Beertender Mini-Review.
For my Birthday this year, Vanessa got me a beertender! (Yeah, my Birthday was in July… sue me.) Here are the basics: No, it doesn’t MAKE beer. It just keeps tiny little kegs (roughy a case) of Heineken, Heineken Lite and Newcastle Brown cold. It has a tendency to be picky about the glass that...
You call it the Great New York State Fair
You call it the NY State Fair. I call it “Where’s the fried dough?”, oh and “We need maple sugar candy!” Going to the fair this year was a truly eye-opening experience. My memories of what going to the fair was like as a little kid and what it is like for me now are...
A Photo On Some Days: Onion
Didn’t really stick to my every-day photo. But… I am still going to keep posting pics when I am inspired to do so.
CAKE!!
I don’t know what possessed me, but something made me do it. Maybe it’s because I had a bunch of heavy cream and didn’t want it to go to waste… or maybe I was craving it, but I made a chocolate cake last week—drum roll please—FROM SCRATCH! With fresh whipped cream on top! I know!...
A Photo a day… every day.
I thought it might be fun to carry around the little Kodak V1073 we got from Vanessa’s last job (ew) the battery life is bad, and it doesn’t’ use batteries but it takes some really nice pictures for a tiny little camera! I make no promises… okay, I promise to post one photo a day....
Pork Vindaloo
As you have read, Vanessa and I have basically rediscovered cooking. On Saturday we made pork vindaloo and man was it good. I started-off making the curry in the afternoon, since this was a big undertaking. Seriously, I’m going from making toast and grilling in the summer to all-out ethnic dishes from all over the...
Well Fed
One of the things that we’re guilty of in this house is succumbing to the convenience of having Wegmans (our supermarket) so close to home. Given that Mike’s schedule keeps him at work till at least 6:00pm, we often find ourselves slacking off in the cooking department and just picking up a pre-made meal at...
That's a Lot of Nuts!
Hi! I am not dead, just distracted. It always seems to happen around the holidays, but perhaps more so this year. All I can say is, SORRY! Anyway… You’ll have to excuse the crap-tastic photo; I forgot my good camera at my parents house a few weeks ago, and must wait until they bring it...
Case of the Bah Humbugs
As I write this, I’m cooking up some sugar coated pecans in the oven… My take on the “Consumables Christmas” inspired by Kris. Except I’m in a panic because I’m trying to make a bunch of them before I go down to NJ tomorrow afternoon. You see, this year we’re having Christmas with the in-laws....
Foodie Halloween
In past years, I’ve tried to theme the food I served to the event, with mixed success… A lot of my original ideas came from Britta “Webmistress of the Dark.” Hers was the first Halloween-related site I discovered that demonstrated EXACTLY the kind of party I wanted to host. Many other sites and ideas I...
A Regular Betty Crocker
Now for another installment of unemployment boredom: I made ginger apple-berry crisp. It’s good. I made Mike an apple pie for his birthday last week, and ended up with two extra apples, so I bought a few more apples and made a crisp! Oh my is it ever good… I used this recipe because it...
