Some additional reading December 18th from 12:22 to 19:25:
- Butter Holds the Secret to Cookies That Sing – NYTimes.com – Huh. I don’t bake all that often, but good to keep in mind: “The most common mistakes made by home bakers, professionals say, have to do with the care and handling of one ingredient: butter. Creaming butter correctly, keeping butter doughs cold, and starting with fresh, good-tasting butter are vital details that professionals take for granted, and home bakers often miss. …For mixing and creaming, butter should be about 65 degrees: cold to the touch but warm enough to spread. Just three degrees warmer, at 68 degrees, it begins to melt.”
- Bundle up out there – “Annual deaths from extreme cold: 680 Annual deaths from marijuana overdose: 0 Something must be done about this. My God, they let children play in it! And lots of people even own their own freezers. Somebody oughta write a law.”
- 2008 in photographs (part 2 of 3) – The Big Picture – Boston.com – more awesome photojournalism of 2008
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- The year 2008 in photographs (part 1 of 3) – The Big Picture – Boston.com – takes a while to load, so be patient
- Chicago Reader Blogs: Grand Theft Huffpo – “The Huffington Post’s local “aggregation” wing1 2 straight stole our entire Bon Iver Critic’s Choice–they didn’t ask permission (“read the whole article”? that is the whole article, dumbass). Here’s a screen shot (or click the thumbnail), since we’re obviously about to ask them to take it down.”