I definitely need help if I’m going to be doing more production cooking — for Bite Nite, we made several hundred curry buns to give out (all of which went that night! and fast!), and even though we used pre-made dough, I was pretty tired by the end of the cooking, even with Kevin‘s help. It […]
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I am *finally* getting around to posting some of the curry bun experiments from Bite Nite (back in January). I made three different kinds — the first was traditional mas paan. Make a beef and potato curry, cook it ’til dry, wrap in bread dough, brush with egg wash, bake. Except I was worried that
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Happy Saturday. 🙂 I started the day with exercise, after a good night’s sleep, and it really is amazing how much more able to cope I feel! 30 minutes on the treadmill, just walking at 3.0, and then I had my weekly appt. (started up again last week after a six-month hiatus) with trainer Liz
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Mary Anne, do not get so distracted by new student employees that you forget to eat meals. Confectionery experiment sampling + coffee ≠ decent breakfast.
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I have a new project, and no, I can’t tell you about it yet, but Kevin says I can do it even though it’s going to eat my life, so that’s good. 🙂
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I hired three student workers today for Serendib Press! I am writing them welcome letters now with all sorts of information! I am realizing that I probably should’ve done something like this years and years ago, and that I have REALLY not been utilizing the benefits of working at a university and meeting all these
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GIVEAWAY! 9 DAYS TO LAUNCH, and we’re launching daily giveaways for these two weeks! Congratulations to the winners, Chris Waterous, Rob Gates, and Katy Kelsey Morgan! Yesterday’s question told us that many people first learned how to cook a) cookies or b) eggies. 🙂 ***** Today’s question for the comments: Rank your three absolute favorite cuisines, favorite first. Go!
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Hey, folks — it’s the LAST DAY for the GoodReads giveaway! Eep. Please like / comments / share — and of course, if you’re in the U.S., enter! We’re giving away 5 gorgeous hardcovers, $40 value each! https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/303738-a-feast-of-serendib
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I woke up utterly panicked that I couldn’t possibly make it to a launch event in D.C. that I’d scheduled for 5 p.m., given that it was already 5:15 p.m., and nobody would come anyway, because I’d somehow scheduled it right against the main awards event for the SF convention I was attending in D.C.
A slew of publicity stuff Read More »
GIVEAWAY! 11 DAYS TO LAUNCH, and we’re launching daily giveaways for these two weeks! Congratulations to yesterday’s winners: Amalia Veronika, Anna Guevarra, and Lenore Jean Jones! Today’s question for the comments: What’s a food that you didn’t used to like, but now you do like — or even better, love? Tell us about it! (Enter here: https://www.facebook.com/mary.a.mohanraj/posts/10160558536114616)
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