I grew up in an ice-cream-loving family. There were always multiple flavors of ice cream in the freezer, sometimes as many as five. And there was always a batch of my mom’s secret-recipe famous hot fudge sauce to put on top. The way I differed from the rest of my family was in the whipped […]
Archive for March, 2012
Decadence
Posted in Sweets, tagged coffee, whipped cream on March 30, 2012 | 4 Comments »
When life gives you goat milk…
Posted in Cheese, tagged cheese, goat cheese, meals on March 25, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Make goat ricotta! And then lasagna! One of the perks of my job is that I get free past-date stuff. Typically it’s not even past a “use by” date, just a “sell by” date. Meaning it’s still perfectly fine; it just can’t stay out on the shelves. A couple of times recently I’ve found goat […]
You gotta start somewhere
Posted in Rants, tagged career on March 21, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Before I begin: I hope this post doesn’t come across as whiny or entitled. Experience is a valuable thing, and often genuinely mandatory. The breadth and depth of experience someone has in any field can make a huge difference in their contributions. My main point in this rant is that I think it unfortunate when […]
Irish Brown Bread
Posted in Bread, tagged baking, bread, wheat, whole grain on March 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This past week at work, we’ve been making a lot of soda bread and Irish brown bread in anticipation of St. Patrick’s Day. Tonight, I decided to make some of the latter at home. So far in this blog, the “or not” side of “bready or not” has been heavily represented; now, I finally bring […]
Pour-over coffee
Posted in Uncategorized on March 15, 2012 | 8 Comments »
I’ve become a coffee drinker only in, oh, the past month or two. Why now? Well, my former-barista boyfriend has probably had some influence over me. Not that he’s a coffee-pusher, but seeing him drink coffee frequently has, I’m sure, had a subconscious effect. Oddly enough, when I first met him and he was working […]
Simple Syrup
Posted in Sweet Tips, tagged ingredients, sweets on March 12, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Simple syrup is a brilliant concoction that I don’t make enough use of. I should make it more, and you should give it a try, too. Tired of stirring and stirring your iced tea, trying to get the sugar to dissolve? Frustrated by an over-baked, dry cake? Simple syrup to the rescue! And it is […]
First Adventure in Cottage Cheese
Posted in Cheese, tagged cheese, cottage cheese, whey on March 11, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Back in November, I took a brief introductory cheese-making class. It was a two-hour whirlwind, culminating with twenty-five of us standing around six burners making mozzarella in groups of four or five. Chaos! And wouldn’t you know, I forgot to package my little piece of mozzarella properly, and forgot to eat it that night, so […]