What's better than a loaf of homemade bread?

Two loaves of delicious homemade bread! I made these yummy guys using Mark Bittman's Speedy No Knead Bread recipe. I swapped out 1 of the 3 cups of flour for a cup of whole wheat flour just to start playing with making my own whole wheat bread. Then I divided the dough in half when it was done rising, let it sit for the 1/2 hour and baked them each in a 20 in dutch oven. I could have let them brown up for a few more minutes, but I was a little worried about judging doneness by color since the whole wheat flour makes them brown already. I'll let you now how they turned out!

Boston does best.

Some things Boston just does better. This beautiful red lettuce is one!


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Remember that meatloaf I told you about?

Isn't it so cool?

I fell into the vortex of my house.

I became obsessed with home improvement. But now I am back to share all my fun experiences with you.

First of all, here's the cutest thing ever:

I bought these drawer pulls to replace the plane pine ones from ikea for my bookshelves. They're amazing! Thanks, Anthro, as usual.

gray, gray or gray?

Maybe it's all the rain we've been having, but I'm all about gray. Not in mood, but in paint color. I have spent the last two days running all over town trying to find the perfect shade of gray for our bedroom. After many, many (MANY!) swatches and samples and 2 oz jars slathered over our wall, it was time to pick one or be committed to an insane asylum. And to that question I say - Benjamin Moore Paper White OC-55. I always end up going with Benjamin Moore. They just have the most amazing selection. I also tend to gravitate towards the colors in their historical collection. The best thing I did was pick a color that was much lighter than what I would have thought. It practically looks white on the card, but once I got it on my wall, it is a smooth, warm dove gray. Yum.

Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Scraping in just over the wire- the Sour Cream Coffee Cake! It's cooling now for my in-laws arrival, so I will post later when we have had a chance to taste it. Initial thoughts: it looks and smells amazing. My sneaky taste of the batter found it light (tasting - theres nothing light about this baby!) and creamy. The cake seems really moist and airy and has a lot of spring to it. I am glad I buttered and floured the pan well, it looks like it shouldn't be too sticky. I hope.

food blog friday.

One of my favorite food blogs, Pinch My Salt, features a recipe made from a different food blog every Friday. I think this is such a fun idea and am trying it this week. I have a bunch of amazing little golden potatoes that boil up beautifully. I was thinking of making them for dinner tonight, and saving the leftovers for a potato salad for the weekend. Instead of just heading to epicurious, I looked at what is probably my favorite (but how can you choose between your children?) food blogs ever - smitten kitchen. This potato salad recipe caught my eye, and after reading Deb's comments, I'm so glad I didn't just pick it up at epicurious. There is a very involved foil-roasting on a bed of salt plus peeling and standing on your head and reading War and Peace before it's done. Her suggestions made me consider a recipe I otherwise wouldn't have wanted to undertake. My plan is to boil them as usual, and make the potato salad with the dijon vinaigrette and green onion, omitting the shallots and tarragon and maybe including some fresh parsley as the herb if I have any on  hand.

Stay tuned also for a very ambitious meatloaf recipe.