Posts Tagged ‘ cooking ’

Pie Principles | The Faster Times

Nov 24th, 2009 | By CJ | Category: CJ's Quick Links

I love pie. Don’t each much (it’s a calorie thing), but I love it.
via The Faster Times Pie Principles | Eating and Writing.



Some Practical Consequences of Going Metric

Feb 12th, 2009 | By CJ | Category: Gov't and Politics

My recent entry: President Obama, Give Us a Yard and We’ll Take a Meter has generated a fair amount of email (thank you, by the way). Among the comments were concerns about various aspects of doing the conversion, specifically about all that math to go from one system to another. Then there were comments about the realities of conversion. Let me try to address both of those items.



Anna Ellison, the Muse of Cakes

Jan 30th, 2009 | By CJ | Category: Snippets

I love “Ace of Cakes”. It’s one of the most entertaining shows on television. There’s heart, humor, art, and oh-no-they-dint moments in most episodes. That said, there is one person on the Charm City Cakes staff that is guaranteed to make me watch episode after episode: art director Anna Ellison.



CJ’s Cheesy Cheese Bread Recipe

Nov 8th, 2008 | By CJ | Category: Journal

When I was unable to find a cheese bread recipe that satisfied me, I decided to make my own. It was scarfed down by party goers rather quickly.



A Chile Verde Recipe

Sep 1st, 2008 | By CJ | Category: Journal

I’ve been asked, me being a native New Mexican and all, if I have any good chile recipes. Of course I do. I figured I’d share a simple variant of the one done most often in our home. We always have this green chile sauce available to put on everything from burritos to baked potatoes [...]



The Sweet Smell of August Chile

Aug 16th, 2008 | By CJ | Category: Journal

Different states have their different “things” that separate them from the rest of the pack. In New Mexico, that thing comes in August, when the new crop of chile becomes available. To a lot of people whose exposure to chile is eating at some franchise restaurant every so often, this obsession with chile is thought [...]