Archive for the 'Food' Category
Individual Chocolate Soufflé Cakes
I used to subscribe to the magazine Cooking Light. I didn’t make many of the recipes, but it was a great magazine when I first subscribed. The problem? Slowly, but surely, it became more of a women’s exercise magazine that happened to have a few recipes. Too bad. I now […]
Read More..>>Buca di Beppo
Years ago, we visited some friends in Des Moines, IA and ate at a restaurant called Buca di Beppo (I think the one in Des Moines has since closed). Turns out, it’s a chain. We’ve since found that there are Bucas all over, the most convienient of which is in Lombard, IL just […]
Read More..>>Hmmm.. call me eRev…
I couldn’t resist. There’s only one “energy drink” that I care for. It’s called Rumba - and it’s 100% orange juice plus a bunch of B-vitamins, etc.
That said, while we were traveling yesterday (on our way back to Iowa to visit family) I ran across this:
Can you read it? It’s eRev energy drink… The slogan? […]
Read More..>>Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day
Any of you who’ve stayed around here for very long know that this blog goes in any number of directions. Today we’re back to baking. I LOVE baking bread! I love eating bread… Minus the potential biblical problems with the statement, I think I could live off the stuff, especially if it’s good and crusty […]
Read More..>>Crusty…mmmm….
Here’s something you probably didn’t know about me. I absolutely LOVE crusty breads. I think it goes back to the year I spent as an exchange student in Germany when I was 16/17 years old. The “artisan” bread movement hadn’t really hit the US and yet there were little bread stores all over Europe.
Upon arriving, […]
