Sorry for the silence folks. I didn’t mean to disappear for an entire month like that. Just, it’s been a challenging month, food-wise. See, I’ve been battling some allergy-related issues for a while now, and have been put on a special diet. What kind of special diet, you ask? Oh, just a gluten-free-vegan-except-for-non-cows-milk diet! So […]
Wow! With this post I’ve officially been a member of the Daring Bakers for a year. I joined last year in late July, which meant my first challenge was Eclairs for August 2008. Time sure does fly! The July Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Nicole at Sweet Tooth. She chose Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies […]
Rich and I attended the summer version of the Victory Cafe’s cask ale festival this past weekend, put on in partnership with CASK!. I covered the winter version for Food TV, but this time we were just going for us. Upon arriving we noted the crowd wasn’t quite as big as at the winter version, […]
Coming back from seeing Matisyahu play at the Opera House, Rich and I noticed that Mel’s Diner was closed. Wait, hold on… closed? Aren’t they open 24 hours a day? The ‘Notice of Distress’ posted to the door, dated July 13th, seemed to indicate they were being locked out for non-payment of rent. I don’t […]
After missing last month’s lovely challenge of Strudel because we were moving, I knew I’d have to get this month’s challenge done. The June Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Jasmine of Confessions of a Cardamom Addict and Annemarie of Ambrosia and Nectar. They chose a Traditional (UK) Bakewell Tart… er… pudding that was inspired […]