Before my new copy of Peter Rheinhart’s book on Whole Grain Breads arrives in the mail, I decided to revisit his timeless classic “The Breadbaker’s Apprentice” and give a few more recipes a try. After battling a cold all last week, skipping my workouts and following less than a desirable diet, I decided to go out with a bang and picked a very aromatic and sweet recipe straight from the Mediterranean – The Greek Celebration Bread (Christopsomo). The recipe pretty much guarantees a complete sensory overload – sweetness from honey, rich satisfying taste taste from milk, eggs and olive oil and complex aroma of nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, almonds and lemon.
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Greek Celebration Bread (Christopsomo)
March 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Bread, Personal, Photography
Tags: Bread·bread baking·celebration bread·christopsomo·greek
Mount Monadnock (NH) Hike
August 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Geocaching, Hiking, Photography
After last year’s unsuccessful attempt (rainy and slippery) with Francis, Lisa, Andi and my mom I decided to try hiking Mt. Monadnock again, except this Millicent was around to join me on this hike. We decided to get an early start as we were still planning to drive down to Long Island later that afternoon. After a 30 minute drive from MA to Monadnock State Park in NH were paid the hiking fee ($4 per person), were given a map by a ranger who also gave us some good, albeit obvious advice. Bring plenty of water and warm clothing because weather can change quickly.
Tags: Earthcache·Geocaching·Hiking·Mt. Monadnock·New Hampshire
Vacation in Slovakia 2009 (Bicycling: T. Jaseno – Jasenska Dolina – Necpaly – Folkusova – Pribovce – Martin)
June 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Bicycling, Photography, Slovakia, Travel
For this ride, we were joined by my mom the first time although she did have some doubts us being able to finish this ride, considering the amount of hills. The ride I planned would take us from Ladoven through Drazkovce, Horny and Dolny Kalnik via the first big hill to Turcianske Jaseno, from there via the second big hill to Jasenska Dolina and Bela-Dulice. From Bela to Necpaly and from there via the third big hill to Folkusova and then through Pribovce back home to Martin.
Tags: Andi·hills·martin·mountain·mountain biking·My mom·Slovakia
Vacation in Slovakia 2009 (Bicycling: Martin – Trebostovo – Martin, via the “Tank Road”)
June 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Bicycling, Photography, Travel
With a significant delay of more than one month, I am finally finding small patches of free time to write about our vacation activities. One of the first things we have done after settling in my mom’s apartment was that we got a bike for Andi. After her dissatisfaction with a hybrid (trekking) bike in the US, we got a mountain bike – Author Solution. Just like last year, I borrowed a bike from my father – Author brand as well. The next day, we took both bikes for a spin in the hilly terrain around my Martin, my home town.
Tags: bystricka·martin·mountain biking·Slovakia·tank road·tankova cesta·Trebostovo
And the spicy mess was banished …
April 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Cooking, Personal, Photography
From our kitchen, that is. Over the years we have accumulated quite a collection of spices. Starting with asafoetida (or hing, if you insist), through berbere and cardamom pods (both green and black) to vanilla and yellow mustard – it was all in there, stuffed several rows deep in a cabinet. An unfortunate consequence of this arrangement is that every time we needed a bottle of spice that was not in the first row we had to rummage through everything and inadvertently drop some of them on the counter.
Images of Niagara Falls and Southern Ontario (August, 2007)
April 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Photography, Travel
To conclude the summer of 2007 we drove across the New York State to get Niagara Falls, and to a limited extent southern shores of Lake Ontario. In Niagara Falls we met up with Francis and Lisa and visited most attractions in the area, including both American and Canadian Falls, Cave of the Winds, the Maid of the Mist, Walk behind the Falls, etc, etc. Soon enough me and Andi got fed up with the tourists, crossed the border into Canada and visited the historic Fort George south of Niagara-ON-the-Lake, and St. Catherines on the shores of Lake Ontario.
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Orphaned Kitten (07/2008)
April 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Photography
In July 2008 my friend Harris stumbled upon an orphaned litte kitten while walking on the Stony Brook University’s campus. He took the kitten into his care and eventually adopted it. Her name is Mac and in these pictures, she is only several weeks old.
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