Frugal Kitchen Tips |
Wait, stop! Don't throw away that Trader Joe's Advent Calender! Peel the paper off and use it as a mini-candy mold. I've already used mine twice to make espresso hazelnut dark chocol...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 01:13:00 GMT |
My New Years Gift to You |
As we all know, I am the hostess with the mostess, and just because I'm so nice, I am going to share one of my little party secrets:The Ultimate Cheese LogFirst, buy one of those 4 inch chevre logs fr...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:54:00 GMT |
More Fun With Kitchen Science |
I had seen green tea and coffee "jellos" at some bento and bubble tea places, so I thought I'd try making both using kanten flakes. They are nasty. Yuck. Kanten flakes work gre...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:46:00 GMT |
The Wise Werner Herzog |
Leave it to Werner Herzog to wonderfully articulate what has been getting to me for quite some time. Mass media images are so dull, uninspired. "I have the impression that the image...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:45:00 GMT |
Vegan Faux Mac & Cheese |
I'm not going to lie to you, this doesn't at all taste like mac & cheese, but it's good and gooey. I'll indicate the best place to buy the ingredients by this code: WFB (Whole Foods Bulk Sec...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:46:00 GMT |
Makin Tofu from Scratch! |
About two years ago, I got the boyfriend to buy me a soymilk maker, a machine sort of like a steel blender/coffeemaker that makes the milk from dried beans that have been soaked overnight. We al...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:44:00 GMT |
Will Neil Gaiman go |
Will Neil Gaiman go all "Mad Hatter" from mercury poisoning is a question that arises from reading his unique 2002 book Adventures in the Dream Trade. The book is a collection of bits of Gaiman'...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:33:00 GMT |
Jubilee: "Punk" Camp |
"You clammy slag! You sat on the KY with your fat arse!"- Angel from "Jubilee" It's not a good movie, but it has its share of near-perfect moments: Chiffon-clad Wayne (now Jayne) County as pop star "L...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:23:00 GMT |
Summer is for Burly-Q |
In summer you can most likely find me sitting in the shade drinking Arnold Palmers and reading breezy (but not insipid) books. I'm mostly drawn to non-fiction; history, biography, autobiography,...
Posted by on Tue, 29 May 2007 21:56:00 GMT |
Honey Nut Blender Waffles |
Now that I am well entrenched in my 30s, I'm becoming a paranoid health freak. The spector of trans fats, refined sugars and toxins from plastics loom around every bend. It takes effort to...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:53:00 GMT |
