Frostbite in 30 minutes or less or your gangrene’s free

I am not usually a wuss when it comes to Minnesota winters, but it’s getting to be a little bit too much for me. This morning, it was nice. And by nice, I mean a sunny tropical 22° (that’s Fahrenheit kiddies). And by this morning, I mean 3am. According to the [...]

Pesto Genovese

Pesto Genovese
from The Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home.

3 cups loosely packed fresh basil
1/3 cup pine nuts
3 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
1/2 cup olive oil

throw the basil, pine nuts, garlic, and cheese in a food processor or blender and chop finely (chef’s note: be careful if you use the end of a wooden [...]

Leaving the Stone Age

I’ve never really been a Luddite. Heck, most of the time growing up I was the kid that was way ahead of the curve. I was using a computer literally from my earliest memories. In high school, I was the kid that the teachers asked for help when things weren’t working. [...]

2005

Does anyone else really not like it when someone just arbitrarily takes a month off of their blog, comes back, and expects the world to still listen?
Good. Me neither, which is obviously why I’m doing it. I have sat countless times in the last few weeks staring at the front page of my [...]