Recently I purchased a bag of English Muffins at the grocery store and was really disappointed when I got home and saw how dried out they were. I remembered I had a recipe for homemade ones in my book, Peter Reinhart’s Artisan Breads Every Day so I decided to make my own. I had to [...]
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Third Trip Up to the North Shore
June 30, 2011 – 1:00 pm
We were up on the North Shore again last week and even though it rained a majority of the time I still really enjoyed myself. I didn’t mind the light mist while walking through the woods of the Superior National Forest at all actually. In fact, it kind of added to that almost mystical-feeling element [...]
The North Shore
April 29, 2011 – 11:12 am
I got the chance to travel up the North Shore with a group of students this week. I had never been north of Duluth and now I am convinced I will retire there. It was still cold, but with views like this it didn’t seem to matter. We stayed at the AmericInn in Silver Bay, [...]
Upside Down (Coconut) Pineapple Cake
April 13, 2011 – 1:50 pm
I received a special box full of gifts from a dear friend in Nebraska some time back and have been dreaming up the best way to use one of the gifts contained in the box: Nutiva Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil. The product has a 5-star review on Amazon with over 250 reviews so I [...]
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum- Very Early Spring
March 31, 2011 – 3:38 pm
The Arboretum was free for its last Thursday of the cold season so we decided to take advantage of that and get out of the house for a bit. The temperature was about 49 degrees and actually felt pretty nice as we walked around the grounds. We started out indoors though and hit up my [...]
