mediocre photos) I’d forgotten about: http://bit.ly/ItPN3
Aug 24th
Yay, Mad Men tonight!!
Aug 24th
Man…I love Mad Men! Betty looked fantastic in that yellow dress and sunglasses in the last scene
Aug 24th
can someone tell me when Labor day is? (The dates Friday to Sunday)? Thanks!
Aug 23rd
RT @simmertilldone: Wouldn’t it be great if #JonasSunday meant Jonas Salk? Just because we owe him one?
Aug 23rd
working on a recipe index for the blog. Really, really overdue…
Aug 23rd
RT @jenny8lee: mark moffett says ants and humans are two of the few societies that have warfare. bc they have resources to throw lives away.
Aug 23rd
SOOOOO happy to have been off today
Aug 22nd