Using a Ball Jar for it's original purpose

Ball Jars are the classic glass mason jar used for canning, but lately I see them being used for just about everything but canned goods.  People use them in place of cups, holders for candles, and I've even seen someone use them to make a thing called "pie-in-a-jar".  While these are very clever uses for the Ball Jar, I decided it was time for it to get back to its roots by making some sour orange marmalade.  There are very few ingredients, it only takes about two hours to bang out 7-8 oz. jars, and you learn how to make canned goods in the process.  Let's begin!

Everything Cookies

This cookie recipe came as a byproduct of scraps we were going to throw away at work.  We make and sell chocolate bark with nuts and berries it, but when the bark gets cut there are a lot of little pieces we can't  sell.  They were going to throw away these delicious little nuggets of cashews, almonds, and cranberries covered in chocolate.  I decided to take it home and transform this trash into treasure.  I then filled them with Mint Ice Cream that I made a couple of weeks before for a delicious gooey sandwich.

Brutti ma Buoni

I decided to make some of my favorite cookies that come from the Lazio region of Italy, but first a very brief lesson on Italy.

If you had one last day...

Last week I had to say goodbye to my good friend Pleng who was moving back to Thailand.  We met on 23rd street and I promptly asked her "where do you want to go for your last lunch in NYC??"  To which she responded "anywhere, it doesn't matter."  I wasn't willing to let this meal be at any old mediocre restaurant.  It had to be something yummy that she would want to have one last time.  So, we ended up at.....

One perfect day

I tried my hand at making a blog once before and I really dropped the ball on that one.  Anyways, I stumbled upon one of the posts from that first attempt and thought I would share it on this blog.  It's not about food, but it's about one of my favorite days from when I lived in Rome after college in 2008.  Enjoy!