I am hosting a Food with Friends event: celebrating 35 years of friendship between two of my friends with whom I've shared 28 of those years. Our dinner party will total 10, which I find is...
April 22, 2016
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Sourdough French Bread Baguettes
Sourdough French Baguettes
These are my sourdough French Bread (FB) baguettes--first time. Not the prettiest. I'm not sure what they are going to taste like. They taste fantastic....
April 5, 2016
Life and Death in Spring
Both of my children were born in April. April 1 for my youngest and April 27 for my oldest. Being pregnant as a busy professional meant a forced slow down. Too early to smell the roses, but certainly a time to watch the bursting forth of life into the world: daffodils and crocus...
April 3, 2016
Sourdough Bread
I have a wild hair and hope to capture some wild yeast in a quest to learn the process of sourdough bread making. As with most things, you will realize immediately upon reading that there is not one right way. However, there are a few things that can go wrong (e.g. having a stinky mess on...
April 2, 2016
Slow Roasted Pork Shoulder
On Thursday evenings, my local Food Lion has double markdowns on many things. On my last visit, they had fresh picnic shoulders (among other things). I picked up two at a 60% discount. I typically make barbecue from these, and it has been several years since I've done so. However,...