Category: Cooking
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On Life-Changing Things
Do cute new aprons count as clothes? So, as I’ve mentioned here before, I made a New Year’s resolution not to buy any books this year until I’ve read the books I already have. I’ve done pretty well sticking to that plan, although I still haven’t made my way through “Lipstick Traces.” But the doing…
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Safe Keeping
If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own kitchen counter. As I’ve mentioned before, we’ve been making a lot of bread around here. We’re still amazed by the simple process: Four ingredients (flour, water, yeast, and salt) and five minutes of kneading. A bowl for…
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At Long Last
Another item crossed off the culinary to-do list. Well, it finally happened — I made tortillas for the first time over the weekend! I was inspired to give this a go when I read Alana Chernila’s “The Homemeade Pantry” last spring. I hustled to pick up a tortilla press, and … that press has…
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Cured
Making time for date night. Date Night It was a fairly quiet weekend in these parts. The Mister and I started out with a Friday date night. So often our going out focuses around a concert, which is always nice, but this evening we centered around plans to check out a new restaurant. We started…
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Sauced
Perfecting our pizza crust and playing with paper. I met my mother for a lovely lunch at the Highland Diner this past weekend. I used to live right around the corner from this Rochester landmark and spent many an evening there. The menu has changed quite a bit since those days, and I think the breakfast…
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