Chapstick Cookies
Unappealing title, huh?1 Luckily, though chapstick is a key ingredient in this cookie recipe, no chapstick actually goes into the cookies. Butter, flour, almond, sugar, and jam make these bite-sized shortbread cookies lip smackingly good. Chapstick Cookies2 INGREDIENTS: 1 cup butter, softened 2/3 cup white sugar 1/2 tsp almond extract 2 cups flour3 1/2 cup jam (I used strawberry, but any flavor would be delicious.) a sprinkling of confectioner’s sugar Preheat your oven to 350°F (180°C). If you have a convection (fan) oven, preheat...
read more ->As I Was Going to Cornwall…
As I was going to Cornwall1 I found a hedgerow, dense and tall After the hike a windy theatre With cliffside seats and comedy feature2 Then on to biomes full of plants, An indoor rainforest, birds and ants3 Fields of flowers, the best bouquet And one to take back home, in gray4 Gates, plays, plants and all How many days was I in Cornwall?5 And finally, some bonus ones Just a few, since I took tons This rhyme is based, as you may know / On one written long ago [↩]The protagonist, a real sad sack / Was Moliere’s hypochondriac...
read more ->Nut Your Chipical Banana Muffin
I can hear you grumbling already. “I know my banana muffins,” you say. “There’s absolutely nothing special about a banana muffin. Banana muffins are the ones that you find sitting untouched amid blueberry and lemon poppyseed crumbs when you arrive late for your motel’s continental breakfast. Nobody really wants banana muffins.” WRONG! Oh, dear muffin grumbler, you haven’t had these banana muffins. These are not garden-variety,...
read more ->Vertically Challenged Bread
Let’s all stay politically correct here, okay? Nobody wants to eat smaller-than-average bread with a complex.1 These went straight from my oven to a fancy dinner part at a local museum. In case you’re not important enough to be invited to such an event, these can also be rolled flat and cut into exciting shapes, like dinosaurs or ferocious undersea predators. Vertically Challenged Bread INGREDIENTS: 2 cups butter, softened 1 cup white sugar2 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp almond extract 4 cups all-purpose flour Preheat oven to 350F...
read more ->Journey to Girona
After over a month of traveling in Spain, France, and England, I am shamefully behind in blogging my adventures, of which I have had many. Couchsurfing1 through Spain and France, I made new friends along the way and had some great experiences. I left Tangier by plane on June 23, with my faithful (and unbelievably patient) sidekick travel partner, Erin. Just after touching down in Girona,2 we were whisked away by our hosts, Miguel and Cristina, to a party in honor of St John’s Eve. I couldn’t have asked for a better introduction to...
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