Entries from June 22nd, 2010
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-13
June 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Awesome wood fired pizza oven @ Flatbread on Portland, ME # Powered by Twitter Tools
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Peachy Pic Of The Day – June 9, 2010
June 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Food, Photography
Took this last weekend of one of the peach trees in the yard. Did I mention how much I love having peach trees in the yard?!? Let’s just hope that the organic stuff I sprayed on ‘em this year keeps them from getting all buggy in a month or two. First time I’ve sprayed them!
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What Makes Olive Oil Extra Virgin? – CBS News
June 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Food
Good news for people who don’t always want to believe the marketing hype: “The U.S. Department of Agriculture in April adopted scientifically verifiable standards for nomenclature such as “virgin” or “extra virgin.” They will start enforcing them in October, just in time for the harvest of trees that are now in full flower.” via What [...]
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Keeping Kitchen Staples Fresh – Cooks Illustrated
June 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Food
Here is a link to an article on the Cooks Illustrated site with a bunch of tips for keeping the various kitchen staples (flour, sugar, butter, &tc.) fresh, and how long they will last. I had never thought to keep butter in the freezer before! Keeping Kitchen Staples Fresh – Cooks Illustrated. The tips could [...]
Tags: cooksillustrated·Food·lifehacker
The case AGAINST having an emergency fund?!?
June 8th, 2010 · No Comments · money
This may seem quite opposite to what most people think of as sound financial advice, but here is a post that tells people that an emergency fund isn’t as critical to personal financial health as you think: The 0-dollar emergency fund – MSN Money. I have a couple thoughts on this, the first one being [...]
Tags: debt·personalfinance
Pic Of The Day June 6, 2010
June 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Photography
Tags: dragonfly·photo365·Photography
Equipment: How to Buy a Wok | Serious Eats
June 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Food
I think pretty much any wok beats the $8 Ikea one I purchased many moons ago. The thing WORKS, but how well? Not very, trust me. Equipment: How to Buy a Wok | Serious Eats.
Tags: cooking·Food·ikea·seriouseats·stirfry
Pic Of The Day June 5, 2010
June 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Photography
I took an almost forced break from posting the Pic Of The Day as my beloved Canon 30d was having issues. I’d bought the camera used, and it came with a couple of issues. Mainly, the kit lens on it had a kinda screwed up zoom function. Then, in recent weeks, the shutter trigger had [...]
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Home Cooking for Sale – NYTimes.com
June 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Food
Interesting article about the people who sell their home cooked food items at flea markets and other places. It’s going to be very regulated soon, but up until now it’s really flown under the radar. I hope in places outside of the metro New York, Boston, &tc. still get a change to build this up [...]
