After many years of work I’ve completed my book of poetry and am actively submitting it to publishing houses and contests, many of which require blind submissions where all identifying material has to be deleted.…
These lightly sweetened and spiced, crunchy oat nuggets will rock your mouth. Granola Clusters Time 2 days, 30 minutes active. Ingredients: 4 oz (1 stick) butter 4 oz unrefined coconut oil 1/4 cup maple…
A note before we begin: What this tribute is not — it is not a full career retrospective; the early years of the girlish teenage ingénue and the arm accessory she was treated as —…
Today marks a decade since the dimensional rift occurred and tore time space apart throwing our reality into a new timeline and this fucking hellscape we have been living through. Today is 10 years since…
So here we are, coming up on a new year, I’ve been through a lot the last few years spinal fusion surgery, complications that led to more surgeries, a hernia clots, embolisms, dying for a…
Is not the sort of thing I do willingly, unless I’m on vacation. But now, thanks to an accident while on vacation, I’m being forced to rest, stay off my feet, and go very slowly.…
Yeah, it’s gone quiet. – Happens here and there. Cooking, not writing, but taking notes. Busy being busy, stay tuned, the search for balance continues….
This is an ancient draft post from way back before I started culinary school. I never got around to finishing it. Here it is… Every now and then even the most experienced cooks and bakers…
I kinda forgot I was supposed to post part two… Absentia, Memoria, Florida Part Two: Memoria/Birthday I’m going to start by saying very few people knew it was my birthday, and I kinda wanted it…
As there are more and more nut allergies (or perceived to be) these days, I decided to play with a classic peanut butter cookie recipe and swap the peanut for sunflower, and then add a…
Starting with silliness and at the end of the story, my flight home departs from Orlando, thanks to my friend’s elite status I got priority boarding which meant having time to sit and watch everyone…
So I made these fabulous gluten-free cheese shortbread crackers to write about today and I’ve misplaced my notes on the procedure, so I have to go make them again before I can share it. (Or…
This is the bread that the kids (and adults) at school love the most. It’s dense and moist with a seriously crunchy crust. The recipe makes two family sized loaves of bread. Goes great with…
These are damn tasty crackers! Crunchy, flavorful, healthy and awesome! I’d been wanting to experiment with crackers for the kids at school, but wanted them to be really healthy, I remembered a recipe we made…
For years I’ve used the “Julia Child Method” for making hard boiled eggs, and while it works most of the time, the times it fails and I end up with those heinous green rings, gritty…
I had an awesome breakfast today! What you’re looking at is carne marinated pork sauteed with kale, leek, and mushroom, alongside some scrambled eggs with a bit of Tapatio hotsauce, over La Mexicana soft corn…
That’s right, I said Shenanigans!!! This article in the Seattle Pi Finally! Seattle called a ‘fashionable city’ called mt attention to a fraud, the poll by “Bundle” The most and least fashionable cities in America.…
Russian Kale Frittata (Quick note: I don’t use non-stick cookware, so frittatas take a bit more oil, I’ve noted where you can leave out 2tbsp if using non-stick). Rinse your kale well, the cut off…
Great, super fast meal using store-bough fresh tortellini, the last of my farmer’s market finds from last week, along with a tasty easy sauce of butter and goat cheese. You’re done in minutes. Boiling the…
I am in fact, slightly evil. To make it worse, I didn’t just make an addictive brown butter shortbread, I added saffron as a mood enhancer. Brown Butter Shortbread With Saffron Yeild: 64 2″ x…