Ingredients: 8 Cups Flour 2 1/2 Cups Lukewarm Milk 2 pkg. Dry Yeast 1 Cup Sugar 1 Egg 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 Cup melted (salted) butter 3 teaspoons ground cardamom Chopped almonds Egg White (for wash) Steps: Dissolve yeast in 1/2 Cup of milk Mix remaining milk, sugar, egg,...

This is, without a doubt, the best-tasting cake you’ll make for how easy it is. Ingredients: 4 Cups chopped apple 2 Cups sugar 2 1/2 Cups flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon salt 2 Eggs 1/2 Cup oil 2 teaspoons orange juice...

This can be cooked in 30 minutes and be ready to eat.  In Matt’s words, his father used to make this for the Fire Station where he worked because it can be made and served “hot and a lot”.  I don’t actually eat the broccoli, I really just like...

It is late in the summer and Pete calls. Heard from Archie yet? I need to get back on the water! Timing is everything,  Archie had called earlier to confirm his crew so I told Pete the BETTY ANN would be leaving Point Judith October 9th. He immediately signed on...

  Surprise, surprise!  I normally do only one leg of the delivery trips but this year Archie called to ask if I could do the final leg from Miami to Tamp Bay since someone else had to cancel.  Not one to decline an opportunity to sail, particularly this leg...

May 30th, 2011 This sailing trip started a little different than some of the others, this would include no planes, and a scheduled layover in Baltimore for a day to visit with a new crew member’s family.  The new member is my friend Kelly, and he arrived at my...

4 eggs seperated 2 cups flour 1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 2 cups milk w/ 1 tsp vineagar 1 cup butter...

October 27, 2010  – 9:00 PM Wow, I forgot how much I hate writing by hand.  It took me three false starts just to get going.  I tried the left-hand pages, I tried starting at the back of the book, nothing was comfortable. You see, being left-handed, the whole...

I got my new Alicia’s Keys VST effect today, so I thought I’d test it out.  There are two sample files below.  I found some random MIDI files to test it on: Chopin – Grande Valse Brillante Brahms – Sonata C major Opus 1...

Ingredients: 1 tsp peanut oil 1/2 cup finely chopped onion 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 Tbsp minced peeled fresh ginger 1 jalapeno pepper, minced 1 Cup water 1 (28 ounce) can no-salt-added diced tomatoes, undrained 1 12-ounce can light beer 1/4 cup unsalted, dry-roasted peanuts 3 Cups chopped, skinned...