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Did someone ask for more recipe pointers?

Another three cookbooks’ worth of interesting recipes: Deborah Krasner, Good Meat: The Complete Guide to Sourcing and Cooking Sustainable Meat Lora Brody, Chocolate American Style Dorie Greenspan, Chocolate Desserts by Pierre Hermé Not to worry: I’ve almost run out of … Continue reading →

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Week 4 chocolate tasting results

Yesterday we held our fourth weekly chocolate tasting. This week’s theme was “Taste of Somerville”, and the local products were widely panned. My summary of the results: This tasting was a bit of a challenge for the panel; Shirley described … Continue reading →

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Hey, even more recipe pointers!

Continuing my trip through the cookbook bookcase (“cookbook case”? “cookbookcase”?), I’ve added some additional recipe pointers: Jacques Pépin, Essential Pépin Michael Wild, et al., Bay Wolf Restaurant Cookbook Judy Rodgers, The Zuni Cafe Cookbook In addition, recipes from America’s Test … Continue reading →

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Chocolate tasting results for week 2

We held our second weekly chocolate tasting today, with much better attendance. Whereas last week, when we were doing 70% chocolates and most people preferred a “reference” 85% chocolate, this week was 85% chocolates and a plurality preferred a “reference” … Continue reading →

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Yet more recipe pointers

I’ve been a bit of a tear lately annotating cookbooks for recipes I might want to make. I’ve intentionally avoided doing this for the big “encyclopedic” cookbooks, like Joy, which are more for reference than for inspiration, but I’m about … Continue reading →

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More updates to recipe pointers

I’ve gone through a few more cookbooks and taken note of things I might want to try: Carole Bloom, Caramel Elaine Louie, The Occasional Vegetarian Kevin Mills and Nancy Mills, Chocolate on the Brain Marlena Spieler, Macaroni & Cheese Hope … Continue reading →

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Added some Joanne Chang recipes to my pointer page

I went through Joanne Chang’s Flour cookbook the other day and marked all of the recipes I though I wanted to try. Now I’ve made those bookmarks electronic, on my “Recipe Pointers” page. (You’ll still have to actually buy the … Continue reading →

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Nutrition facts formatting

I made some changes to the blog’s CSS so that the nutrition information looks more like the FDA recommendation, and learned a bit about WordPress.com’s CSS setup in the process. Unfortunately, I can’t do much about the fonts: WordPress.com allows … Continue reading →

Aside | Posted on 2014-06-24 by

Early-summer cleaning

I guess I kind of missed the usual deadline for spring cleaning. I spent a bit of time this evening going through some bags of 20- to 25-year-old clothing down in the basement. I’m not sure why I kept all … Continue reading →

Aside | Posted on 2014-06-09 by | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Hey, it’s random segue time!

I was struck by the following music-player serendipity: Bruce Cockburn, “If I Had a Rocket Launcher” Cry Cry Cry, “Northern Cross” Poi Dog Pondering, “Catacombs” Aztec Camera, “Sun” Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Under the Bridge” Dream Academy, “Life in a … Continue reading →

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