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Travel Memories in 1000 Pieces
Someone gave us a jigsaw puzzle for Christmas. Gifting jigsaw puzzles can be tricky. They vary in difficulty. Not everyone is into spending hours fiddling with a game like that. And then the vast variety of images depicted in their giant tabletop chaos can evoke a feeling that is often a matter of taste, particularly
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Preconceptions of Eats
December 2 of 31 December-ish posts I’ve been dabbling in making pizza as of late. Except. Except having just been in New York City and now having a trip to Chicago planned for later next year, defining what exactly kind of pizza in which I’ve been dabbling is not so clear. Pizza is bread with stuff, right? After
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Travel: New York in November
It’s been nearly a year since we left the country last, but after six months of plotting and planning our long awaited return to Manhattan finally rolled into view on the calendar. Whatever else, it might give me some things to write about here over the coming week or two as I settle back into
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New York Deli
After my weekend foray into a batch of sourdough made with locally sourced rye flour, I got to thinking (and actually mentioned) a fabulous rye-bread pastrami sandwich that I shared with my wife back in 2016 in a world famous deli in the lower east side of Manhattan. As promised, I dug through my old
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Local Flours Sours: Peace Country Rye (Part One)
All this experimenting with food is getting expensive. I was at the grocery store again this morning buying some varieties of vegetables to grill over the fire this evening, and a big hunk of meat to slice up for a batch of beef jerky, so of course I stumbled by the baking aisle and found