If you forget to add the ice cream, it’s completely understandable! These delightfully-sweet carmeled bananas make it difficult to use as a topping. All you need is a spoon and you’re good to go! 🙂 However, someone in your family is bound to complain,…
An unfortunate confluence of a busy schedule and inclimate weather has conspired to restrict my range time for the past few weeks. Sadly, the situation doesn’t appear to have much chance for improvement in the near future. I can’t predict the weather, …
Oscar Wilde’s only published novel was a bit of scandal when it came out over 100 years ago. I’m not sure my pedestrian command of the English language is really sufficient to review such a richly written book. An unexplained event sets young, dashingly handsome Dorian Gray up in a situation where a painting of […]
This is not a cookbook. It’s the print companion to the first 5 seasons of Good Eats. It does include recipes from each episode, which makes it handy for looking up that thing he did with shrimp in season 3. It’s much quicker than trying to navigate the Food Network website. It’s also includes lots […]
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Tomatoes, capers, olives, and pine nuts are just a few of the ingredients that help make this a magnificent and memorable main dish. Perfectly baked swordfish marinated in teriyaki is terrific standing alone, but adding the fresh tomato tapenade m…
We’re preparing for our annual Epiphany celebration and open house this weekend. The dining room table will groan under the weight of all the food and there will be plenty of good drink. When we’re expecting a large crowd I typically turn to the ubiqui…
The Virginia ABC folks have released a report on the top selling liquors in the Fredericksburg area. The data is based on gross sales figures, not quantities, in 2011. The best selling alcoholic beverage in the area was Jack Daniel’s #…
Ssshh. Don’t tell the nannies. We’ve already seen what happens when they see someone misuse a household object as a weapon. Just look to Illinois, where trying to fix a clogged drain now requires a photo ID and your name recorded in a database. If…
Here’s another app that will allow you to use your iPhone to find new breweries on your trips. BreweryMap provides an interface to an online web site of the same name. The 99¢ app was created by the folks at Pint Labs. You can search for breweries b…
