Introducing the ledouche flask. Can you possibly think of a classier way to meet your daily fluid requirements? Don’t even bother thinking about it, because there isn’t. I have a large batch of flasks arriving in a week or so, and will begin etching the logo in the front and the tagline on the back once they arrive. Expect photos and ordering information soon.
I’ve received a lot of emails from people with comments on my cranberry almond biscotti recipe since last week. Thank you for all of your feedback! Here are a few more biscotti recipes that I worked on over the weekend. They are all variations on the cranberry almond recipe, but each have their own, distinct, appeal.
Cranberry Almond Biscotti
Cookies with tart cranberries, almonds and dark chocolate. My first attempt at making biscotti.
Apricot Almond Biscotti
This recipe is nearly identical to the cranberry almond biscotti, but with dried apricots replacing cranberries. The apricots make for a less tart cookie, and a great accompaniment to a cup of coffee to get you through the morning.
Lemon Almond Biscotti
Light and bursting with lemony flavor, these cookies are filled with slivered almonds and dipped in white chocolate.
Triple Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti
This slightly bastardized version of biscotti is a true chocolate lover’s dream. Pernigotti cocoa powder, chocolate chips and dark chocolate in one cookie? Hazelnuts instead of almonds? Am I on something? Yes. Snorting the cocoa powder? Possibly.
These cookies are a great twist on traditional biscotti, especially for chocolate lovers. A chocolate cookie with chocolate chips dipped in chocolate? Yeah. Exactly.
These almond cookies are a great, less tart alternative to cranberry almond biscotti.
Biscotti are twice-baked cookies, often filled with almonds. This particular recipe involves the addition of dried cranberries and dark chocolate, making for an extra tasty, and somewhat healthy, treat. Continue Reading…
I got the opportunity to write a tech post for latina.com last week. It was about the 2 new Palm phones set to launch on Verizon Wireless tomorrow, which weren’t even mentioned by most media outlets until a couple of days later. Most tech sites had information on the phones as well, but it was pretty sweet for people to come up to me and say “I just read about these in the Times, didn’t this go up on our site a couple of days ago?”
The post was edited by a member of the Digital team, to make it better match the tone of the website. This makes a lot of sense since it was originally pretty dry and factual, more along the lines of what you’d see on Gizmodo or Engadget. It was nice to be able to contribute in a way outside of the norm for me, and I’m hoping I get the chance to do it again soon.
Latina.com underwent a bit of a refresh earlier this month. Cameron Moore, Latina’s Web Developer and I, along with the guys at Limachips put a ton of work in to the project over the past few months, and it was great seeing the newly refreshed layout go up smoothly.
NFTE, a former employer of mine, was mentioned in a NYT article over the weekend. Having worked there for over seven years, and seeing scores of lives changed by the program, I can’t help but feel a sense of pride in what was said about the organization.
From the article:
The president should also vow to bring the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, or NFTE, to every low-income neighborhood in America. NFTE works with middle- and high-school teachers to help them teach entrepreneurship. The centerpiece of its program is a national contest for start-ups with 24,000 kids participating. Each student has to invent a product or service, write up a business plan and then do it. NFTE (www.NFTE.com) works only in low-income areas, so many of these new entrepreneurs are minority kids.
In November, a documentary movie — “Ten9Eight” — was released that tracked a dozen students all the way through to the finals of the NFTE competition. Obama should arrange for this movie to be shown in every classroom in America. It is the most inspirational, heartwarming film you will ever see. You can obtain details about it at www.ten9eight.com.
You can read the full article at the New York Times Website.
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A good friend of mine recently took over frigginrandom.com. It’s a great site for all of the odd photos, videos and other random stuff on the Web. The site is updated on a daily basis, so be sure to check it out for a good laugh (or chill) now and then!
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