Food – The Lazy Reconnoiter

Hazelnut Flour

I Absolutely love hazelnuts and have wanted to try baking with hazelnut flour for about forever, but I’ve always held off on it as the stuff is OMFG expensive. Anyway, I took the plunge and bought a couple pounds of the stuff last week and used it for the first time today mixed 50/50 withContinue reading “Hazelnut Flour”

‘Bout That Time Of the Year

Normally, I like my chocolate dark and bitter (like my soul!). But, there’s something about Christmas time that changes that. Come Christmas time and the special displays in the stores I can’t seem to walk by without grabbing a bar or two of the Cadbury fruit and nut variety. They don’t last very long onceContinue reading “‘Bout That Time Of the Year”

Sometimes My Tea Needs A Little Encouragement

Way back a long time ago I bought a little Joby smartphone tripod and, as sometimes happens, the tripod went from the front of my desk, to the back of my desk, to the storage box right next to my desk, and never got used. I found it today while sorting through some stuff andContinue reading “Sometimes My Tea Needs A Little Encouragement”

Brown Season Continues…

Brown Season can turn into Snow Season any time now. I was going to go on a bike ride today, but it turned out to be one of those damp days in the 30’s where no matter what you do you can’t stay warm and then suddenly you’re over heated, so today’s ride turned intoContinue reading “Brown Season Continues…”

I’m a bit of Paprika Fiend/ Macro Lens’s Aren’t Just For Macros

I might need to do a stock up seeing how I’m down to only three kinds of paprika and two of the jars are just little ones. Yeah, I’m a bit of paprika fiend. I haven’t been using my DSLR that much this year and when do I usually use a wide angle zoom onContinue reading “I’m a bit of Paprika Fiend/ Macro Lens’s Aren’t Just For Macros”

Boiled Cider

I’m late. Boiled cider is a fall must have around my place and I’ve usually made some up long before the end of October. Boiled cider is exactly what it sounds like: get some good quality, local, freshly pressed cider, and and boil it down to a syrup, concentrating the flavor along the way. MostContinue reading “Boiled Cider”

Squash Soup

I’m not much for soups during the warm season, but when the temps start to drop give me all the soups, stews, and soup-ish braises that you’ve got. I picked up a butternut squash from a trust box on a recent ride and turned it into squash-apple soup today using a recipe from Martha StewartContinue reading “Squash Soup”

A Rare Treat

Riding my bike through downtown today I spotted one of the coffee shops open for to go orders with a couple tables set out on the sidewalk, so I stopped in for an ice coffee. It was a nice a nice treat. It was also nice to spend a few minutes acting like things wereContinue reading “A Rare Treat”

Ate Cauliflower. Didn’t Die.

Some people are just not cauliflower people and I am one of those people. But, this recipe looked interesting as I’m trying to eat healthier and to switch to a mostly vegetarian diet. I thought roasting cauliflower might negate my objections to the vegetable and give me something meaty to chew on. It worked. It’sContinue reading “Ate Cauliflower. Didn’t Die.”