I know I’ve said it several times in the past few weeks but I really don’t understand how people with complicated lives can have a puppy.  On the plus side, I reach my step goal every day just by parading Maple in and out of the apartment when she needs (or think she needs) to […]

In the past few weeks my Facebook newsfeed has been heavily populated with people posting links to various recipes from Tasty, the food branch of Buzzfeed.  I’m primarily annoyed by these because of the way in which the headlines are written but also because rarely if ever do I see a recipe if I want to […]

Well, that was a fun weekend to be a Michigan football fan.  No doubt bolstered by their recent Photoshop Phriday profiles, Amara Darboh and De’Veon Smith had great games as Michigan rolled to a 31-0 win over BYU.  The Michigan defense continued to impress and held BYU to under 100 yards until their final drive. […]

This month Pavani of Cook’s Hideout hosted our #BreadBakers event and chose ‘summer bounty’ as the theme.  Her idea was perfectly timed because as I began to think about it all sorts of delicious things started to pop up at the farmer’s market.  We got several zucchini in our CSA box so I thought about […]

One of the great things about having a sourdough starter is sharing it with others looking to get into bread baking.  It can initially seem daunting but I’ve noticed that pretty quickly people realize there is not much maintenance work involved.  The idea of refreshing the starter, which involves discarding most of the current starter, is […]

With today being Star Wars Day (May the 4th be with you!) I figured it was as good a time as any to put my Darth Vader ice cube tray to use.  After a hard day working on your uncle’s moisture farm on Tatooine there’s nothing more relaxing than sitting back with a chocolate treat […]

If you’ve ever been on campus at the University of Michigan, a sporting event, or rifled through my wardrobe (probably only one blog reader who can claim that I hope), you will know that U of M’s colors are maize and blue.  If you want to get really technical they are Pantone® 7406C and 282C.  Interestingly […]

During our trip to France last summer every day my wife and I would gawk at the pastries in shop windows.  They seemed to be endless in variety and each one looked absolutely perfect.  We treated ourselves to plenty of them (including one at 10 AM before leaving for the airport on our last day) […]

Being able to multitask in the kitchen is a valuable skill.  If you want separate components of a meal to finish at the same time it not only takes planning but also requires the ability to potentially monitor several pots and pans at once.  But, there is a point where it is probably a good idea […]

A few weeks ago I posted about making pretzel sticks in order to solve my mid-afternoon snacking woes at work.  But what fun is there in eating the same thing over and over again (which, to be clear I usually don’t mind).  For a long time I’ve been searching for a recipe that made good […]