Tuesdays with Dorie - Chocolate Pudding Disaster

Posted by Mike Spoodles on July 15th, 2008 filed in baking, food, meme, tuesdays with dorie

Last week’s Double Crusted Blueberry Pie was DIFFICULT.  I was so happy to hear that this week’s would be chocolate pudding, a recipe I’ve made dozens of times.
1)  Open packet of pudding mix.
2)  Add milk and/or water.
3)  Shake shake shake shake shake.
Okay, so it’s bound to be more difficult than that, but not much, right?
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
I [...]

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Tuesdays With Dorie - Double Crusted Blueberry Pie

Posted by Mike Spoodles on July 8th, 2008 filed in baking, food, tuesdays with dorie

I’m learning to bake through the power of Internet bloggery.  The gist is, every Tuesday I will post about a different baked good from Baking:  From My Home To Yours by Dorie Greenspan.  This is all part of the wonderful Tuesdays With Dorie blogroll.  You’ll see my disasters and far-less-frequent triumphs at the oven.
I started [...]

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Eating out: it’s not ONLY beneficial to your ladyfriend

Posted by Mike Spoodles on April 7th, 2008 filed in food

Just like every other aspect of eating, restaurant-dining and I have had a bit of a tenuous relationship over the past three or four years. Oftentimes, I would accompany my family and friends to restaurants, only to order “just a Diet Coke,” or “decaf coffee, black.” More often, though, I would just avoid the whole [...]

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Indulge Your Senses

Posted by Mike Spoodles on March 11th, 2007 filed in food

I was walkin’ down the street yesterday minding my own business when all of a sudden…

WHAT THE HELL?
That’s right. It’s Pepsi’s newest addition to their upscale “Pepsi Jazz” line of colas. Diet Pepsi Jazz: Caramel Cream.
I love Pepsi. I love jazz. I love caramel. I love cream. However, all together in one glass? Blasphemy! Was [...]

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