August 2009
This list has me excited about chilly fall weather: 25 Excuses to Bake in September: http://bit.ly/fW5VT (via @browneyedbaker)
current literary obsession: Betty MacDonald
RT @nytimesfood (time.com) Julia Child on the cover of TIME, 1966: http://bit.ly/15poBv <—classic!
Weird. Ordered books from @Amazon & got “they shipped” notice this morning. 7 hours later, they arrived!!
Despite my best efforts to teach him better, @unluddite continues to bring home sugary processed “fruit on the bottom” yogurt.
making pan de mallorca and baking croissants. both will be stuffed with baked ham and cheese
i love spelling yogurt with an “h” in it
pan de mallorca came out beautifully! tucked it with freshly baked ham and aged cheddar cheese plus a generous shower of powdered sugar
Just pickled a few little gherkins. They look like tiny watermelons!
I have a very long list of things I’m going to make and write today. Going to get started!
Making new england clam chowder
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.
I’ll be making these blueberry buttermilk pancakes w/ hints of lemon: http://bit.ly/4CV4Fo
Friends, it is pancake time.
RT @diannej Bloggers are Journalists http://bit.ly/2LWUmw <—Heck yeah!!!
Looks like we are *not* getting sprung early today. Will have to sit here for next 1.5 hours shivering & checking gutter credits. Fun!
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Security guard here is named “Officer Bacon”!!! How cool is that?
It is freezing in my office today. Am wrapped up in blanket and shivering.
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
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…
Looking at unretouched JLo images. Ladies, she has wrinkles!!
Pesto Agnolotti & meditations on dumplings: http://bit.ly/1P8k1S
Ugh gross. This more to love show makes me mad. This guy is such a douche and these girls are so dumb
RT @unluddite: This More To Love show does a disservice to non-douchey fat guys.
Any Wordpress users that can recommend a widget that allows you to sort posts by more than one category at the same time?
So upset. My Lodge enamel Dutch oven started sputtering and pieces of enamel popped off while I was heating some oil today. So dangerous!
Just sent Lodge an email complaining about their Dutch oven spitting enamel on me less than one year after purchase. Not cool, Lodge.
RT @NathanBransford A nuts and bolts overview of how a book gets published, from manuscript to bookstore: http://tinyurl.com/m98eg6
RT @foodloves: I love the sounds kitchens make. So much. <—-me too
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!
My friend Carlo’s new West Village wine shop. It’s pretty incredible: http://bit.ly/vpcRn
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
not sure what to do about dinner. I didn’t plan anything & forgot to pull meat out of the freezer. Maybe pasta?
Interesting. There aren’t any letters to the editor in this months Gourmet, only recipe requests. Wonder if due to last month’s kerfuffle…
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
Here’s my recipe for Chardonnay Cake! http://bit.ly/4Cq3PU
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…
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…
Watching Pillsbury BakeOff on FN. Should be called Sandra Lee BakeOff. All bottled & packaged crap! These people don’t deserve a $million!
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
Yay, Mad Men tonight!!
Man…I love Mad Men! Betty looked fantastic in that yellow dress and sunglasses in the last scene
can someone tell me when Labor day is? (The dates Friday to Sunday)? Thanks!
RT @simmertilldone: Wouldn’t it be great if #JonasSunday meant Jonas Salk? Just because we owe him one?
working on a recipe index for the blog. Really, really overdue…
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.
SOOOOO happy to have been off today
