by Ivory Soap | Feb 17, 2010 | Breakfast, Recipes
I learned to make cinnamon toast at my father’s knee. Incorrectly made cinnamon toast, like incorrectly made oatmeal, was simply not fit to eat! So for all those whose parents were uneducated in the ways of proper cinnamon toast, I offer the following...
by Ivory Soap | Feb 15, 2010 | Recipes
That’s rice flour, my friend. Ground in my very own kitchen! My MIL got me this cool hand crank grinder for Christmas. I wouldn’t recommend handcranking enough for a fat loaf of bread, but for a few cups here and there, it’s perfect. I just clamp...
by Daisy | Feb 12, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
It has been, unfairly in my opinion, too cold for too long. This month, twenty or more degrees below average. And January–speak not its name. Frigid, wet/frozen, dark–yuck. I know, whine whine. Winter’s supposed to be that way. It makes Spring...
by Daisy | Feb 8, 2010 | Cleaning Products, Household
I gaze in horror at the tv ads for spray fresheners. The lady of the house spritzes away like a madwoman then sticks her nose right in the middle of it and inhales deeply. She goes after it all: sneakers, beds, clothes, everything. Why, I wonder, don’t they...
by Ivory Soap | Feb 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
Acquire excellent taste in kiddie lit. Imagine cranking out a bottle of wine in your garage and expecting to sell it for $30 a bottle without having first spent a great deal of time with good wines–and not just any old wine…box wine, next to Reunite, next...
