My first thought when I saw the recipe for tiny Glittering Lemon Sandwich Cookies on Serious Eats, one of my favorite food sites, was that I would rename them Princess Cookies and present them to my princess-crazy nieces, thus fulfilling their royal aspirations without giving any money to the manufacturers of inane, princess-themed junk. Now, [...]
Archive for December, 2010
As Pictured Below: Furry weirdness
Posted in As Pictured Below, Home, Huntsville, Photographs, tagged alabama, alice in wonderland, animals, caterpillar, Huntsville, iPhone, photograph, sidewalk, TiltShift Generator, TiltShiftGen, wildlife on December 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I found this little guy (or girl) traversing my front sidewalk today. Given the usual behavior of caterpillars and beetles in my front yard, I expect him to be in my kitchen tomorrow morning, ready to scare the sleepy out of me at 5:45 a.m. He could at least stay for a chat, a la [...]
As Pictured Below: Bringing the Heat
Posted in As Pictured Below, Home, Photographs, tagged cold weather, favorite things, fireplace, fireplace insert, heat, Hipstamatic, home, husband, iPhone, Presto HeatDish, remodeling, renovations, salad spinner, space heater, TV on December 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We were going to spring for a new fireplace insert this year to heat the first floor so we wouldn’t have to move the TV upstairs for the next few months. Turns out that, like so many renovations we attempt to undertake, this one’s going to require a lot more work and money than we [...]
The joys of destination dining
Posted in Eats, Photographs, Travel, tagged breakfast, cooking, cowboy stew, cranberry compote, cranberry foam, destination dining, Doughnut Plant, doughnuts, eating out, EN, EN Japanese Brasserie, Facebook, food, Foreman Grill, hummus, husband, Jean Georges, Krispy Kreme, lasagna, Manhattan, New York City, oatmeal, quinoa, raisins, restaurant, sake, salad, sandwich, steel-cut oats, subway, sweet potato cake, tofu, travel, vacation, Valrhona chocolate, walnuts on December 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »
When the husband and I go on vacation, we tend to plan our itinerary around food. We’re not the only people who do this, but I get mixed reactions from a few folks, some of whom apparently expect to hear more about the shows we’ve seen in New York City (most recent count: 0) [...]
As Pictured Below: Jolly Decor
Posted in As Pictured Below, Christmas, Photographs, Travel, tagged Christmas, cold, December, decorations, iPhone, Manhattan, New York, photograph, Rockefeller Center, TiltShiftGen, TiltShiftGenerator, travel, vacation on December 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Freezing near the Rockefeller Center, I ungloved one hand long enough to get this shot, because I knew I just HAD to run it through the TiltShift Generator. If I make any more trips to Manhattan in December, I’m getting a pair of those iPhone-friendly gloves.
Instant chocolate fix: surprisingly satisfying
Posted in Eats, tagged brownie, chocolate, chocolate fix, cocoa, coffee mug, cooking, cravings, food, microwave brownie on December 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It should not be this easy to satisfy a chocolate craving, and yet it is. It’s not pretty by any means (thus the lack of a photo for this post), but this recipe for Gooey Chocolate Mug Cake actually makes a pretty passable one-serving instant brownie, using only powdered sugar, cocoa and an egg. Best [...]
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