Pass the butter

Yesterday was baking day for the sourdough bread from the starter that has been developing for the last 2 weeks. The process is from the book, Breads from the LaBrea Bakery by Nancy Silverton.
The process has fascinated me (and I have to admit, scared me a little at times! haha) from the very beginning of [...]

CSI (Cats, shoes and iris)

Myron
Mitchell
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New shoes:
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And Iris, blooming in my yard!
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And cupcake talk to boot!
I decided to make Martha Stewart’s Strawberry cupcakes with strawberry buttercream icing. Notice the picture at the link. The cupcakes were a small disaster. Not a huge disaster, but one that went on a different path than I expected. They were not very pretty and [...]

One thing led to another: Or, I have holes in my head! OR: Paula’s gonna laugh!!

It’s my birthday, did you know that?
No. It’s really not but Norma gave me my birthday gift when I saw her at the NH Sheep and Wool. (Birthday is in August, in case you are like me and now have the burning desire to know). Of course, as a gift recipient, one can only hope [...]

Making dough

You know how it is in the internets, how you find something interesting and you click here and you click there, soon you are far away from your original starting place and couldn’t find it again if you tried?
That’s how it was with sourdough starter. I don’t know how it happened. But it did.
I found [...]

Lilac season

“In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-washed palings,
Stands the lilac-bush tall-growing with heart-shaped leaves of rich green,
With many a pointed blossom rising delicate, with the perfume strong I love,
With every leaf a miracle -and from this bush in the dooryard,
With delicate-coloured blossoms and heart-shaped leaves of rich green,
A sprig with its flower [...]

Sheep and Wool thoughts

It seems that with all the fun and all the people I spent some time with on Saturday at the NH Sheep and Wool, I missed some too. Next time I’ll announce here that I am going so that we can all be on the lookout for each other.
So, let’s see. Sheep and Wool…It’s becoming [...]

New Hampshire Sheep and Wool

You know when you go somewhere and have so much fun with so many wonderful people that it all seems like a wonderful dream after it’s over?
Yeah. That’s how it was at my favorite of all wool festivals.
New Hampshire Sheep and Wool pictures.
And then my camera ran out of power. Isn’t that always the [...]