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Ellen

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I like cheese.

Sandwich bread: take two

Well then. On only my second try, I’m pretty happy with my white sandwich bread. It’ll soon be time to branch out. This time I got a lighter, fluffier, still delicious loaf; still on the short side, but if I make more dough that should solve that problem. Here’s what I did: Decreased flour a [...]

Sandwich bread: take one

I have long wanted to master basic bread-baking, and since a coworker got a copy of Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything, which has a lot of bread recipes, I decided now was a good time to try. I’m really happy now with my recipes for risotto and penne alla vodka, but it took a [...]

Risotto, the food of the gods

In which I have a food-related epiphany. (Hint: it’s about risotto, and its amazingness.)

White Vegetarian Chili

I have been trying to cut down on meat lately for health reasons, which will go one of two ways as far as you all are concerned: Lots of yummy vegetarian recipes posted here! I become lazy and eat a lot of peanut butter and jelly. So far I’m still being relatively un-lazy, so I [...]

Merry Christmas cookies

Christmas (and Hanukkah) cookies! I might have gone a bit overboard with the dinosaur cookie cutter.

Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

Delicious soft pumpkin cookies, just in time for Halloween. Not that you should stop making them once the holiday is over.

Rainy Saturday Recipes: sushi and chicken soup

Some people say sushi and chicken soup don’t go together. Well, I say to those people… you are probably right. But it’s what I was craving.

Taco salad

A recipe in four stages: Pretending to Be Healthy, BEEF, The Good Stuff, and The Purpose of This Whole Endeavor.

Pan-seared swai

Om Nom Nom is actually useful, instead of just being a venue to show off pictures of yummy food! I steal and modify Gloria’s recipe for pan-seared swai.

Crack noodles

Spaghetti noodles with sesame oil, peanut oil, sesame seeds, peanut butter, soy sauce, ginger… So called not because they crack (the verb) but because they are like crack (the noun).