Damek.

I love Alex. But I’m not sure this is related to her pastry chef program at all. It may be simply through pure gluttony and greed that I am driven to link to Baked and these writeups on their recipes for Raspberry Breakfast Bars and Spiced Brownies.
MMMMmmmmmmmmmm

Over the past few years I’ve started eating a little meat here and there, but only fish and fowl. But this summer I’ve started cooking more in an attempt to curb spending and liven up life. And the first few dishes I’ve learned use ground beef (for which I’ve substituted fake stuff successfully). But finally [...]

Fava beans and fennel…

For a long time I stopped drinking ice water. I preferred room temperature water. (Or wine or beer, but that’s another story).
But I resumed drinking ice water all the time back in March when I started exercising 5-6 days a week. It doesn’t just taste good, it’s helpful if you’re trying to [...]

I agree, we’re living through the zeroes.
I also agree, highbrow needs to take a break and suck it up sometimes: Harry Potter is what it is, relax, chill, go see a Miramax film and feel better (ha!).
In other news, I pretty much spent the entirety of today (so far) reading lolcats. I Can Has [...]