Musings on Dance, Food, Geek Stuff
For a friend’s birthday, I took on the challenge of making a gluten free, dairy free cake. I was a bit worried about how it would come out, but I was pleasantly surprised! The basis was this recipe from King Arthur flour. I actually subbed in the Trader Joe’s gluten free flour and used coconut…
One of my first jobs as a teen was as the designated McDLT cook at my local McDonalds. The McDLT was made on a special machine that had a bun toaster, a grill for the burgers, containers for the iceberg lettuce, tomato and onion, and hose-connected squirters for the mayo and ketchup. The whole thing…
Skating waiters, or carhops as they were called then, were the result of a combination of three main factors — the explosion in personal car ownership in America, roller skating as national pastime, and women seeking job opportunities. Starting back as far as the 1920s, folks were spending more and more time in their cars….
I realized yesterday that I’ve been a “flexitarian” for more than two years. For me, that means that I eat vegetarian during the week (with the occasional fish), and only consume meat on the weekends. Honestly, It’s been super easy and enjoyable. I have a set of go-to vegetarian meals I make all the time…
As I wrote in the previous post, lots of 2024 was spent dealing with external events that impacted my life. Which was a lot. But I also accomplished quite a bit. Published the Definitive History of Yehoodi.com I began 2024 with the release of a 39-page history of the online community Yehoodi.com, a labor of…
In 2017, I was completely obsessed with French pastries. If there was a new bakery in town, or a favorite shop had a new seasonal item, my brain just couldn’t let it go. I simply could not sit still knowing there was a delicious pastry only a few minutes from me that I hadn’t tried…
Somehow I have lived this long without ever visiting Portland, Oregon. This is despite being a coffee nerd and a foodie, and it being just a short flight from San Francisco. I remedied that this weekend with a quick trip there for a skate party. (I’ll write more about the party in the next post.)…
I made a baingan bharta (Indian eggplant) pot pie for Michael’s always epic birthday pie party. This time I tried to do a little decoration at the last minute, which came out not terrible. Here’s the steps for how I did it: Takes a little planning and time (about two days) but totally worth it!…
Making my own kouign amann has been on my baking bucket list for years now. Last week I finally had the time and energy to make it happen. And it only took 17 hours to make six of them! Kouign amann are considered some of the most difficult of the French “viennoiserie” pastries — harder…
I did this back in 2021, but it still does a pretty job of expressing different ways that I show care and love to myself. How I express self-care: UPDATE 12/7/2024: I recently found out this idea of a “self-care rainbow” comes from illustrator / artist Decade2Doodle / Steph Ferrell Crigler. Original source.