Sourdough bread by the window
Posted in Food and drink on Mar 29th, 2008
Photos by Gavin
Monthly Archive for March, 2008
Homemade butter
Posted in Food and drink on Mar 17th, 2008
Brownie Points posted a tutorial last week on how to make your own butter. Gavin and I tried it this weekend. It was one of the most fun things I’ve ever done in the kitchen.
You whip heavy pasteurized (but not ultrapasteurized) cream using the wire whisk attachment on a KitchenAid mixture. You whip it until [...]
Shower caps instead of plastic wrap
Posted in Food and drink, Green on Mar 17th, 2008
I use this extra extra-large shower cap to cover bread dough while it’s rising in this big bowl. Smaller see-through hair dying caps are good for covering normal-sized bowls of leftovers in the fridge when you want to be able to glance through and see what is inside them.
I found this idea in Nancy Silverton’s [...]
Preach it, sister
Posted in Family on Mar 3rd, 2008
My sister on beauty cream commercials.
Out and about
Posted in Out and about on Mar 1st, 2008