Cooking with Brenda Gantt - Baked beans, potato salad, and barbecue.
How do we present ourselves to the world? If you’ve never thought much about that question, you certainly will after this tour. That’s because you’ll learn about some of the most fascinating, bizarre and painful things people have done throughout history to look impressive, alluring and downright stunning.
One of the best things about Photoshop is that it allows us to combine more than one photo to create an entirely new image. This can be done with landscapes, people, and even animals. In this...
The Fiji Mermaid was an object of fantasy but for a long time it was on display as a specimen that many people believed was real.
I am a big fan of non-traditional quilting techniques. If it's a little bit weird, I'm interested. Fast Patch by Anita Hallock Many years ago I bought the quilting book Fast Patch by Anita Hallock. She demonstrates a technique of sewing regular horizontal blocks, making a couple of diagonal cuts, then sewing the pieces back together to form an on-point block. Here is the basic technique: Start with a horizontal block. Cut along the diagonal. Take the left side and bring it to the top. Sew together. Make a second diagonal cut. Second cut Bring the cut piece to the bottom right. Sew together. Ta-da! Now you have an on-point block. The book demonstrates lots of variations, along with plenty of blocks that can be made using the technique. Boston Common quilt top I made the Boston Common quilt top above at least ten years ago. I'm not exactly sure how I got the idea to make a Boston Common design using the Fast Patch technique. For several years I hosted a Yahoo Group called QuiltSwapChallenge, where I presented design challenges to an international group of quilters. It's possible the Boston Common was my answer to one of the challenges. Or it could have been that I just got a crazy idea to take the Fast Patch technique to a level not shown in the book. Whatever the case, I'll try to show how I made the design. I was able to find some notes and sketches, but not all of them, so I've tried to fill in with recreations. Here are some 10+-year-old sketches - experiments to see what colors would land where. This is basically the same demonstration as above. Playing with a different horizontal grid, seeing where the pink and blue lines would land. Taking the on-point result from the previous picture, colored and labeled (Desired Result). Re-assembled into the horizontal grid (Layout). So, to end up with the on-point design on the left, I would have to sew the horizontal design on the right, exactly like it. Expanded, I could do the same to make the multi-colored Boston Common. I was unable to find the colored layout for the Boston Common. But I found these experimental sketches: I don't think this is the actual on-point design, as the real quilt top has many more pieces. This is probably the horizontal sewing layout for the on-point design above. Cutting diagonally through the dark squares and reassembling, it would probably create the on-point design. I don't even know what this is, but it was with the other sketches so I'm showing it. On to making the Boston Common. I'm sure I would have started with a colored sketch of the Boston Common. I don't have (or can't find) the drawing, so I recreated the actual finished quilt top in Electric Quilt. Electric Quilt Sketch of finished Boston Common quilt top By examining the back of the actual quilt top I was able to find the continuous seams, shown by the dark lines on the printed sketch above. Using the printed Electric Quilt sketch, I cut along the "seam" lines. Cuts made Top left section moved to the bottom Top right piece moved to the left Here is the horizontal layout for sewing. Better view of the layout It has to be sewn exactly like this. It can't be off by even one square or the finished design will be off. If you've done counted cross-stitch you know what I'm talking about. Alright. Days later, I have my horizontal quilt top sewn together. Now comes the scary part...cutting on the diagonal. Once you make a cut, there's no going back. I'm sure I was nervous and checked the placement of the cutting lines many times. I don't think I would have used a rotary cutter, opting for scissors instead, and I probably drew the cutting lines with a water-soluble marker. First diagonal cut Take the top left piece, sew it to the bottom. Second cut Take the piece and sew it to the left. All sewn together Better view Here is my finished result. I imagine I breathed a big sigh of relief when the pattern came together just as I planned. Debbie Like my Facebook page Traveling Quilter and get more updates on my quilting and my travels.
The Boston Bun is traditionally made with mashed potato, which was used as an economical substitute for flour in the early 20th century. Don't knock it until you try it! Mashed potato makes this fruit bun light and moist. Topped with a thick and fluffy icing, it's impossible not to love this classic sweet treat.
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Award winning Boston singer-songwriter Mark Stepakoff returns with his 4th album, 'The Story Behind The Story'. The CD features Stepakoff's trademark mix of wry humorous material and heartbreaking ballads, in the vein of songwriters like Loudon Wainwright and John Prine, to whom he has often been compared. Six of the CD's twelve songs have already won awards from national songwriting contests, including 1st place in the Great American Song Contest, the New Orleans Songwriters Festival songwriting contest and American Songwriter Magazine's lyric contest. Stepakoff's previous two CDs both appeared on the national Folk-DJ chart, reaching as high as number 21 and drawing rave reviews from the likes of Performing Songwriter magazine, which decreed that he 'certainly deserves to be a national folk figure'. On his new CD Stepakoff is backed by some of New England's finest musicians including Mark Erelli, Duke Levine and Joyce Andersen. Of the CD Erelli says: quot;These are great songs, very John Prine. It's easy to be funny, but much harder to be witty, and make it look [so] effortless.quot; 'Boston-based singer-songwriter Mark Stepakoff certainly deserves to be a national folk figure, up there with the likes of Christine Lavin and Jonathan Richman.' -- Performing Songwriter '[One of Boston's] Top 10 Unknown or Under-Known Acts . . . Songs [that] give the most bang for the buck. Mark possesses an incredible wit and sensitivity. Buy his CD . . . You'll be glad you did.' -- The Noise 'Mark Stepakoff's music is as poignant as it is comical. He's got an acute sense of zeroing in on day-to day occurrences while finding a little bit of humor in it all.' -- Metronome Magazine.
Egg roll wrappers are an ingredient that opens up tons of possibilities. Here is a collection of recipes that use egg roll wrappers.
Nina Leen's life, from early on, was one in which travel played a key role – a life that, in retrospect, had something of a purposefully nomadic quality.
File name: 08_05_000106 Title: Visit Java. Only 36 hours from Singapore Created/Published: G. Kolff & Co. Date issued: 1910-1959 (approximate) Physical description: 1 print (poster) : color Genre: Travel posters; Prints Subjects: Tourism Notes: Title from item.; Official Touristbureau Batavia Java Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department Rights: Rights status not evaluated
In June 2010, a team of scientists and intrepid explorers stepped onto the shore of the lava lake boiling in the depths of Nyiragongo Crater, in the heart of the Great Lakes region of Africa. The team had dreamed of this: walking on the shores of the world's largest lava lake. Members of the team had been dazzled since childhood by the images of the 1960 documentary "The Devil's Blast" by Haroun Tazieff, who was the first to reveal to the public the glowing red breakers crashing at the bottom of Nyiragongo crater. Photographer Olivier Grunewald was within a meter of the lake itself, giving us a unique glimpse of it's molten matter. (The Big Picture featured Olivier Grunewald's arresting images of sulfur mining in Kawah Ijen volcano in East Java, Indonesia, in a December 2010 post.) -- Paula Nelson
SIM swappers are known to target high-security online domains such as social media accounts, email addresses, bank accounts and cryptocurrency wallets.
Organ at Methuen Memorial Music Hall in Methuen, Massachusetts.
Some 15,000 people marched to the Boston Common on Saturday to protest against white supremacists and a planned “Free Speech Rally” made up of...
Think Famous. Get Famous. Some genius publicity stunts that inspired us. The Olympic Torch Relay. The IOC’s world famous Torch Relay, has been executed in the months before the Winter and Sum…
Sometime in the 1990s, Beantown emerged from its steak and potatoes bland food and boiled vegetable culinary reputation into a thriving metropolitan food scene. Led by local celebrity chefs such as Julia Child and Jacque Pepin who helped bring French culinary technique and tastes to Boston diners, other chefs and restauranteers followed. Soon Bostonians could eat like New Yorkers. Todd English was one of the chefs to teach locals a bit about ethnic food. Trained in Italy, English was experimental and just what yankees needed to begin experimenting with new tastes. Bonfire, a restaurant formally located inside the Park Plaza Hotel, served up
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With the Boston Celtics winning the 2017 NBA draft lottery, general manager Danny Ainge can begin to narrow the team's focus for the first overall pick...
File name: 08_05_000059 Title: Tasmania. The Switzerland of the south Creator/Contributor: Kelly, Harry, 1896-1967 (artist) Created/Published: Mercury Press Date issued: 1910-1959 (approximate) Physical description: 1 print (poster) : color Genre: Travel posters; Prints Subjects: Tourism; Mountains; Lakes & ponds Notes: Title from item.; Caption under image: Mount Ida - Lake St. Clair; Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau, Hobart Statement of responsibility: Harry Kelly Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department Rights: Rights status not evaluated
Yesterday I left a little bit of a cliffhanger at the end of my post (oh how dramatic of me) and promised that I'd show you a little trick for what you can do with leftover pierogi dough. Because Polish food is simple peasant food and based around making do with what you have and letting nothing (and I mean nothing) go to waste, my Babcia used to take leftover pierogi dough, roll it out super thin and cut it up into little rags to make fresh pasta. When making my pierogies, I often happen to find myself in the same predicament (or maybe I plan it that way? I'll never tell...) so that's exactly what I do; make a quick and delicious fresh pasta. It's a simple process and the best part is that it yields such terrificly delicious results. I mean, is there anything better than fresh pasta? To make the pasta, you first start out by rolling the dough super thin. You'll want to make sure it's consistently thin so that your pasta cooks evenly. Once you've got it all rolled out, that a pizza cutter and by applying a little pressure, cut the dough into thin strips. Don't worry too much about it being exactly the same size, a little inconsistency is good as it gives you a rustic and homemade look. Just keep it approximately the same size. Next, bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil. Toss the pasta in and remember, because it's fresh pasta, it only has to cook for a minute or two (you'll know it's done when it starts to float). You can then scoop out the pasta and do whatever you'd like to do with it. I enjoyed mine simply, with just a splash of some good olive oil, Parmesan cheese, cracked black pepper and some flakes of sea salt.
Why, hello there! This post might contain affiliate links, which means I earn a commission (at no extra cost to you!) if you purchase from them. This blog post has been a long time coming. For readers who’ve followed my blogging journey, I began my travel blogging journey when I lived in Boston! I’m so …
In the early 1700s, Onesimus shared a revolutionary way to prevent smallpox.
For something a bit different this Rosh Hashanah, a nice option might be this baked kibbeh, called kibbeh bil sanieh, a Middle Eastern bulgur and ground meat dish.
Poetry, music, paintings, photography and film are among the many artistic fields in which Billy Childish unselfconsciously expresses his talent.
File name: 08_05_000280 Title: Belgian watering places Date issued: 1910-1959 (approximate) Physical description: 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color Genre: Travel posters; Lithographs Subjects: Beaches; Swimmers; Société nationale des chemins de fer belges Notes: Title from item.; La Lithographie Artistique. Bruges. Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department Rights: Rights status not evaluated
With lush pops of green and sweet smelling eucalyptus, our Emerald Bouquet is the perfect earth toned arrangement. This bouquet can be a wonderful way to add color and natural beauty into your home or as a gift for your loved ones. ************ The flowers in our collection gracefully shift and transform with the seasons. This is why every bouquet is a unique work of art and some materials may vary from the images shown. Dried flowers will last forever with a bit of care. Simply keep your flowers in a dry area and out of direct sunlight. Handle them gently and dust them from time to time in order to maintain their beauty. The Emerald Dried Flower Bouquet is carefully packaged from our floral studio in Boston.
