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16 April 2011

April 2011 posts

 Birthday Series: Tchaikovsky - Saturday, 7 May 2011 at 7:30 p.m. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto

It's April and time for RePoWriMo – Refrigerator Poetry Writing Month!

Saturday, 16 April 2011

Garlic Bread – with lots and lots of garlic (BBB April 2011)

summary: recipe for Dan's Garlic Bread with lots and lots of garlic; information about Bread Baking Babes and YeastSpotting; more magnetic poetry for spring: RePoWriMo; today's poem;

Monday, 11 April 2011
Should I bother with rich snippets?
summary: rich snippets for google recipes; more magnetic poetry for spring: RePoWriMo; today's poem; some apple pie recipes

Saturday, 9 April 2011
We make the best coffee!
summary: a manual crank burr grinder does make a difference; how much tamping is necessary; more magnetic poetry for spring: RePoWriMo; today's poem;

Thursday, 7 April 2011
what to do with left over kale chips
summary: kale quiche; more magnetic poetry for spring: RePoWriMo; today's poem;

Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Birthday Series: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
summary: yet another shameless self-promotion: Please join us on Saturday, 7 May 2011 while we celebrate the life and music of the Russian composer, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (7 May 1840 – 6 November, 1893). (...more information here)

Monday, 4 April 2011
kale chips
summary: oven baked kale chips; magnetic poetry for spring: RePoWriMo; today's poem;

Sunday, 3 April 2011
Stir-Fried Collard Greens
summary: stir-fried collard greens; magnetic poetry for spring: RePoWriMo; today's poem;

Saturday, 2 April 2011
Pickled Beets Recipe
summary: summary: recipe for pickled beets; magnetic poetry for spring: RePoWriMo; today's poem;

Friday, 1 April 2011
Bitter Sweet (J'adore pickled beets)
summary: pickled beets; a new dessert; brushing up my French; magnetic poetry for spring;

23 March 2011

March 2011 posts

 
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Salt is salt, right?
summary: how to measure the salt: carefully; differences between table salt, seasalt and kosher salt; magnetic poetry for spring;

Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Rewena Paraoa: Maori Bread (BBB March 2011)
summary: recipe for Rewena Paraoa – Maori Bread; fermenting, bubbling and stencilling; information about Bread Baking Babes;

Saturday, 12 March 2011
irritations: unbleached flour increasingly difficult to find
summary: failure to find reasonably priced unbleached flour WITHOUT additives in Toronto

28 February 2011

February 2011 blog entries

 
Monday, 28 February 2011
chettinad and saag
summary: chettinad – our new favourite curry; making substitutions in palak paneer: using rapini rather than spinach and omitting the paneer – it’s fabulous; thoughts about hunger and food freedom day

Monday, 21 February 2011
what to eat with ensaimadas
summary: brown lentils and smoked sausage are perfect with ensaimadas; wordpress is exploding – be careful what you ask for!!

Thursday, 17 February 2011
comments area is fixed...
summary: after recent wordpress upgrade, something happened to the comments file;

Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Ensaimadas with Duck Fat (BBB February 2011 – 3rd Anniversary)
summary: Ensaimadas for the Bread Baking Babes 3rd anniversary; information about Bread Baking Babes and how to become a Bread Baking Buddy;

Monday, 14 February 2011
More about our toaster oven
summary: toaster ovens are great when they work, but they sure don't last very long;

Friday, 11 February 2011
Marmalade Rosemary Chicken
summary: recipe for marmalade rosemary chicken; toaster ovens are great; rosemary doesn't overwinter very well in Toronto;

Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Fighting with previous/next post links
summary: wp upgrade from 2.9.2 to latest stable wp version 3.0.5; I hate upgrades...

Tuesday, 8 February 2011
cauliflower au gratin revisited
summary: cauliflower au gratin;

Sunday, 6 February 2011
How many knives do you need?
summary: essential knives for the kitchen;

Tuesday, 1 February 2011
BBBabes 3rd anniversary: let's celebrate!!
summary: reminder about Bread Baking Babes 3rd anniversary on Wednesday, 16 February 2011; links to all the BBB recipes to date; information about Bread Baking Babes and how to become a Bread Baking Buddy;