A person asked, "My parents are taking me drinking for my 21st birthday, what should I order?" The web board where I would post an answer is somehow broken, so here's my answer: DO NOT waste your time with "Long Islands", shots, or anything with a stupid name. Save those for later. These are the GOOD drinks ( Read more... )

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I decided to get a new hobby -- making my own soda ( Read more... )

The grocery had lobster tails[1] for $5.99 each. I got two, and took them out of their shells, and then put the meat in a small crock with a half-stick of unsalted butter, and poached them, covered, in the oven. (Basically, set oven to 350, and every five minutes turn the meat over. After 15 minutes, the meat was just barely cooked through, so I ( Read more... )

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Art a Day.

At http://haineux.tumblr.com

We'll see if I can make 365.

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I wish I could write songs like this. Just awesome.

1) Buy a bag of lemons at the supermarket. This is a pre-packaged 2 lb bag, for a reduced price. You'll also need sugar, water, a saucepan, a zester or microplane grater, and a quart bottle to put the finished product in ( Read more... )

1Password is Macintosh/Windows/iPhone software that dramatically improves a built-in function, the "Keychain." It is so dramatically better that I think that you probably need to buy it ( Read more... )

Last weekend, my wife scored a deal on a chuck roast, among the other groceries, and put it in the fridge where it lay forgotten until last night. Then she told me, "Hey, you'd better cook that pork shoulder I got." (No, I'm not blaming her. Bear with me, here.)

So, since it was too late for dinner tonight, I figured "overnight carnitas" would be a ( Read more... )