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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 »

Jan
02
2010

Nalysnyky, or “foods I am in no rush to try making again”

My grandmother used to make these fantastic rolled crepes called nalysnyky in Ukrainian. The recipe that my grandmother made (which she got from my great-grandmother who allegedly worked in the kitchen of some Russian nobleman) is apparently something of an oddity, at least it was an oddity among the people at my mom’s church growing…  Continued »

Dec
20
2009

Crazy winter storm

[flickr]set:72157622911591359[/flickr] There was a nutty storm overnight. I am told that we didn’t get it nearly as bad as they did elsewhere on the coast of the Atlantic, and judging by photos I’ve seen, this is nuthin’. I was pretty sick this past week from various and sundry MS-related symptoms and treatments, so I don’t…  Continued »

Dec
13
2009

Making truffles, part 1.5

The first photo is not what it looks like, which is to say that I am a person who puts poop in her fridge to chill. Nope, just trying to get the choco to harden after forming them into unappetizing-looking balls. I formed them using my handy new scoop from Williams-Sonoma: it’s like a tiny…  Continued »

Dec
13
2009

Making truffles

This year, as is the case every year, I find myself short on funds to buy nice Christmas presents for family and friends. For the past couple years, I’ve turned to home-made presents. A couple years ago, it was hand-printed t-shirts for everyone using our Print Gocco. Last year, it was homemade bath salts. This…  Continued »

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