While Traveler Nell is away in her homeland I have had a lot of time to fill up, as well as I have been left to fend for myself. I decided to mash these two problems together to form one solution… Make myself Dim Sims. Dim sims, or “Dimmies” are Chinese dumplings for the the Australian […]
Jenelle and I are expecting our first child next February. In July we found out our baby Joey was diagnosed with a severe Neural Tube Defect and is not expected to live more than a day. To celebrate her all too brief life Jenelle and I are keeping a list of experiences she would have […]
If you’ve been reading this blog you’re probably aware that Jenelle and I have made list of foods and experiences that we want to share with our daughter Josephine Martha in the brief window of opportunity we will have with her. Turns out I actually missed one of them in my original post…and it is just […]
A few weeks back I lamented the loss of my Kitchenaid and my failure to produce a loaf of Pain de Mie. Rather than sit on my rump waiting for the world to right itself I decided to take the bull by the horns, let go of those horns, exit the paddock with said bull, […]
My sweetie Traveler Nell and I love to cook, and we also love quirky kitchen items and kitschy foods. All these things came together with the Skillet Cookie! I can’t even remember where we got this thing it was in our cabinet so long. (Update: In searching for the instructions online I found that it […]
Whenever you order anything from King Arthur Flour they will always include a card with one of their recipes as well as a discount code for your next order. Usually I see these and simply think it would be a good idea to make them. Then I saw GINGERSNAPS! The recipe is too good to be […]
I like to cook. I’ve occasionally posted dishes I’ve made and to be honest there are twice as many abandoned posts that I started and never finished. I planned on baking a “Pan de Mie” last Sunday. It was going to be the first the first thing made on our KitchenAid Pro 600 Stand Mixer […]
Just about every year I make my way up to New York’s Capital Region on Super Bowl® Sunday to watch the big game with my oldest friends. This year will be no different. Being the show off that I am I always try to up my game and bring something memorable. Last year I made […]
Let me start by saying that I love everything to do with Cooks Illustrated. Our TiVo has season passes for both ATK and Cook’s Country. We have subscriptions to both Cook’s Illustrated and Cook’s Country magazine as well as an online subscription to Cook’s Illustrated. I follow Christopher Kimball and America’s Test Kitchen’s Twitter feeds. […]
Let me start by saying that I love everything to do with Cooks Illustrated. Our TiVo has season passes for both ATK and Cook’s Country. We have subscriptions to both Cook’s Illustrated and Cook’s Country magazine as well as an online subscription to Cook’s Illustrated. I follow Christopher Kimball and America’s Test Kitchen’s Twitter feeds. […]