One of the products that I bought, the other day, was a souffle bowl. I had wandered all over Chef Works, looking for one, but didn’t realize that it was supposed to be glass, as I had only seen the dessert kind. After walking through the whole shop, I finally had to ask for one. […]
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Why you should keep notes while you cook
The current rule of the house, when writing for this blog, is to write down what we did to make what we did, and how we changed the recipe, just in case we like it better that way. I am reminded of this, because Cartoonist, out of town, returning today, left notes on a recipe […]
Summer Squash Polenta Bake
One of the joys of the CSA (community supported agriculture, or as we refer to it, the farm) is that you get a bunch of veggies that you aren’t sure what to do with. I usually throw everything in a stir-fry, but sometimes I want something else, so I decided to check and see what […]
Making Yogurt Part II
So, as I said yesterday, I sat on the yogurt, stuff for a while, then just decided that I would do it. I looked over the recipe that my friend had given me, and the one that had come with the yogurt maker. I was a little confused because they were just slightly bit different. […]
Making Yogurt Part I
One of the first things I wanted to know how to make was yogurt. I had been having a lot of problems finding a yogurt I liked to eat, and then I would read the ingredients, and say, oh, there has to be a better way. But, I had never made it before, and wondered […]
Buying stuff
Although I tend to buy my ingredients at the Farmer’s Market (the two that run in my area), as well as the local health food store, and the CSA I belong to, I do, as I wrote yesterday, like to pick up gadgets for the kitchen. One of my favorite places is Chef Works, which […]
Gadgets in the kitchen
One of the things I have known, since I first started having my own kitchen, is that you have to have the right tools, The first apartment I had, when I left home, had a kitchen. Not an odd thing, but I had not packed for a kitchen. I had brought nothing from home, other […]
Trying to make Tortillas Part II
So, as I mentioned, my sweetie took pity on me and bought me a tortilla press, because both she and I thought that perhaps that was the issue, that the tortillas just weren’t being pressed firmly enough. I was willing to try anything, as I had had tried my hands, and gotten no where, fast. […]
Trying to make tortillas Part I
As I tick down my list of things that I buy that I feel I can make, I keep coming to tortillas. They seem so easy, sort of like very thin pancakes. Why shouldn’t I be able to make those, and not have to buy store bought. Granted, I have found store bought that only […]
Making a pizza from scratch part II
As I mentioned yesterday, I did not get skins off of the tomatoes before I cooked them. However, once I took them out of the crock pot, I realized that it would be better if I did, so then I had to pick out the skins from the sauce. Cartoonist suggested that we puree the […]
