Serious Eats: Recipes: Cook the Book: Potato Skillet Pie Not sure about the sage here. An experiment. (tags: recipes cooking potatoes) David Lebovitz: Chocolate-Cherry Fruitcake Recipe No questionable ingredients here! This is a MUST! (tags: recipes cooking Christmas cakes chocolate…
Rice Pilaf with Dried Cherries and Toasted Pistachios by Diane Rossen Worthington Another thing to try. (tags: recipes cooking pistachios pilaf cherries) Crispy Bacon-Wrapped Stuffed Dates by Diane Rossen Worthington We had a version of these at a party Saturday…
These people obviously aren’t. These photos appeared in a Times article today. I’m sticking them up here for reference. I have a great fantasy about a big bedroom where you could also lounge around on a couch, reading a book,…
Great article in today’s Wall Street Journal: Don’t Be a Square At the Post Office — There’s a Surcharge Card Makers Feel Boxed In By Rules Favoring Rectangles; Mr. Friedman’s ‘Debacle’ By BARRY NEWMAN November 15, 2007; Page A1…
Tiny little item from today’s New York Times: November 15, 2007 World Briefing | Africa Tanzania: Apology for Surgical Mix-Up By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Health Minister David Homeli Mwakyusa has apologized in Parliament for a surgical mix-up at…
New vending machine can identify minors : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri) I’m starting to get very, very obsessed by the Japanese. Or perhaps I should say, by the combination of Japanese and vending machines. Or things…
General Musharraf and Ms. Bhutto (the New York Times must be getting tired of them, too, as today they’ve been pushed to page A12). Paula Deen (oh, this will not make my sister, who is one of PD’s big fans,…
Serious Eats: Recipes: Cook the Book: Chocolate and Date Pudding Cakes The occasional reader of this blog complains that there are too many recipes on it. Harrrumph. (tags: food recipes chocolate cakes) Leek, Corn, and Mascarpone Tart by Allysa Torey…
Serious Eats: Recipes: Serious Thanksgiving: Corn Bread Dressing with Pecans and Bacon Cornbread? Pecans? Bacon? What’s not to like here? (tags: thanksgiving dressing cornbread)