To trim expenses, I consolidated my web and email providers this week. My web provider has been good to work with, but the virtual dedicated server is much more than I need (and can afford) right now. The email provider’s been somewhat disappointing, but the account had been prepaid through Wednesday. While I was waiting […]
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I’m making tuna steaks tonight with a soy-ginger mayonnaise topping. Below is the recipe for the mayo. If you don’t want it to be soy/ginger flavored, leave out the soy sauce, ginger, and garlic. Here’s the recipe.
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Here are some pictures of the pizza assembly for the recipe I posted last week. 3/12/2004: Here’s a pizza I made tonight. I pre-cooked the crust 5 minutes and added Kalamata olives and parmesan cheese on top. This has the pre-cooked crust, pesto, and mushrooms. We’ve added a layer of mozzarella. I prefer using a
I love the America’s Test Kitchen show, Cook’s Illustrated, and their books The Best Recipe (thanks, St. Heave) and The Best Recipe: Soups and Stews because they take a very deterministic approach to cooking. I recently checked out The Dessert Bible from the library because I was interested in their analysis of chocolate chip cookies.
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This has been a cycling-obsessed weekend: I went to the Bike Expo Friday as a tourist, rode Seattle Randonneurs’ “Populaire” on Saturday, then went back to the Expo for a volunteer shift Sunday afternoon. The Seattle Bike Expo is a trade show for the cycling community. I volunteered last year in CBC’s rides booth answering
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When I make pizza, I usually pull off a chunk of the dough for the kids’ cheese -only pizza (they don’t appreciate good food). I put ours in first, and while it sets, I’ll cook the kids’ pizza. Last week they were particularly cranky, and I was rushed to get theirs done before they had
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This year’s Chilly Hilly (Map, Tick sheet) had even better weather than last year’s (10°F warmer), and none of the forecast rain. I took the first, “bikes only” ferry at 7:45. I’d love to know how many people were there, but it certainly was in the high hundreds. The inside of the ferry was packed
As I mentioned a few days ago, I’ve been taking a basic camera operation course at one of the local community colleges. I had taken some rather pathetic photos while working through all the exercises (depth of field, shutter speed, light) but all of it came together last weekend during a photo shoot. Below are