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March 7, 2025Cocktails

Cocktail: A La Louisiane

In recognition of Mardi Gras this past Tuesday, and National Absinthe Day this past Wednesday (March 5), today’s cocktail is an A La Louisiane (also sometimes called a De La Louisiane).

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March 6, 2025Food

Yesterday’s Bake

Yesterday, I made Paul Hollywood’s Basic White Bread. I generally prefer whole wheat, but this was for my kids to make sandwiches […]

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March 4, 2025Brief thoughts

Climate Resilience

I’d like to see this effort coupled with some meaningful steps to slow climate change. Maybe it could be paid for by […]

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March 4, 2025Brief thoughts, In the news

Improving the Harriman Campus

It would be hard to catalog all the damage governors and other state-level officials of New York State have done to the […]

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March 1, 2025Food

Butternut Squash Pasta

My wife picked up a few bags of butternut squash pumpkin-shaped pasta from Trader Joe’s this past October. I finally got around […]

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February 28, 2025February 28, 2025Food

Today’s Bake

I baked another of Paul Hollywood’s Basic Wholemeal Bread loaves. I changed my kneading technique this time, focusing on stretching the dough […]

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February 24, 2025Brief thoughts

Why No Links?

A huge pet-peeve of mine when reading news online is the near complete absence of links. Legacy media doesn’t write for the […]

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February 15, 2025Brief thoughts

Personal Health Data and Consent

The Times Union published an article on Thursday about a bill passed by the New York State Legislature intended to increase protection […]

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February 13, 2025Food

Today’s bake

Another attempt at Paul Hollywood’s Basic Wholemeal Bread. I think it came out quite a bit better, though I could have scored […]

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February 12, 2025February 12, 2025Brief thoughts, Colonie

9 & 155: What a Mess

The Albany Business Review published an article yesterday about the sale of the Freshmarket Commons, a crowded strip mall squeezed into a […]

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