Monkey Monday: NYC trip, garden update, and more! 19 May 2008 8:58 am
Posted by Tracy in : garden, travel, fangirl, events, pictures, baking, eating, books, Marion Nestle, school, cooking , add a commentFirst and foremost, readers, if you like my banana bread recipe, I’d really appreciate your giving it (and me) some love over at Not Quite Nigella’s banana bread recipe collection roundup, which got an amazing 79 replies. If you don’t like my banana bread recipe, there might be something over there that’s more your speed — heck, there may be something over there for you even if you don’t usually like banana bread, the responses are that diverse! However, if you never, ever like banana bread, then you should under no circumstances click that last link, because there is nothing there for you. (But seriously, check it out. And vote for me!)
In other news, I had a great time in NYC, (more…)
What’s in my freezer? 15 May 2008 9:04 am
Posted by Tracy in : events, not even vegetarian, food storage, pictures , add a commentSo Chez Us asked a good question a little more than a week ago, and a day or two after that I finally got around to taking a picture of the contents of my freezer, and a day or two after that I got distracted by this little trip to the East Coast. (New York City, by the way, is still made of awesome.) While I was easily able to name three things without looking for the Vegan MoFo survey a while back, listing the full contents of my freezer is difficult even when I’m staring it cold in the face. Now, for my amusement (and hopefully yours as well) I’m going to attempt to respond to that very good question from all the way across the country, just by looking at those week-or-so-old pictures. Here goes!
Sunday surprise: Banana bread photo recipe 11 May 2008 7:53 pm
Posted by Tracy in : pictures, events, baking, dessert, recipes, cooking , add a commentHappy Sunday, all! Some of you (hi, Liz!) may remember this banana bread from this recipe here, which I posted sans illustrations because Liz asked nicely, just a few days before the announcement of Not Quite Nigella’s Banana Bread Bake-Off. Now, at long last, here’s the illustrated version I first alluded to more than a month ago. The finished product looks like this:
which is to say, pretty darn tasty. Now, here’s how to make it: (more…)
Spices are magic. 2 May 2008 10:35 am
Posted by Tracy in : fangirl, events, geekery, pictures, vegetarian, vegan, cooking , 6 commentsMagic, I tell you! There is phenomenal cosmic power in my overflowing spice rack, a collection I’ve been building up for years and literally across continents (encompassing not just where things were grown, but also where they were purchased), but mostly bulk and occasionally packaged spices from stores all over Eugene:
No real post today. 30 April 2008 11:02 pm
Posted by Tracy in : events, meta , add a commentPretend it’s Thursday, I guess. Also, ponder what you would make for the Show Us Your… Spice Collection! blog event hosted by Gabi of The Feast Within, and announced here on Is My Blog Burning? I took my pictures and cooked my concoction tonight, but now getting up for the opening shift has caught up with me and I am going to bed.
