San Francisco Sourdough Reflexology

Cannot wait to serve this bread to my neighbors tonight. Finally have my thumb back on the social pulse of Rochester, (hopefully not occluding with the pressure) the epicenter of which happens to be usually hovering around Southtown (a neighborhood some call Slatterly), and today there is much festivity! Johnny Mango’s this afternoon for a […]

Maple Bread Pudding with Pralines

I’m afraid this last week of surgery finds me spiraling into heavier and heavier contemplation. What if these are the last opportunities I’ll have to touch bowel, to fire an anastomotic stapler, to stitch long incisions closed, to stand for seventeen hours around an open abdomen and enjoy the time passing as though we are […]

Inspiration Award and Enchilada Bake

Grateful am I to Carolyn of “Chasing Light” for nominating me for the Inspirational Blogger Award! I am honored, so honored by this blogosphere shout out, especially during this exhausting epoch of general surgery—the notice of the award was a bright moment in a tunnel-sort of week.  I am living in Need-Food-for-the-Entire-Week mode. I feel […]

Maple Oat Raisin Whole Wheat Bread

In stark contrast to the Jacksonville Jaguars, this bread is a real winner. I don’t know why I didn’t think of this before. I purchased instant oatmeal packages on my last grocery run, and they only had flavored ones at Target. So I bought Maple Brown Sugar instant oatmeal. I was looking at a recipe […]

Sourdough Spicy Cheddar Crackers

I feel inspired to dance by the light of the full moon, or the light of the gibbous moon (almost full) this evening—on the beach! Some kind of spice has gotten into me, after working almost 30 hours over the last two days—perhaps it is due to these spicy crackers. I had never before attempted […]