Martha Stewart’s Best Buttermilk Pancakes – especially with blueberries – are unparalleled. I used to think that pancakes were by definition boring at best. I was wrong. These are remarkable. Yes, a mix would be easier, if you want to settle for something serviceable. Yes, you could just go directly to her site and read the recipe, but then you’d miss all my smartass comments.
To hell with decadence. This cake is immoral. Dark Chocolate Olive Oil Cake is our spin on a hot water chocolate cake, which we’ve made with dark cocoa, buttermilk, and olive oil. Frosted with chocolate fudge cream cheese frosting, with a touch of cinnamon. You’ll love the way this cake will defeat your efforts at restraint.
Post tax stress disorder got its ugly fangs in your neck? Italian Pasta and Beans is a cozy comfort food that will ward off the worst fears of financial ruin, and it hardly costs anything. This recipe produces a homey, fork-appropriate pasta sauce dish, rather than the more traditional soup.
If you’ve come here to lean about thawing a frozen loaf of bread, you’ve come to the right place. Come see how we stretched “take it out of the freezer” into 300 words. What’s our secret? Adjectives!
This how-to will tell you how long can you keep frozen bread. It freezes well, so the answer is “a long time.” Just how long? Read the post.
Some say that baking bread from scratch should be taught in our public schools – those union-rife institutions that popularize horrors such as giving yeast a little sugar.
You can enjoy this hearty Beef and Beer Stew just as it is, or you can top it off with puff pastry and make it into a fantastic pot pie. Either way, it’s best eaten while wearing your best flannel, after a long day of lumberjacking.
Comforting and stylish! Let’s face it, winter is harsh: short days, long nights, brutal temperatures. But you can counteract its bitter chill with this noodle, cheese, ham, and mushroom gratin. OK, you could also counteract it with a trip to Ft. Lauderdale, but did I mention the noodles are homemade?
