Planters Punch
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Today we lived the Tom Sawyer dream, embarking on what will probably be a months-long task of priming and painting the various and sundry components of our new garden fence. And after an extravagantly muggy afternoon of wondering why there [...]
During all those long, lonely, hopeless months we believed hard enough — and were pure enough of heart — that the kitchen fairies finally came and rewarded our faith. That’s right: the countertops are real!
The disco island, with Rollie exploring the perimeter counters in the background.
The perimeter counter, next to the sink, just being [...]
Excuse me, I’m going to go hump the fridge
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At last! It’s here! After two months of unreliable refrigeration, and having only a mini-fridge we could count on, we finally have our new, beloved, magnificent fridge! Not only does it [...]
Zucchini-Ginger Muffins
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During New Jersey summers one often finds oneself confronted with an overabundance of zucchinis. One of my favorite uses for them is ginger-zucchini cupcakes, a recipe I found on epicurious.com. Last summer I made up a few batches of [...]
Yellow Finns and German Butterballs
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IPB Manor boasts a raised-bed vegetable garden, which we’ve used to grow corn, onions, scallions, herbs, zucchinis, catnip, peppers, tomatoes, carrots, tomatillos, beets, radishes, turnips, lettuce, spinach, mesclun, spicy mesclun, and garlic. Today, however, IPB’s garden took [...]
Okay, flipping through the KAF cookbook to look at crackers, I stumbled onto the flatbread recipes. I have never made flatbread. I think the new kitchen is going to be just the place to try it.
1. Lavash. KAF says this is a basic, easy recipe, which sounds perfect for a first-timer. [...]
I’ve never made crackers before. I don’t normally have patience for fussy baking, like rolled cookies and stuff like that, because I hate piling up rotations of hot cookie sheets and cooling racks and whatnot. But the dream kitchen has miles of countertop — suddenly I find myself atwitter with visions of not [...]
1. Molasses Spice Cookies with Dark Rum Glaze(Baking Illustrated)
2. Chocolate Espresso Sandwiches
3. Mudslide Cookies (Baking and Pastry, CIA)
4. Citrus Crisps (Baking and Pastry, CIA)
5. Madeleines (Madame Baker’s recipe)
6. Honey and Spice Madeleines (Sweet Kitchen)
7. Chewy Ginger Oatmeal Cookies (Baking Illustrated)
8. Peanut Butter Cookies (Betty Crocker)
9. Snickerdoodles
10. [...]
It’s been since the end of April that I’ve been without my kitchen, and we’re probably still a good month away from full functionality (although our contractor insists the counters will be in sometime next week — if there’s one thing I’ve learned from our habit of remodeling kitchens it’s to never believe how long [...]
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