Tech Guy came across this article on USA Today, and I decided it’s just the kind of thing Brain Candy readers needed to know about. Here’s the headline: “Elephant-dung coffee lures intrepid foodies to Thailand.” Alluring and enticing, no? So apparently, some guy spent over a quarter of a million dollars developing this coffee concept […]
Continue readingLast year, I gave Brain Candy readers the inside scoop on how to cook yummy black-eyed peas for New Year’s Day. This year, I’m living back in the south, so I don’t think I’ll have a problem finding them, unless there’s already been a run on the pea aisle at Kroger. But I’ve been preaching to […]
Continue readingKitchen fail? Mine tend to happen when I try a new recipe, especially when I am using friends as Guinea pigs. My friend, Nancy Naigle, just encountered one when she tried to bake with old yeast in her bread machine. Smelled yummy, but the results were more like a brick than a fluffy loaf. So […]
Continue readingToday is Brain Candy’s last Twelve Days of Christmas post. And today, I’d like to encourage you to give the gift that means the most—your time and love. No matter if the turkey explodes, the dog eats the ham off the dinner table or your kids have an I-didn’t-get-the-hottest-video-game-of-the-year meltdown, remember the holidays are less […]
Continue readingOkay, you’ve procrastinated, and now it’s three days before Christmas. Are you simply SOL? (BTW – SOL is today’s freebie Texas-ism. It means “Shit Outta Luck.”) Nah, you’re not SOL. You’re smart and resourceful and darn it, people like you. First, stop panicking. Second, don’t rush out and buy a box of candy canes or […]
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