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glacier and yellowstone
We just returned from a trip out to Glacier, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. I infamously took Amy up one of the tallest peaks in the White Mountains for an overnight camp with some friends, very early in our relationship, and ever since we’ve enjoyed getting out into the woods together. Our trip to […]
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Pasta presto!
I took a pasta making class at King Arthur Flour today. As with the bread making class I took, I was amazed at how easy it is to make fresh pasta. Just three ingredients: durum wheat, all-purpose flour, and eggs. and you’ve got your dough. Then the magic begins with […]
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More Bread
I baked a loaf of Harvest Grain bread this weekend. It was easy, now that I have the technique down. Takes only about 10 min of active time, then time to leave it to rise. My plan is to bake a loaf (or two) for the week and never have to buy bread again. I […]
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Baking Bread
I attended a yeast bread class last night at King Arthur Flour education center in Norwich, VT. It was great! I’ve baked yeast breads before, but couldn’t quite get the technique down. The class was full of helpful tips and demonstrations and then we got to play. We made three loaves, two from the same […]
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yo, photoshop rapz
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Gluten Cut-Back
As with many other things in this economy – jobs, wages, still not having internet- another cut back will befall the House of Beamy. This one by choice. We’ve decided to do a little experiment to see if cutting back on wheat will help with the state of our tummy affairs. Ben has been complaining […]
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amy XXXIV
We celebrated Amy’s 34th last night with an incredibly dense flour-less chocolate cake and roman candles. Sickeningly Delicious. We’re headed to Rabbit Hill next weekend to make everything official. Sufjan Stevens – The Dress Looks Nice on You
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hypnosis
Been a while since I checked in on Freddie Wong. I pointed to some of his videos in August. Today, I stumbled on a video he did where he hypnotizes a friend. Throw in some Kevin Pollak and it’s good. By coincidence, I’ve recently become a slightly bigger fan of K-Po on my own.* He […]
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Final Bakin’ Around the Christmas Tree
And for my final weekend…started off making candy cane cookies. Cookie dough that not’s very sweet with crushed candy canes folded in. The candy canes add the sweetness and melt during baking to form a caramelized crust at the edges. Next was the roll-out sugar cookies. I was very impressed with the final results. I’m […]
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Bakin’ Again Around the Christmas Tree
So weekend two of my holiday baking included candy cane frosted brownies for my crafty gals holiday brunch (with an extra batch of frosting for a yellow cake for Ben and I). Also peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chunk cookies for my work cookie swap tomorrow. I finished up the weekend with another batch of chocolate […]