Posted in Learning on Oct 20th, 2010
Pumpkin Cookie Dough Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream Sandwiches on Pumpkin Oatmeal Raisin Cookies with Pumpkin Caramel (damn that is a lot of pumpkin) There is only one drawback to owning your own ice cream maker. Only one. It is something that few know about until they buy an ice cream maker, as I too was [...]
Posted in Learning on May 6th, 2010
Yesterday a new friend of mine, Shaun, came by to start part one of what we are calling The Vegan Challenge. Ooooooh, Aaaaaaah. I met Shaun a few months ago on my first foraging tour with Wildman Steve Brill and when we got to talking she not only mentioned that she was into cooking and [...]
Posted in Learning on May 4th, 2010
Last spring I decided to try my hand in gardening and grow some herbs and vegetables on the roof. It started out with a few tomato plants, a cucumber plant and basic herbs like basil, cilantro, and oregano but I got sort of addicted to buying plants and ended up with a lot more than [...]
Posted in Learning on Apr 26th, 2010
I didn’t plan on doing much cooking friday but when a friend called me and said that her date who was supposed to take her to KFC (expensive date) flaked out, all I could find myself saying was “If you buy the chicken, I’ll fry it”. Fried chicken holds up much better in the old [...]
Posted in Learning, New Creations on Apr 26th, 2010
Literally a Two Foot Long Braided Challah I attempted my first Challah a few days ago. Challah is a traditional Jewish bread that is honestly in my top 3 favorite breads and one of the few Jewish foods that I do in fact crave. The recipe that I was using was directly from the bread [...]
Chocolate Souffle with Powdered Sugar After seeing two different occasions where someone on a cooking show made souffle, I decided it was time to try and make it. For some reason whenever things happen in pairs of two I take it as a sign of some sorts and souffle was my most recent one. I [...]
Posted in Learning on Apr 13th, 2010
Confidence is a funny thing. You might see a powerful business man, hear him talk, see how he handles himself, and from what you have experienced conclude that he is an extremely confident person. But is HE really confident or is the business man within him the one who holds the confidence, or, are they [...]
Posted in Learning on Mar 14th, 2010
I want to thank everyone for coming out last night to the birthday feast, it was beyond successful. As fun and epic as the night was, there were a few odd but interesting things that came from it that i’d like to share. My neighbor came by yesterday while I was setting up for the party [...]
