Lately I’ve been blogging a lot about cooking and baking (hey, it’s fun!). Also, I’m a bit burned out on philosophical writing. I think I may have burned out on sabbatical doing various philosophical projects (which is odd, given that sabbaticals...

Biscotti are an old favorite of mine, and a pretty staple cookie on the Italian dessert menu. I remember as a kid being sent to the Italian Bakery up the street from where I grew up to get bread, and once arriving being faced with the long glass cases...

I caught this at Sullivan’s blog:  Sen. Buttar (UT), who has always struck me as a bit of a nutter, has come up with another one of his great ideas – closing the gap on some of Utah’s state deficit by eliminating the twelfth grade in public education....

So far, I’ve done red sauces, pastas, cheesecakes, cookies, breads and dishes with chicken. It’s clear that something is missing: a red meat dish. To be honest, I’ve been putting this one off, because cooking a red meat dish is a lot more...

The Goombah Gourmet did a bit too much this week (2 cheesecakes, 120 anisette cookies), so I wanted to chill a bit on Sunday and not make anything particularly difficult. Well, that and the fact that I knew I wanted to give bread another whirl, and...