Sweets and I made our way to the hopping Mississippi Street Fair Saturday with friends in the humid Portland weather.
Our entry point into the festivities couldn’t have been better as we found ourselves face to face with the booth for The Meadow. Renown for their offering of over 50 varieties of finishing [...]
I’ve been bookmarking interesting sounding drinks from my Extra Tasty! Drink of the Day subscription. It’s a great way to avoid my house unpacking!
While I do admit that there is more to a drink than its name (still shuddering over Red Headed Sluts, Jäger- yuck!), these ones are pretty fun, with a dash of [...]
How do I say good bye to my work place? By resurrecting a pre-blog culinary April Fool’s joke: kitty litter cake!
As I made this latest batch I couldn’t help but wonder if I was putting lipstick on a pig… or strike that and reverse: smearing mud on a Mona Lisa?
For my version to be [...]
Living without a television has increased my hunger for books. I seem to be cradling two categories: those from which I am seeking knowledge and those I want to entertain me.
I received Crescent for Christmas and have recently finished devouring it. It’s setting and plot of an Iraqi-American chef’s love story [...]
Via WikiHow, a recipe for making your own Cola.
It’s a fascinating ingredient list that reveals the alchemical origins of cola.
Ingredients- Flavoring
* 3.50 ml orange oil
* 1.00 ml lemon oil
* 1.00 ml nutmeg oil
* 1.25 ml cassia (cinnamon) oil
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Looking to shake up our Friday routine, my workplace declared this Friday to be a fun picnic sort of day. We took our lunch outdoors and gave our drinks a twist by stirring them up with liquid nitrogen.
To allow our cocktails to be available both alcoholic and non-alcoholic, I made the drinks virgin and [...]
I cringe to think of the first time I made ketchup.
It burped and spew like hot lava as I cooked it, sputtering out to paint the walls and even bless the ceiling. This culinary Jackson Pollack moment also marked my discovery and purchase of a splatter guard.
Why should you make your own ketchup?
The taste [...]
These two lovely jars have been sitting happily in my refrigerator since I got the bug to learn some Ethiopian dishes. Inspired by an amazing meal at an Ethiopian restaurant in Portland, and furthered by my Mom’s gift to me of her Time-Life Foods of the World Collection the creation of these two foundation [...]
Our vacation studio in Kailua was near perfect- just steps away from the beach, included wi fi, a near by restaurant and deli, fresh brewed coffee at our finger tips, and yet…
the proximity of island fruits was making me miss my blender dearly.
I love fresh fruit, don’t get me wrong, but succulent pineapples, soft papaya, [...]
I’ve been using fruit smoothies to get in my daily fruit. The standard drink when I come home from work is usually frozen strawberries with soymilk and vanilla, though I’ve found a fun way to shake things up a bit: adding carbonated water.
That extra glug of sparkling water adds a little zing to the [...]
