[gcal id=”159″] The contenders: 1. Dreyer’s 2. Breyers 3. Bud’s Dreyer’s won with 2 out of 3 votes. In summary, the judges felt that Breyers was too sweet, and Bud’s resembled Fudgsicle pops, which in fact aren’t ice cream, as they contain no cream. I was excluded from judging, but I would’ve voted for Breyers. […]
I use this basic pizza dough recipe for pizza, focaccia, and bread sticks. But more often, I just use the prepared ready-to-bake dough found at Safeway and Trader Joe’s. Ingredients 1 pkg (1-1/4 tsp) active dry yeast 1 cup warm water 2-3/4 cups flour 1 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp salt Directions In a large […]
Start with a basic pizza dough (fresh or prepared). Roll or stretch the dough, spread a bit of olive oil over the surface of the dough and put it on an olive oil coated baking sheet. Cover and let it rise for an hour. Then poke a bunch of dimples in the dough and drizzle […]
The contenders: Dreyer’s (1), Bud’s (2), and Breyers (3). This was a competition between popular brands of vanilla ice cream that are priced in the mid-range, and can be found almost anywhere. Dreyer’s and Breyers were the same price where I bought them, and Bud’s was $0.50 more. I may already have been a bit […]
My son discovered this dish on the kids’ menu at Iron Springs in Fairfax, and liked it enough to want to recreate it at home. Our version has a greater proportion of bacon and broccoli to pasta, but it’s otherwise very similar to the original. This recipe serves a family of 4 with enough leftover […]
Mid-July seems to be when the blackberry bushes around here begin to produce lots of ripe berries. A few days ago, we picked enough to fill a one gallon storage bag to freeze for smoothies. We returned to the same bush yesterday to find that it must not take long for the berries to go […]
