Lani of Chibong Chika Lakwatcha ATBP posted a comment on my previous post about the fish frying pan I got from Ebay. She noted the difficulties of making purchases from Ebay as a resident of the Philippines. Those difficulties will extend to other US internet shopping sites including Amazon, Barnes & Noble or the bigger retailers like Target, Old Navy, Pottery… [Continue Reading]
Homemade Maple Walnut Ice Cream
March 18, 2012 By 2 Comments
I finally made it! My first homemade ice cream. It’s based on Haagen Dazs’s Black Walnut ice cream I previously posted about. In that post, I noted how the flavor was like regular walnut with strong maple overtones. Even with black walnuts so rare, I knew this flavor could be replicated somehow using… [Continue Reading]
Cheese Slicer
February 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This was a Christmas gift from Stepson. I’ve used it a lot since it came to me, all-wrapped up in pretty Christmas wrap about 4 years ago. The base is made of natural marble and the slicing gizmo is nothing but taut wire. It comes with a spare wire all ready to be… [Continue Reading]
Pie Paraphernalia
February 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Here are my indispensible pie making gadgets. There’s more but the others don’t work as good as these. I have two rolling pins. The black one is teflon-coated and was acquired last Thanksgiving when I was at Younger Sister’s. I forgot to take my rolling pin, the regular wooden one on the left of the… [Continue Reading]
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