Archive for the ‘Bread’ Category
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
If there is one single, solitary deed that is more restorative and reassuring than any other, it is quite possibly the act of baking bread. If you build the oven and fire as well, all the better. Working grain and water with the hands is not only a response to ...
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
Nema ništa bolje u tri sati.
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Saturday, January 12th, 2008
I was in the neighborhood coffee joint this morning for my caffeine and calories. After I'd served myself a cup of the black...
I : Actually, can I get a bagel and cream cheese as well?
He: Uh, yeah. Just a minute.
I : No problem, bro.
I paid for the roll. I ...
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Thursday, December 7th, 2006
My occasionally whimsical notions of what could be quite tasty have led me to invent some bizarre dishes with idiotic names. Vivid memories of the meek-then-monstrous Apple Faddle and the palate-punishing Orange Crüelly bear up the truth of this. Tonight, after a rather slow night at the restaurant, another wild ...
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Monday, December 4th, 2006
It ends today.
Aw, sweet geez, it's fried slices of an extremely dense soufflé made from The Last of the Yesterturkey, unused herb stuffing nuggets, cheddar, cream cheese and many eggs. The very least I could have done was use turkey eggs, but I couldn't find any. Why don't people eat ...
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Sunday, November 26th, 2006
Through some miracle of Sweet Providence, I have emerged from the bewildering commotion of Thanksgiving proceedings relatively unscathed. No emotional contusions were suffered, thankfully, although I was attacked variously by a frozen prawn, an industrial dish rack and, at a friendly game of poker with the gents from work, a ...
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Sunday, November 12th, 2006
Cooking and eating are, for me, two very distinctly seperate pleasures. Oddly enough, the detached tranquility that creativity in the kitchen confers upon me is infrequently accompanied by a desire to eat what's been created. In my little world, the inspiration to cook usually begins with hunger - or at ...
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Sunday, July 30th, 2006
The pork part was a mistake. The burger part wasn't. The story doesn't bear repeating here.
No, there's no beef in this burger, but to one pound of ground pork, I added an egg, a handful of chopped Italian parsley, three tablespoons each of water and extra virgin olive oil, and ...
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Thursday, May 25th, 2006
I am told that the best ćevapčići in all of Zagreb are served at a place called BK Sava next to a soccer field, only about a hundred meters from the banks of the Sava River. I went to Sava to see if it was true.
I was fond of ćevapčići ...
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Thursday, May 18th, 2006
After ice cream from Vincek, I walked with Kornelija to her hiking club’s weekly meeting. It was held on the second floor of a multi-purpose building near Glavni Kolodvor that operates as a sort of community center with two independently owned cafes on the first floor. There was some work ...
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