Multigrain Artisan-Style Bread
Making crusty artisan-style bread at home is really very easy and doesn't require much of a time investment. A heavy dutch oven, some kitchen parchment, and a large mixing bowl are the only pieces of equipment you need, other than a hot oven. Flour, ...
Hard boiling (and peeling) fresh eggs from the market
We buy eggs from a vendor at the farmer's market in Laguna Beach. Mostly we eat them hard cooked, for breakfast and occasionally on a salad or with some asparagus. They are quite fresh at the time of purchase - at most a couple of days after they ...