Author Archives: Graham

Fig Bars

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Graham

We made home-made fig bars today, from scratch. Nice recipe we found with some modifications. We used fresh figs instead of dried figs to make the filling, we cut down the sugar and we didn’t run anything through a food … Continue reading →

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Organic dark chocolate wars, part 1

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Graham

We got some organic dark chocolate bars today. From left to right we have Grenada 71%, Rapunzel 70%, and Equal Exchange 71%. First let’s look at the packaging. The Rapunzel bar has an old-school foil inner wrapper, giving it a … Continue reading →

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Fried Dumplings

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Graham

Visiting family for Christmas. We made home-made Chinese pork dumplings! And then we fried them! Significant yum.

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Cast iron pear upside down cake

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Graham

Here’s a nice pear upside down cake, cooked in our favorite cast iron pan. Can’t beat that for simplicity. It came out pretty nice.

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Cookie failure

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Graham

Well, these cookies didn’t exactly turn out like I’d hoped. Something about my oven temperature, or the amount of baking powder or something, made them flatten out too much. Next time, Gadget. Next time.

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Exotic fruits

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Graham

We bought some exotic fruit at the grocery today. The first one is dragon fruit. Now, the first thing you’ll likely notice about dragon fruit is that it was brought here to the Earth by space aliens. When you cut … Continue reading →

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Basil pizza

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Graham

Sometimes you make a pizza and it just turns out. This one is made with whole-wheat dough, and fresh basil on top.

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Chicken parmesan

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Graham

Chicken parmesan.  Oh yeah. Someday I might show you how to make this.  Crispy cheese on top, all tomatoey and such.  Juicy chicken on the inside.

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Peanut butter cookies

Posted on August 30, 2008 by Graham

We made peanut butter cookies today.  We got this recipe from Martha Stewart.  That woman knows her cookies.  Personally, I’d like them to be a little more chewy.  I need to do some homework on that.

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First time crepes

Posted on August 8, 2008 by Graham

We tried making crepes for the first time today.  It nearly almost worked.  I can tell you, these things were yummy.  But as you can see from the photographs, they came out somewhat irregular.  Check out the golden crispiness and … Continue reading →

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