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my sister uses a similar old shower curtain as a beach blanket

I've been making my own yogurt for a while now and I love it! I have a Eurocuisine machine like the one pictured above, and while you don't need the machine, it does make the whole process easier a...

really the secret to good piecrust is using a pastry blender, not a food processor, not your fingers. a food processor will over work it. the heat of your hands will make the butter melty. it's muc...

just the other day a friend and i were inspired by this issue to try making butter. Easier than I thought and so good! We smeared it on radishes French-style (sounds strange but really it's good)....

I ended up with a much drier dough very much by accident (I must have lost count scooping flour) and ended up with a pretty great loaf of bread. Here's my account of it, with pictures:

My mom used to make beer bread when I was a kid. The smell of beer still triggers my memory of that bread. I'm going to have to track down that recipe.