No-knead bread method and I haven’t always been friends. When I have originally tried it, there was a case of horrid gloop that didn’t only have to be thrown out, but necessitated a clean up of half the kitchen, and it was all terrible. But as I am stubborn where it comes to ideas I think ought to work, we’ve gotten along better since then. … Continue reading Cheese and Chili No Knead Bread
Today I am not going to talk about international relocations in all their complexity, because I feel like I need an intermission – a break, simply put. I look at the news and blogs, and find that I am angry at the world, at the entitled behavior, the willful ignorance, and just plain ill will that seems to be all over lately, and I feel like … Continue reading Intermission: THOSE Pretzels
No no, I have not suddenly decided to leave T! This is so not what this is all about! Allow me, for just a moment, to wax all Lady-Gagaesque. Oh all right, maybe I would cook and eat the steak instead of making a dress, but still – over the past year, I have been having what I can only call a love affair with … Continue reading Bad Romance (And Amazing Pizza Crust)
With Valentine’s Day just behind us, and everyone being overdosed on chocolate and rich desserts, the last thing you may want to be reading about may be the decadence that is NY-style cheesecake. Unless you are like me, that is, and have gone easy on the chocolate – or, unless you are like me, and the thought of proper, creamy, tender and oh-so-good real New … Continue reading Eight Years Without Cheesecake
Eat The Roses 