The chocolate chip cookie: it’s so simple, it’s difficult. I have searched high and low for the perfect chocolate chip cookie. The past several afternoons, in particular, I’ve occupied myself with chocolate chip cookie baking. Most recipes produced flat, crisp, and unsightly confections. With the crystallized air pockets, utter lack of flavor depth, flatness, and crisp texture plaguing each cookie, I was [...]
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The other day, I saw one of those Tofurky faux turkeys at the grocery store. And it got me thinking. Sure, some vegetarians miss the taste of meat, and these are the individuals for whom such a product is appropriate. Yet, there are also many who became vegetarian for the purpose of avoiding meat’s taste, [...]
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I have a terrible habit of wringing my hands. It’s not something I intentionally do. But whenever I’m elated, sad, angry, bored, or especially nervous, I wring my hands. Because the habit covers a wide span of emotions, I end up wringing my hands a lot. Coincidentally, cooking and baking require extensive use of one’s [...]
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Have you ever noticed that at Thanksgiving, pie is, without doubt, the most populous of all food species? Between Great Aunt Minnie’s apple pie, Grandma’s pumpkin pie, Mom’s pumpkin pie, and Sister-in-Law Susie’s no-bake pie, there are already more slices of pie than guests at the dinner table. There’s just something about pie. Everyone wants to bring it, everyone [...]
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Thanksgiving tends to be cliché. Of course, I feel ever so thankful for family and friends. But, this gratitude is felt on a day-to-day basis. It’s impossible to forget how thankful I am for my loved ones. Who am I to argue with congregating around a table to feast on turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and sweet dinner rolls? [...]
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As many of you are aware, the recent mid-term elections marked a turn-over of power in the House of Representatives. Republicans will soon yield a majority in a previously Democrat-controlled House. To reflect this development, as well as to celebrate the absence of mudslinging political advertisements for a whopping 4 days, it only seemed appropriate to make turnovers. Tee [...]
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