Cafe Tamburo

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Oven Rack Location Tips

Seems simple enough.

https://www.americastestkitchen.com/articles/5541-why-your-oven-rack-location-matters

Sunday, October 23, 2022

Gardener's Pie

A vegan version of Shepherd's Pie.

Looks yummy. I might try it with lentils AND mushrooms.

https://minimalistbaker.com/1-hour-vegan-shepherds-pie/

Ox,

Mari

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Linda Skeens Joins Tik Tok

You may or may not have heard the name Linda Skeens, but she won a bunch of blue ribbons at her local County Fair (and/or a State Fair) back in June, and even swept a few food categories.

Well, after making a few appearances on the talk show circuit she has recently joined Tik Tok to share some of her recipes.

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/27/1125268653/linda-skeens-tiktok

Here's a screen shot and clip from her appearance on the Today Show back in July.

https://www.today.com/video/food-fair-sensation-linda-skeens-on-her-winning-recipes-144503365578

Enjoy.

Ox,

Mari

Friday, June 3, 2022

Hello. I don't know about you, but I am unwilling to accept some things as hopeless. Even that word bugs me. Let us choose to hope more, to do more. Look, nothing in life is perfect, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try to make things better.

Anyway, let me get to the point. I am wearing orange today.

More info

No excuses - grab a piece of paper, draw an orange "xo" or a heart or write wearorange.org

If you are curious enough:

Now, since my steady gig involves gift wrapping, I will wear an orange ribbon today. Tomorrow, on my day off the day gig, I will wear my Plant t-shirt, because by some stroke of fate, the awesome designer switched the logo colors to orange so it would show up better against the super soft faded black vintage look fabric. Maybe this is the cosmic reason why? All I know is, it is time to do something more about this plague of violence that is robbing innocents of many years of their lives, and many more of the freedom to move about this country.

Wearing orange shows solidarity -- maybe we should keep wearing it until some sensible legislation is passed.

It's long past time.

Thursday, March 10, 2022

World Central Kitchen

Without getting into the politics of it all, I am sharing this link for readers who are upset and frustrated about what is happening between Russia and Ukraine right now. We give what we can until we can give more.

World Central Kitchen:

https://donate.wck.org/give/393234#!/donation/checkout

Sending best wishes out to everyone. May we all find love and healing, so that we will stop harming ourselves and each other. Be love.

ox,

Mari

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Einkorn

Posting this link to an article on einkorn flour for future reference.

May you have a wonderful day.

-- M

Monday, December 13, 2021

Kid's Stormy Day Craft!

Saw this on fb, had to share!

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Blum's Coffee Crunch Cake Recipe

I haven't tried this yet, but a recent request on Nextdoor prompted a search, which yielded two recipes.

One recipe is from The SF Chronicle - cut and pasted below, and another is a re-creation from the "Sweet" book, which follows at the bottom of this post.

Reading the article, I found out the original creator of the cake was a man called Ernest Weil, who wrote a book that included the original recipe. This led to the discovery of several new copies of Mr. Weil's book, each at the cost of $300+ and a website that offers a downloadable pdf version for a $25.00 donation to any of the non-profits listed on their website.

https://www.seriouseats.com/blums-coffee-crunch-cake

Sunday, October 31, 2021

Origin of The Jack O' Lantern, and "What's a Turnip Got to Do With It?"

Did you know why we carve pumpkins for Halloween, and why they are called Jack O' Lanterns?

Well, it turns out that the tradition comes from old Irish folklore about some trickster name Jack, and the original lanterns were carved from a turnip (or a potato, or the nearest root vegetable.)