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This is a dessert in three parts:1. Sauternes Cake2. Sauternes-Poached Bosc Pears3. Sauternes Syrup, Light and DarkIt's a great dinner party cake that can actually serve 12. I made it for a party last night and it turned out to be pretty delicious. The recipes are not too hard. Plus, my apartment has been so fragrant ever since (what a smell to wake up to this morning!). The original recipe is from Food & Wine; my adaptation is below.1. Sauternes…See More
Jen W. posted a blog postSauternes Cake, Poached Pears, and Syrup
This is a dessert in three parts:1. Sauternes Cake2. Sauternes-Poached Bosc Pears3. Sauternes Syrup, Light and DarkIt's a great dinner party cake that can actually serve 12. I made it for a party last night and it turned out to be pretty delicious. The recipes are not too hard. Plus, my apartment has been so fragrant ever since (what a smell to wake up to this morning!). The original recipe is from Food & Wine; my adaptation is below.1. Sauternes…See More
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Sauternes Cake, Poached Pears, and Syrup
This is a dessert in three parts:
1. Sauternes Cake
2. Sauternes-Poached Bosc Pears
3. Sauternes Syrup, Light and Dark
It's a great dinner party cake that can actually serve 12. I made it for a party last night and it turned out to be pretty delicious. The… Continue
1. Sauternes Cake
2. Sauternes-Poached Bosc Pears
3. Sauternes Syrup, Light and Dark
It's a great dinner party cake that can actually serve 12. I made it for a party last night and it turned out to be pretty delicious. The… Continue
Posted on February 24, 2010 at 5:48pm — 3 Comments
Great WSJ article on the history of the coffeehouse.
Once they plotted revolutions, now they're typing blogs. Today's cafe society is a weak decaf.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704576204574529943328514078.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704576204574529943328514078.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
Posted on November 25, 2009 at 12:24pm
Excerpt: How The Mind Works, by Stephen Pinker
From: How The Mind Works by Stephen Pinker, one of the first books that got me into reading about evolutionary psychology.
'In all foraging societies, presumably including our ancestors', hunting is overwhelmingly a male activity. Women are encumbered with children, which makes hunting inconvenient, and men are bigger and more adept at killing because of their evolutionary history of killing each other. As a result, males can invest surplus meat in their children by provisioning the… Continue
'In all foraging societies, presumably including our ancestors', hunting is overwhelmingly a male activity. Women are encumbered with children, which makes hunting inconvenient, and men are bigger and more adept at killing because of their evolutionary history of killing each other. As a result, males can invest surplus meat in their children by provisioning the… Continue
Posted on November 25, 2009 at 12:00pm
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- At 3:22pm on October 12, 2009,
Dave Robertson said… - Jen its rustic.cook@yahoo.com (thats a dot after rustic) Thanks!!
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