Category: Diversions and Distractions

Posts related to hobbies, interests, or activities.

  • Pound Cake

    There’s a stack of recipes sitting in a pile, waiting to be written down and/or updated. I tend to print them off and then keep writing notes all over the pages. This means everything is covered in scribbles and all manner of cooking ingredients splattered liquids. Someday — somehow — I’d love to figure out…

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  • Arroz con Pollo

    This recipe has evolved from my mother’s easy-to-follow (and wonderfully yummy) original. This is based on the original recipe my mother sent me in college. I’ve carried the it around with me for years and, stapled to it, a recipe from my Aunt Argie. I’ve run out of room for more notes on the worn…

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  • Local Farmers’ Markets

    Being the food geek that I am, I’ve been wanting to know when and where the local Farmers’ Markets are. This list is for the Rochester area and includes Ontario, (mostly eastern) Monroe, Seneca, and Wayne counties. This list is not exhaustive and I did not include farm markets or fruit stands. For more information…

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  • The Coffee Pot Project

    Last year I read the article, “How to brew beer in a coffee maker, using only materials commonly found on a modestly sized oceanographic research vessel” and, although it sounded interesting, I didn’t really give it too much thought. Well, fast-forward a year and I stumbled across the article again and, this time, I wondered…

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  • My $3000 Jukebox

    Delving deeper into the archives for this “Historical Perspectives” post, this is from July 19, 2002 and appears to be the second post I’d ever made to Anthurian. Originally, Anthurian was a plain static Web site but, as technology (and my needs) evolved, it went through mulitple incarnations. Unfortunately, some of my original posts seem…

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