baking fail

Halfway through kneading some bread dough yesterday, my KitchenAid stand mixer made a strange “kachunk” sound. I didn’t like it, so I finished kneading the dough by hand and then went to investigate further. It seems my “hinge pin” has shaken itself loose and just needed to be reinserted after being lined up with several […]

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greek salad

Unfortunately I wasn’t feeling well enough to party yesterday, so my husband went out alone, sans planned salad. (Happy birthday, Sarah!) The upside was that we had salads before dinner tonight, and they were delicious. Even my veggie-hating husband gobbled his up and scraped his bowl clean. Yum. Greek salads vary from place to place, […]

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baking list inspiration

What else should I make? (*edited*) Cream puffs Pizza dough (already in the fridge, so sort of a cheat) Doughnuts **Croissants **Bagels Give me ideas, recipes, requests, whatever. I need some motivation!

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salad-to-be

Minnesota is having this lovely cold front moving through, so it feels more like September than July. Lucky for me, my lettuce loves it! Despite my late planting, it still hasn’t bolted. That’s especially good since I plan to make it into a salad to take to a party later. Also important: Bunches of red […]

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minneapolis: local food

Friendly, originally uploaded by RTCInterns. A coffee shop near our old apartment (it opened not long after we moved! Boo!) is the Common Roots Cafe. Though it does have problems with the occasional hipster infestation, they serve fair trade coffee, an array of teas, local beer, wine, and really great food with delicious vegetarian and […]

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gratuituous kitten pics

Kitten one and kitten two. One is black and one is blue. They are naughty, this is true, kitten one and kitten two. Ninja is a black farm cat. She is fat. Artemis is a blue-and-cream who we adopted from the Humane Society. She is not as fat. They both like to go improbable places.

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honey whole wheat sandwich bread

Are you sick of bread yet? No? Good. Are you scared to make your own bread? Don’t be. In fact, go make this right now. It’s delicious and easy! For a while now I have been using Peter Reinhart’s light wheat bread recipe as my go-to sandwich loaf. But no more! The light wheat was […]

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garden update, july 14

Can you count the jalapenos and Roma tomatoes? So exciting! I couldn’t get a good photo of the red pepper plants that have finally had a growth spurt. The war with the aphids is ongoing, but I think I have finally destroyed their headquarters, leaving only renegade bands of resistance. Siiiiiigh. Today was so windy, […]

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pasta with garlic almond sauce

My husband actually got home from work before I left for rehearsal tonight! Of course, I hadn’t planned to make us both dinner. I suggested a garlicky pasta we had tried a few months ago which he had liked for which we had all the ingredients. I thought. New rule: Always check to see if […]

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links

Go check out the articles linked from The World as Meditation. Great commentary on the Sotomayor confirmation hearings, and a bonus article about health care.

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