by StephCat | Jun 22, 2007 | Food & Wine, House, Yard & Garden
I’ve contacted a company who makes old-fashioned wood screens about making screens for our windows, as well as a company who restores old windows as well as custom building windows in the same style. The window person is coming out this Monday to do an estimate....
by StephCat | Jun 2, 2007 | Food & Wine, Yard & Garden
Fresh mozzarella Originally uploaded by stephannie_t. CHEESE! I did find something new in Kingsolver’s book. I had no idea you can make cheese at home. I’ve bought and received the kit she recommended, and just tried it. It really was tremendously easy...
by StephCat | Jan 7, 2007 | Food & Wine, House
Regarding coffee: for the longest time we’ve simply used a french press for our coffee. Easy, fast, really tasty if you want a thick strong brew. It required (in my mind) the purchase of a good quality grinder — I bought a Gaggia MDF off Amazon, and,...
by StephCat | Oct 16, 2006 | Food & Wine
Last night I made up a batch of basic risotto. I wanted enough to have leftovers for a couple lunches this week (never as lusciously creamy as when made fresh but very tasty). 1 large onion cut into small pieces Enough butter (unsalted organic) or olive oil to saute...
by StephCat | Oct 13, 2006 | Food & Wine
I’ve modified a scone recipe that I found on Allrecipes.com (well, I basically used the ratio of dry to wet ingredients as a starting point). I’ve done various permutations of this, using milk or buttermilk instead of the sour cream, various dried fruits...
by StephCat | May 23, 2005 | Food & Wine, Knitting, SCUBA
The Scuba Show was good — Dave and I whipped through it quickly but I did get to see some old friends from the LA County Advanced Diver Program. I also confused the hell out of a lot of people who’d been speakers from our class last year — “Hi!...
