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Entries from July 26th, 2009
What happens when you replace empty TJ’s wine boxes with, well, anything else.
July 26th, 2009 · No Comments · stuff
Challah!
July 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Bloggish, Food
To continue on my Bread Baker’s Apprentice adventure, I figured I’d make an attempt at Challah tonight. I have to say that it is probably the most ‘that’s what it’s supposed to look like’ breads I’ve figured out so far. I have no idea how close to real Challah it tastes yet as it’s still [...]
Ciabatta from Peter Reinhart’s book
July 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Food
Going to try this: http://pinchmysalt.com/2009/07/07/bread-bakers-apprentice-challenge-ciabatta/#more-3201 Made the poolish on Sunday night, then the bread on Monday night. I used my new Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer and did an okay job of it. Obviously I can’t post the whole recipe as it would do a disservice to the author of my favorite new book: The Bread [...]
Pandora.Com now charging .99 per month for heavy users.
July 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Nerd, News
According to this post on Pandora.Com, they will now start charging .99 per month for users who go over 40 hours a month on their service. I have been both a Pandora, as well as Last.Fm (as you can see by the sidebar here) user for a long time, and I totally understand why they [...]
Tags: last.fm·onlinemusic·pandora·pandora.com
First (published) Pizza Test Night Results
July 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Food
If you know me, then it is no secret that I have been obsessed with finding a good pizza recipe for a long time now. Looking at the sidebar of this blog, you can see my Delicious bookmarks, with many involving the dish. I’m going to spend some more time documenting my experiments here. When [...]
Tags: pizza
Brandon’s down and dirty grilled wings and corn.
July 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Food
This is one of my favorite meals. It’s perfect for a summer afternoon, and requires very little thought or work. I love chicken wings, but can’t get them perfect in the fryer at home, and grilling them is the best way I make them. First, buy whole wings. Not ‘party wings’ that are already cut [...]
Tags: buffalowings·chickenwings·Food·grilling·partywings·recipes·wings
New Yelp Review – Wings Over Somerville
July 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Food
I felt bad writing a bad review just a couple of weeks after being made a Yelp Elite (yaay me!), but this place needed a good drubbing (is that the word to use here – it sounds like it is?): http://www.yelp.com/biz/wings-over-somerville-somerville#hrid:uHrdi9yl__PUTR6Fh27T7g/src:self
Adventures In Cheesemaking
July 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Food, Homesteading
Yesterday afternoon, I finally got around to getting the stuff together to make mozzarella. I have been researching on the Internet, and had made a very basic cheese a few weeks ago. Now I was ready to tackle fresh mozzarella. We buy it a couple times a week for food, so I figured why not [...]
Tags: food cheese mozzarella
Gardening update, and warning
July 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Homesteading
First off, a warning that plant disease is hitting the Northeast U.S. pretty hard this year. It’s apparently the same blight that caused the Irish potato famine. Be on the lookout. Here’s a link to an article from Boston.Com on the subject: http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/07/plant_disease_h.html. This year, I went at gardening without any major plans, and did [...]
Tags: gardening
