Category: Diversions and Distractions
Posts related to hobbies, interests, or activities.
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Baked Cheese Grits
Read more: Baked Cheese GritsColleen is not a big fan of plain grits but, when made with bacon and cheese, everyone loves grits! This is a fairly easy recipe to make and serves about 6. It’s great for taking to a holiday dinner and is easy to double. To double, I suggest making up a batch of grits the…
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Pound Cake
Read more: Pound CakeThere’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
Read more: Arroz con PolloThis 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
Read more: Local Farmers’ MarketsBeing 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
Read more: The Coffee Pot ProjectLast 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…