I Netflixed the original, first Julia Child TV show (“the French Chef”) out of Boston Public TV from way back in the day. She’s Black and White! She spills stuff all over the place! She tries to flip a potato pancake and it lands on the stove! She sweats like a pig! She has man [...]
Posted in Play on Sunday, May 28th, 2006
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With the weather getting warm, it’s nice to have quick and easy food that doesn’t turn your kitchen into a sweltering hot box. Enter the salad. Ingredients 1 15oz can of black beans 1 15oz can of red kidney beans 1 15oz can of garbonzo beans 9oz of firm tofu (about half a package), chopped [...]
Posted in Things on Sunday, May 21st, 2006
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The infamous web-auteur Dan Benjamin has released a new web app for the sole purpose of tracking your offline wine experience — called Cork’d Finally, the internet is living up to its potential.
Posted in Play on Friday, May 19th, 2006
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The infamous web-auteur Dan Benjamin has released a new web app for the sole purpose of tracking your offline wine experience — called Cork’d Finally, the internet is living up to its potential.
Posted in Things on Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
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My boy Dan (from the old school) has started a new fiction blog.
Posted in Things on Tuesday, May 16th, 2006
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“Art School Confidential” looks close enough to home to be darn funny. Sounds like it too.
Posted in Things on Saturday, May 13th, 2006
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Assuming you already have a pie crust a quiche is easy, tasty, and impressive. Even James Bond can make a quiche Ingredients 3 eggs 1 egg yolk 1 cup milk (lowfat or whole) 3-4 strips of bacon, cooked (not too crisp) 1 cup of grated gruyere cheese Salt + Pepper to taste 1 9″ pie [...]
Posted in Things on Monday, May 1st, 2006
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I’ve been working my fool head off lately. But now my work life is starting to clear, and while I haven’t been updating abouthalf.com, I have been in the kitchen: http://www.blueplatebachelor.com/archives/2006/04/30/simple-pie-crust/http://www.blueplatebachelor.com/archives/2006/05/01/quiche-lorraine/ And I did manage to sneak off to the beach with a friend a couple of weekends ago. We borrowed her roomie’s dog, because [...]
Posted in Things on Monday, May 1st, 2006
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