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I baked a cake today. This is a big deal, because as I think I mentioned - I’ve never made a cake from scratch before. I decided to make a cake from Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and because I happened to have a nine-inch cake pan, I decided on the orange ( Read more... )

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I have a had a rough week.  Earlier this week, I was hit by a curve ball that definitely become a bump in the road towards the plans I have.  It threw me for a loop, and I’m still not back to normal.  I find I’m going through the stages of grief, though that sounds ( Read more... )

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Being a Modern Domestic Geek, means that sometimes you let someone else do the cooking. Tonight was the case - I’d done some pretty heavy duty cooking all week - attempting a Julia recipe, making a casserole from the tried and true Bisquick cookbook, and pork chops. ( Read more... )

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It’s Tuesday.   I cooked dinner tonight and made Julia’s french Hamburgers with onions and herbs.  The result?  I’ll stick to my burgers, thanks.  I had seen the recipe in the cookbook, and decided to try it tonight, along with my oven fries, which are baby potatos, ( Read more... )

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The holiday weekend is drawing to a close.  It’s been pretty eventful - Thanksgiving dinner, cheesecake, and lots of WoW.   Thursday was Thanksgiving.  Friday was putting the up tree - and discovering the damage caused by a flood earlier this year.  It was also my first ( Read more... )

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…Or something like that.  It’s the week before Thanksgiving, and with the Christmas season bearing down on us, I’ve been trying to button stuff around here to get ready for it.  We’ve actually finished our Christmas shopping for the immediate family, and now we don’t ( Read more... )