Better sourdough

Today’s attempt at sourdough is already looking better!

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First attempt at sourdough bread + waffles made using starter

Tough and chewy but it tastes great! Also (not pictured) made waffles this morning with some starter, which was yummy.

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Experiment for lockdown baking

Will 49 year old sourdough starter be viable?

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Homemade French toast by Rosa makes Mondays better.

Rosa and I found this griddle on the street for free and put it to good use making French toast.

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Shelter in place doesn’t mean you can’t have yeasted waffles for brunch!

Rosa and I wish you could join us. We made Ruth Reichl’s yeasted waffle recipe

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Fresh oatmeal raisin cookies make shelter in place a little easier…

But it turns out that you have to set a timer for ALL the batches not just the first two!

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48th Birthday in San Francisco

Celebrated my 48th birthday in San Francisco with Rosa – brunch, cable cars, sightseeing, and concert

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Simple Party Cookies

It’s holiday baking season! Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, it’s always a fun time to make cookies. Here’s my childhood favorite recipe, called “party cookies” but you might just call them “M&M Cookies” if you aren’t bothered about trademarks. I recently came across a cookbook produced by my 3rd grade class, and a copy of this recipe was my contribution. Whenever my mom or I were called upon to submit a recipe to a cookbook, this was our go-to. I don’t know where the recipe came from originally though. Party Cookies

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Red Hill Station

Just discovered a new (to us anyway) amazing brunch place in SF. Red Hill Station! delicious!

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One-Pot Portuguese(ish) Chicken and Rice

I went to Portugal last year (in 2017), and in Porto I stayed with a local family via AirBNB. One night when I was there we had a family dinner of chicken and rice. It was so tasty I’ve been wanting to reproduce it ever since. I texted the host to ask for the recipe when I got home, but he never replied. So the other day I decided I’d try to Google recipes on the Internet and make some.

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Yellow Curry and Yellow Submarine

Lovely Thai food with Rosa and Yellow Submarine in restored 4k digital at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. What a great evening!

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Santa Cruz wharf evening

Had a lovely sunset dinner at Gilda’s and shopping on the Santa Cruz wharf last night with Rosa

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My mom loves the malts!

Busted my mom out of the convalescent hospital for dinner with Rosa at Betty Burgers in Capitola, CA

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Small Wonder

Small Wonder is a lovely quirky bar and restaurant in Oakland. With Michelle

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Mona Lisa

Having a delightful Italian meal at the Mona Lisa restaurant in San Francisco with Jenn

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Classic streetcar from Diner

Looking out through the front door of Orphan Andy’s at the Muni PCC streetcar. Time travel!

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Pie a la mode for breakfast!

Nothing beats apple pie and ice cream for breakfast! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving if you celebrate it.

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Chicken and veggie stirfry

I made a stirfry of red onion, artichoke hearts, heirloom tomatoes, basil, chicken breast, & spinach. Yum!

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Bacon on a doughnut?! Yes please!

Voodoo Doughnut Too, Portland OR, March 2017

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Christmas cookies

Nothing says Christmas quite like cookies!

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How to Freeze Rice

Sometimes you want to put together a quick meal and you want to eat rice with it, but you just don’t have the time for the rice cooker to do its job…. it can take the better part of an hour to cook brown rice, which as we all know is much better for you. So what do you do?

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Rice Cooker Oatmeal

Just about every morning, I start my day with a bowl of hot oatmeal. Cooking oatmeal can be a hassle, especially when you’re half asleep, so I’ve come up with a system that makes it as easy as opening a box of dry cereal – cook it in a rice cooker.

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