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I haven’t posted any recipes in a while, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been baking.
The bananas that Kevin bought had been sitting in the fruit basket for a while and we decided that last night was do or die night.
Banana Espresso Cookies

4 ripe bananas (or overripe)
3 tb molasses
1 stick butter
1/2 c sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup [...]

Generate Design | Sommelier Wine Glasses by Maxim Vel?ovský
Somewhere between college and careers, our standards of drinking cups drastically changed.

A bit of fancy cropping and it almost looks like a “normal” cup. Granted, I have always hated plastic cups of any kinds, but especially non-disposable ones; I can’t stand using them. I like [...]

Yesterday Kevin and I made strawberry shortcakes to take to a party. I de-stemmed 3 quarts of strawberries, and then kevin cut them into smaller pieces while I took some of them and mushed them and added sugar to form the sauce base. We combined with the other cut up strawberries, and then [...]

Chocolate Covered What? | Dlisted
A candy shop in Santa Cruz called Marinis is selling chocolate covered bacon.
mmmm bacon
mmmm chocolate
granted, it looks like milk chocolate. If it was dark chocolate I could pretend it was healthy.

So I meant to post this last week, but I managed to delete the post after I spent all the time writing out the recipe.  I decided it was really good and I should take the time to write it again.
Oven Brown Rice

1 cup brown basmati rice
1 3/4 cup water, boiling
1 tsp salt
liberal spraying of [...]

So we had a fun cooking weekend, that started out on Saturday with a trip to the Pittsford Wegmans. We were looking for garlic greens and young garlic like they used on Iron Chef America: Battle Garlic.
We went to Borders on the way, to look for a MXPX cd, as well as some other [...]

blog.khymos.org
The tagline to Martin’s blog is “dedicated to molecular gastronomy” and I find it fascinating. I think I love this blog for the same reason I love Alton Brown’s Good Eats. If you know why you cook something a certain way, or what a particular ingredient does, then you can change recipes to [...]

The REPUBLIC of TEA - Exquisite Green Tea, Red Tea, White Tea, Black Tea, Oolong Tea and More.
This China green tea is luscious with the naturally sweet flavor of ripe pears and tropical tang of kiwi. A highly aromatic, healthy blend that’s refreshing on ice.

I drink a cup of coffee in the morning, and then [...]

I am making dough for Stromboli right now, using a modified version of Kevin’s recipe:

1 cup hot water
1tsp of yeast
1tlb of sugar / honey / molasses
1tsp salt
1tsp olive oil

Let sit until a foam develops on top (from the activated yeast)
Mix in

1/4 cup gluten
1 3/4 cups white whole wheat flour
EDIT: I needed more like 2 3/4 [...]

Kraft Invents The Twinkie Of Bagels: “Bagelfuls”
Ever toast, spread cream cheese on, and eat a bagel and be like, damn, this is taking too long? Then Krafts Bagelfuls, a frozen bagel tube with cream cheese already inside, are for you.
Sounds super healthy!

Its so disgusting that I just had to tell you about it.
PS. I still [...]

Happiness = Marshmellows

Mmmmm Marshmallows.
Here’s another one on flickr

YouTube - Hot Dog Assembly Machine
Awesome robot that gets a hotdog, buns it (its totally a verb), applies mustard and ketchup, and then serves with a juicebox.
Made by RIT’s Society of Manufacturing Engineers, via MAKE: Blog: Hot dog assembly machine

Free water ice for the first day of spring - Slashfood
For those of you not in the know … water ice is a half sorbet/half shaved ice concoction that is infused with fruit flavors
Rita’s is giving away free Italian Ice in celebration of the first day of spring.  I haven’t had Rita’s in a while, [...]

USDA announces biggest meat recall in U.S. history - Slashfood
That’s not a typo. It really is 143 million pounds. It’s the largest meat recall in U.S. history. The beef comes from the Westland/Hallmark Meat Company and goes back to February 1, 2006. The USDA says that cattle at the California factory was mistreated and that [...]

Britain tops fast-food league, as world obesity grows: study - Yahoo News
Britons are the worlds biggest fans of fast food, just ahead of Americans, while famously gastronomic French are the least attracted by quick meals, according to a study published Wednesday.
I have been really watching what I eat lately, as well as going to the [...]