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Coal Lake Honey Pecan Pie

Servings: 8 Source: Canadian Living Magazine/Terry McNeill Ingredients ½ cup unsalted butter 1 cup packed brown sugar ½ cup liquid honey 1 tablespoon cider vinegar 2 teaspoons vanilla ¼ teaspoon salt 3 eggs, lightly beaten 2 cups pecans Directions Notes: Make sure your pie crust has chilled in the fridge at least

Meatloaf

Source: kathrynhuxtable.org Ingredients Meatloaf : 2 lbs ground meat (equal parts beef, bison, and lamb) 1 egg 1½ cups bread crumbs ¾ cups ketchup 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard ½ cup onion finely chopped 1¾ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon black pepper ¼ teaspoon dried thyme ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg freshly grated Piquant Sauce: 3 tablespoons brown sugar

French Silk Pie

Somehow I have omitted my signature recipe from my blog. It is online, but not linked, except from Google+, and that’s a serious oversight. So, here is a link to my French Silk Pie recipe. Warning: this contains raw eggs. I always use fresh organic eggs. Also, this is

Warm Chocolate and Banana Tart

Servings: Serves: 1 8¾" tart Source: Desserts by Pierre Hermé Ingredients Crust: 1 fully baked 22cm tart shell (Use Pierre Hermé's sweet tart dough recipe) Raisins: ½ cup golden raisins 3 tablespoons dark rum 3 tablespoons water Bananas: 1 banana firm but ripe 1 tablespoon lemon juice freshly

A Year of Blue Hair

And purple and green… I can’t imagine going back.

I Still Have Blue Hair

It’s six months now and my hair is still multicolored, with the dominant color being blue, but with green and purple showing.

Vi Hart Is Amazing

I’ve been following her YouTube channel for awhile now. She’s basically the modern Martin Gardner, but without the sour waspishness that he developed later in life. I first noticed her with one of her “Doodling in Math Class” videos (I think this one: Connecting Dots), but then, since

Macaroni and Cheese

This is one of my top three comfort foods.

My Third Kindle

My Kindle PaperWhite arrived today. I wasn’t expecting it until Wednesday. So far, it’s nice, but it’ll take a bit adjusting to a touch screen interface. I’m not sure it’s a good idea to get rid of buttons. I’m curious how the lighting will

Female Musicians in History

My friend Gwyneth has a good article about female musicians in history, with some nice photos of women musicians from the Ren Fest. http://feralflute.blogspot.com/2012/09/female-musicians-in-history.html