If your popover fails, it still makes a delicious hockey puck. I also love popovers because they are relatively quick to throw together (about an hour to mix and bake), use 4 basic ingredients (milk, butter, flour, eggs), and are mostly healthy: they won’t induce the same carb coma as pancakes and have fairly little [...]
While eating a delicious currant scone from one of my favorite cafes, I looked it currants on Wikipedia and discovered some interesting history of why currants are popular in Britain, but not the United States: During World War II, most fruits rich in vitamin C, such as oranges, became almost impossible to obtain in the [...]
Three fortunes I received following pho: Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Commitment is the hinge upon which the door to success hangs. Everything serves to further.
I get a big grab-box of organic produce every week and last week I guess there was a bit of a mixup. I order it more for the variety and element of surprise (what should I cook with celery root?) than health or ideology, so the issue was more an opportunity to learn this fun fact: [...]
featured in “PopCo” by Alice Butler (via Angelina): Ingredients: 2 oz ground almonds 6 oz self-raising flour 2 tsp baking powder 4 oz light muscovado sugar 150 ml corn oil 200–250 ml soy milk zest of 2 unwaxed lemons juice of 2 lemons 1 tbsp orange flower water … not sure what this is 1 [...]
After a bunch of googling around, I haven’t found an authoritative answer to my question: how are you supposed to set up and use your refrigerator’s food crisper—fruits and vegatables need different levels of humidity (which ones need what I wasn’t sure), and the little baffles are supposed to change that (which setting does what [...]
During an AmeriCorps icebreaker, I matched my desire to learn vegan baking with someone who knew how. Who say’s icebreakers are worthless (well, I sometimes do). I got the following two tips: Egg Substitute: Use an amount of water equal to an egg (maybe ~1/4 cup) and mix in tablespoon of ground flax-seed Best Oil: Coconut [...]
If salmonella outbreaks weren’t actually killing people the following statement might be a humorous farce of a murder investigation: Investigators are seeing more signs that the salmonella outbreak blamed on tomatoes might have been caused by tainted jalapeno peppers.… Echoing federal officials, who said this week that tomatoes remain the prime suspect, the health officials [...]
.!. .!. Dandy’s recipe: 8 medium tomatoes, stewed 1 jalapeno 4 green onion, chopped 1/4 bunch of cilantro, chopped 2 garlic cloves In large sauce pan, stew tomatoes and jalepeno. Remove stem from jalapeno. Put into blender or food processor. Add garlic. Pour into pan. Add 4 green onions and cilantro. Simmer for 15 minutes. [...]
.!. Read a fun article about Breakfast Cereals via a comment on breakfast cupcakes, err, muffins. Mostly I like the article because of all the industry definitions: RTEC: Ready to Eat Cereal inclusions: the industry term for all that extra junk like raisins, marshmallows and honey-coated granola clusters. and random facts, like this one: a serving [...]
For a 32oz Nalgene Bottle (the standard biggish one) of clean water, the Oral Rehydration Salt quantities are: Slightly less than 1/2 teaspoon of Salt (0.43tsp. to be exact) 7.5 teaspoons of Sugar (Personal note: when you’ve made it correctly, it should taste like minusculey-sweet saliva) Adapted from Rehydrate.org’s ORS Recipe based on 1 liter of water. And [...]
1–1/2 c. corn meal 1 c. flour 1 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. baking powder 2 eggs (optional: separate and beat egg white until stiff) 1/3 c. oil 2 c. milk ~1–2 tsp. vinegar via Rebecca
Info on Hemp Milk. I just bought some of this (Manitoba Harvest brand, the chocolate kind) at Whole Foods. It’s not soy milk, but I’m not sure if it’s any better. I kind’ve got a bit of a choke in the back of my throat on the first sip, though after that it was pretty [...]
I don’t know if it’s my empathy for the myriad of people I know stymied in technology quagmires for good causes or a desire to combine my love of good food with my job, but this is the result. Download a printable PDF perfect for tacking to your wall or the wall of whomever makes [...]
Yesterday a subset of the gang skipped the blustery weather to bake and decorate Halloween cookies in Danielle’s inviting kitchen. Other than the predictable headache and infirmity from massive sugar intake, we had good times.
Another smoothie post… Boston is still scorching and nothing is better than some ground up fruit and ice. Sure, the storebought strawberries out here on the East coast are about as flavorful as a glass of water, but they add nice color. This is strawberry-peach-orange I believe. Watch the Video
My roommate, Sarah, and I woke up early this morning to whip up some cool, Strawberry-Banana goodness. Tomorrow we’re trying coffee-bacon-toast delight.
My roommate Dean created this video about some peculiarities in our store bought eggs: Watch the Video Now I’m not sure what these guy’s are doing with their chickens, but frankly the result is a little freaky. With a name like “Lally Farms,” I think anyone would be suspicious. I made some tacos tonight (eggs, grated [...]
*Alternate Title:* May I? You Mayo. I’m not sure if it’s a Lowell thing, a New England thing, or a Ben-is-woefully-ignorant thing, but there has been some major innovation in terms of “salad.” I put salad in quotes because this is not your leafy green, or even weedy weird, salad with the pine nuts, raisins if [...]
bq. I have been writing blog postings offline on my commute to and from work but just forget to post them when I get home. Sorry for any delays. !(alignright)http://static.flickr.com/20/68517300_e2619db2fd_m.jpg!:href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/atomicworkshop/68517300/ This last Sunday, Jessica and I headed over to one of my coworker’s homes up in Sommerville to nosh on another turkey (squash lasagna for [...]
