Air & Road Trip
I lost count of all the trips from the east coast to the west and this likely will be not the last! I put this off a dozen times. I…
One More Frigging Week of Winter and my First Homemade Pizza – Crust & Sauce – Grade: C–
This is remarkably cheap & easy to do at home – but it can’t be done unless you are there two hours before you want to eat (because the dough…
3rd Attempt at Recreating the Sheboygan Hard Roll
For this attempt I upgraded to a real Baker's Half Sheet and a fairly massive Baking Stone to simulate a bakeries’ brick oven. Both helped. The problem is that I…
Low, Low Tide, Still, Glassy Waters and a Warm Fog over the Potomac
Funny how the first sunny 60° day in February feels just so, so glorious, but then the first 60° day in September feels like it’s just plain chilly!
Déjà vu – Thinking Back to President’s Day 2003
View from my Backyard Today President’s Day 2003 I (foolishly) opted to drive from Maryland to Connecticut via I-95, as the worst blizzard of the season tracked behind me. I…
2nd Attempt – Homemade Sheboygan Hard Rolls (fail)
It’s the frigging coldest night of the year here in Piney Point – but nothing compared to New England or the Upper Midwest. Nightly, my dreams take me back to…
Sous Vide – Not your Mother’s Kitchen!
New Modernist Tech Toys: Cuisinart Hand Blender * ISI Gourmet Whipping Siphon * Oliso Vacuum Sealer * Anova Culinary Bluetooth Precision Cooker Subtitle: The Winter Project – Surviving the Tedium…
Winter Storm Jonas – Meh
I think that it is stupid to give winter storms a name, and likely a creation of the media to somehow cash in. Here in Piney Point the warm waters…