Archive for December, 2007

Sourdough Start

This is a picture of my sourdough start. It lives in a ceramic pot in my fridge. I say “it lives”, because I consider it a living thing. It’s almost like having a pet. Let me explain…
Sourdough start is a lot like yeast, it has bacteria in [...]

Weekend Party

Mike and I headed up to Nate and Laura’s yesterday for their annual Christmas Party.  It was a beautiful drive, with all the snow, and Mike’s Element did just fine on the snow covered road up to the house.  (On the way down the snowy road he tried a few a manuevers on the snow, [...]

Top 10 Desert Island Discs

When we lived in London and didn’t have a t.v., my sister and I would listen BBC radio a lot.  One of our favorite BBC shows was “Desert Island Discs”.  The jist of the show was that they would have a celebrity come on the show and talk about their 10 most favorite CDs that [...]

Peppermint Ice Cream

Hallelujah! Peppermint ice cream season is upon us!  One of the many things that I love about the holiday season is that peppermint ice cream begins showing up on store shelves.  I have every intention of gobbling up several gallons of this stuff in the next few weeks to save up for the rest of [...]