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Dec
30
2010

Cheddar-scallion scones: have I mastered you?

So. I’ve been trying to make the cheddar-scallion scone recipe found in the Flour Bakery cookbook. The first time, the scones pooled into a pizza-looking thing, spilling over the sides of the pan and looking kind of messed up, but it still tasted great. I went to the Flour Bakery cookie swap a couple of…  Continued »

Sep
19
2010

Scratch-making ketchup

Simmering ketchup

Note: I originally wrote this on September 19 and didn’t get around to publishing this until now. Oops. Tomorrow is my husband Christian’s birthday. He doesn’t know this yet, but I am planning to surprise him with some dinner! I’m making him a meatloaf an’ mashed potato dinner with gravy and creamed spinach as a…  Continued »

Jan
13
2010

Back to posts about cooking food: pad thai

Tonight, I made pad thai using a recipe from Cook’s Illustrated. In my opinion, if you’re going to pay for a website membership as a person who enjoys cooking, pay for this one. It’s got all the recipes and articles you’d find in the magazine but in handy web format. Anyhow, here’s the result: [flickr]photo:4273318892[large][/flickr]…  Continued »

Sep
07
2009

Cooking Mara!

After taking the summer off from R&R as summer is the busiest time of year for me in terms of work (I work on the actual labor portion of my lab’s annual report and annual news magazine), I am ready to talk about a cooking adventure going on right now in my kitchen (I’m taking…  Continued »

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