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That’s an actual song title, people! (hear the Paul Kelly tear-jerker here) But it’s also the subject of the second episode of The Pantry Paid Live on Jet City Stream.
My co-host Mary White shares her tips for staying sane on Thanksgiving with foolproof gravy, cost-effective wine conservation, [...]
Continue Reading →The last few days, I’ve had several conversations (some internal, some, er, external) about traction: what it is and how to get it. According to the dictionary, traction can be defined as -n 1. The act of drawing or pulling, esp by motive power 2. The state of being drawn or pulled 3. [...]
Continue Reading →Ok, so I lied. I lied about a couple of things. First, in my post titled Mother’s Milk, I stated that I would not bake another thing until I had perfected the very first recipe in The Cake Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum’s. Anyone who enjoyed reading about Kevin’s [...]
Continue Reading →In anticipation of The Great Cherry Pie Challenge, I decided to see what Kevin was getting himself into; he claims he can pit enough cherries for a pie in 15 minutes or less. I’m convinced it’s more labor intensive than that, especially now that I see that no one can even agree on [...]
Continue Reading →Last week, Kevin, Charlie and I road tripped down to Eugene, Oregon for the Olympic Track and Field Trials. Kevin had been a track star in High School, and like all track starts of a certain age (or maybe, simply, all track stars) had worshipped runner, Steve Prefontaine. Questions? See below:
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In my last post, Mother’s Milk, I attempted the very first recipe in the classic The Cake Bible: The Mother Of All Cakes, The Pound Cake. Even though I’ve baked enough cakes to stock a bakery or ten, I felt like I’d be a fraud if I couldn’t muster the [...]
Continue Reading →Have you even wondered how this baker-blogger makes ends meet; buys all that butter for batter? No? Well, darn it, I am going to tell you anyway. I work in the music business mostly behind the scenes, sometimes in front of microphone.
Last March, I was summoned to Bear Creek Studios outside Seattle to help [...]
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Back when almost all my friends and I were single, one of my girlfriends was out of her mind in love with a very shy boy. He liked her, too, she thought, but she wanted to take the relationship to the next level. She kept doing all these somewhat romantic/somewhat crazy things [...]
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