Archive for December, 2006
Sunday, December 31st, 2006
For whatever reason, there is something occupying my fridge. It's called emptiness. And while yes, I probably have 9 more unopened jars of Skippy in the house, I'd rather not.On mornings that I know I will be eating out later at some point in the day, I try to go ...
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Saturday, December 30th, 2006
There are certain areas in baking that I am not quite ready to attack.And pies would be one of them. But thanks to having no shame in using frozen pies, ala Mrs. Smith, pies are usually a dessert option in my household during the holidays.My favorite since childhood would have ...
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Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
What better way to spend time with friends than over a good meal? As per Dannyson's suggestion, we headed to Dizzy's in Park Slope, Brooklyn.For whatever reason, Dizzy's sounded dangerously familiar. It might have been one of the restaurants that were madeover on the Food Network show.But I digress. The ...
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Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
Innocently enough, Frangelico is bottled in a very monk-like bottle, complete with a thick piece of rope for his outfit.Frangelico was the first thing I recognized when my brother and I were browsing for liquers. Thanks to many food network episodes of Emeril, I knew offhand what Frangelico was-- hazelnut ...
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Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
What better way to put the newly remodeled (all done by my Dad) than to bake with a good friend? Hang came over and we spent hour after hour in the kitchen working on the chemistry known as baking.He bought measuring cups. Don't ask how, but I managed to do ...
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Thursday, December 21st, 2006
It's true. If we fail to eat appropriately and regularly, it is likely we will binge eat to compensate. Such destructive behavior is often why people cannot lose weight by crash dieting. But enough of that.I haven't written in here since for-freaking-ever.So I will binge-write. :) Because there is no ...
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Saturday, December 9th, 2006
...or some creative mess of a name like that.A brown sugar syrup was the byproduct of a botched batch of buttery toffee.Never add water to make English toffee, as it will not reach the appropriate consistency upon cooling. Fortunately, I realized its potential as the sweetening agent in baking, and ...
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Thursday, December 7th, 2006
What do you do with leftovers that you would like to distribute as evenly as possible?Invest in a small package of cellophane bags and the possibilities can come to life.Mini-cupcakes, small candy canes, holiday Kissables, butter cookies and candy from yestereve are grouped and bound together.
Hopefully, it will help bring ...
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