Archive for January, 2006

The best vanilla extract in the world

Over on Chef Vault, bookchiq is speaking lovingly about her recent acquisition of vanilla beans. I’m almost out of my stash of this, but if you’ve got a lot of vanilla beans you can easily make a large amount of very delicious vanilla extract. All it takes is some patience. I practically [...]

Sourdough pancakes

Ventry sourdough pancakes
A good friend of ours just came up from L.A. to visit over the weekend, and as a special treat I thought I would make a tasty breakfast Sunday morning. I gave our guest some choices, and she settled on pancakes. My current favorite is a recipe for some very, very [...]

Hello World!

Hello world wide web. I hope that this post marks the beginning of a long and fruitful relationship between me and you. For my part, I’m a web designer-in-training. Or if you prefer, a grad student who decided to leave the botanical sciences for the wilds of the interweb. You might [...]