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[friends] Yes, I'm tech support. That still doesn't mean I know what I'm doing.
One of the things I needed to tick off my plate leading up to the release of "Dragon Age: Inquisition" was installing a new hard drive on my desktop. It had come with a...750 GB drive or something, but there's a huge chunk of it marked as 'Reserved' and the C: drive free space is pretty small. I'd pillaged an oooold 300 GB drive out of my doorstop ( Read more... ) -
Movie Nite: The Book Thief (2013)
This Saturday's Movie Nite offering will be The Book Thief starring Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson.
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Recipe Roundup: November 2014
- BVC Blog: Chicken in saffron cream sauce
- BVC Blog: Apple-cranberry muffins
- Smitten Kitchen: Date cake with toffee sauce
- Tasty Kitchen: Coconut water kefir (buy Lifetime Kefr Water Grains)
- Tasty Kitchen: Pumpkin cheesecake dip
- Tasty Kitchen: Slow cooker pumpkin spiced apples (suggests a 1.5-2 qt slow cooker)
- Tasty Kitchen: Apple ( Read more... )
- BVC Blog: Chicken in saffron cream sauce
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Movie Nite: Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
This Saturday's Movie Nite offering will be Dallas Buyers Club starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, and Jared Leto.
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Movie Nite: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
This Saturday's Movie Nite offering will be Seeking a Friend for the End of the World starring Steve Carrell, Keira Knightly, and a bunch of people you will probably recognize.
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Recipe Review: Kofta burgers and masala fries
Kofta burgers and masala fries I stumbled on the "Fast & Furious Weeknight Cooking" 'column' in my local newspaper/online recently, written by bloggers from A Little Yumminess, which...well, fits right into my 'I don't want to do a lot of involved cooking, especially on weeknights' schtick. And the idea of Indian flavored turkey burgers? Frozen ( Read more... ) -
Movie Nite: The Compleat Works of Shakespeare, Abridged
This Saturday's Movie Nite offering will be The Compleat Works of Shakespeare, Abridged.
Time: Saturday, October 11th at 7pm (doors open at 6:30pm for socializing)
Where: My place
If you can, please RSVP so I can know whether or not to expect you. If you want to do dinner in some sort of potluck or other fashion, please also let me know.
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Recipe review: Dairy-free macaroni'n'cheese
Recipe here
I know, I know, "dairy-free macaroni'n'cheese" sounds like an oxymoron. But as someone who (a) loves macaroni and cheese (and cheese in general) and (b) is lactose-intolerant, I'm always on the lookout for substitutes that are "good enough ( Read more... ) -
Movie Nite: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Here's something different: me remembering to make this post!
This Saturday's Movie Nite offering will be The Grand Budapest Hotel starring a bunch of famous people, too numerous to list.
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Recipe Roundup: October 2014
- Tone It Up: Rosemary Maple Salmon
- San Jose Mercury: Kofta burgers and masala fries
- A Little Yum: Mango lassi
- San Jose Mercury: Pumpkin brandy bread
- San Jose Mercury: Pumpkin-cranberry tea cake
- San Jose Mercury: Pumpkin coffeecake with brown sugar-pecan streusel
- The Globe and Mail: Pumpkin bread pudding
- San Jose Mercury: Jane's Cherry ( Read more... )
- Tone It Up: Rosemary Maple Salmon