I couldn’t resist the urge. The urge pulsed through me like the electric shocks (perhaps “jolts” is more appropriate) I receive from my car’s door. Like a tidal wave, having long since grown to behemoth proportions, crashing ashore. It was an urge I neither resisted nor wanted to resist. It came about suddenly and powerfully. It was [...]
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Never ask a man who is devoid of culinary knowledge to fetch you an obscure-sounding ingredient. If it doesn’t rhyme with clour, dutter, rugar, or zilk, don’t even let the request slip from your lips. It’s a lost cause. How do I know this? Well. Yesterday morning I was in desperate need of masa harina, a [...]
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Who doesn’t like cupcakes? (This is a rhetorical question. If you do not like cupcakes, well, that is very unfortunate.) Granted, some people prefer more, less, or even no frosting. Some people like vanilla over chocolate. People have different values in defining the “ideal” cupcake, be it texture, taste, flavor, frosting, design, or all of [...]
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The upcoming recipe might have you wondering, What’s the special occasion? Did I miss something? Is it Valentine’s Day already? Or maybe Christmas? Or somebody’s birthday? Okay, so it is Whitney Houston’s 47th birthday. It also would be Jean Piaget’s 114th birthday. 151 years ago, the elevator was patented. 100 years ago, Alva Fisher patented the [...]
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There’s a lot of things in which I’m always seeking to improve my skill, even though I’m pretty good at them already. The list includes: …running 5ks (my current goal is 18:30). …cooking. There is plenty of room for improvement; I’m no Gordon Ramsay! …studying. I study very well provided I have the motivation, but when [...]
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