Congratulations to those of you in the Mid-Atlantic – we made it through the weekend snowpocalypse! There is still snow everywhere of course, but the streets in Baltimore are somewhat plowed, there are a few cleared walkways on the streets, and you have most likely shoveled your driveway, an arduous chore when you’re moving 20+ [...]
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Snow Cream
Posted in Baltimore, Experiments, tagged maryland snow 2010, snow cream, snowpocalypse on February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Healthy Baking: Should Applesauce and Canned Pumpkin Replace Butter and Oil?
Posted in Experiments, Ingredients, tagged butter and oil replacements in baked goods, healthy baking, joy bauer healthy baking, the today show healthy baking on January 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I work from home, which means I can keep my T.V. tuned into my favorite morning program, The Today Show, a couple of days a week. The Monday after Thanksgiving, the show’s nutrition expert, Joy Bauer, had a healthy baking recommendation for the holidays: replace all of the oil or butter in a recipe with [...]
Pulao, a Festive Rice Dish
Posted in Experiments, Food News, Ingredients, tagged jhumpa lahiri new yorker, jhumpa lahiri rice, pulao on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Before you proceed, you should read this disclaimer: you will not find a recipe for pulao in this post. Or more accurately, you will find a recipe for pulao, but it is not the recipe I used to make the dish pictured above. I didn’t use a recipe, nor have I ever tasted pulao before [...]
Brussels Sprouts – Roasting, Stems
Posted in Experiments, Ingredients, tagged brussels sprouts stems, roasting brussels sprouts on November 12, 2009 | 6 Comments »
How I love Brussels sprouts! I had a side of Brussels sprouts leaves for the first time at Perilla, Harold Dieterle’s restaurant in New York City, and they were so delicious; I would have been happy with a big bowl of them for dinner. I have only bought Brussels sprouts in a package or a [...]
