• Domestic Tips

    Sprout Success!

    by Holly • January 20, 2010 • Domestic Tips, vegetarian • 2 Comments

    After 5 days of rinsing my sprouts they have matured into eating status! I tried to rinse twice a day but a couple mornings I was too busy getting ready for work to carry this out but the sprouts didn’t seem to be affected by it. The mung beans took an additional couple of days [...]

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    New Winter Project

    by Holly • January 10, 2010 • Domestic Tips, vegetarian • 0 Comments

    My new project for this winter is to grow my own sprouts.  Hopefully this will fill my gardening void and will supply fresh green items to my dishes for the long winter months. The idea for growing sprouts arose on my last visit back to Maine when I found out interesting news that my Pops [...]

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    Le Creuset Heaven

    by Mo • December 30, 2009 • Domestic Tips, Uncategorized • 0 Comments

    Holiday gift-giving was good to me. Oh so good… This Christmas morning on the living room floor of my parents’s house, I tore through wrapping paper like I was a child again. After examining the heavy square box in front of me, I got a feeling in my gut like no other. Remember when you [...]

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    Food Gifts, cont.

    by emily • December 28, 2009 • Domestic Tips • 1 Comment

    So miss Holly has been on posting fire lately, and the rest of us have been slacking! As she wrote about some awesome food gifts she gave, I’m going to write about some awesome food gifts I received! My mom gave me a gift certificate to get myself a new crockpot and hand mixer (no [...]

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    Food Gift Ideas

    by Holly • December 28, 2009 • Domestic Tips, vegetarian • 1 Comment

    My mission this Holiday Season was to make gifts in my kitchen to give out to family and friends.  Given more time I would have made a larger variety, but this season the two gifts my kitchen busted out were Grainy Mustard and Roasted Tri Color Peppers.  I know I’m posting this after Christmas, but [...]

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    Spice : A History of Temptation

    by emily • October 18, 2009 • Domestic Tips, Uncategorized • 1 Comment

    This crow has been looking for some new reading material. This past month I have been reading this book, but I’m almost done (and loosing motivation to continue*) and need something new. Any suggestions? Spice: A History of Temptation by Jack Turner Overall, this is a very good book, a fun look into a world [...]

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    A Pumpkin Challenge!

    by emily • October 18, 2009 • Domestic Tips, Uncategorized, baking, baking-savory • 0 Comments

    As we all have noticed (some, more than others) the season’s are a-changing. In the coming weeks, the pages of Crows in the Kitchen will be filled with sweet and savory fall delights, I’m sure.  One of the best fall delights is none other than Pumpkin Pie. Really, anything pumpkin related makes my heart shiver. [...]

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