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This will be my last post on Over the Bars for a while.  I’m going to take a bit of a break.  I will probably come back and post again, but right now, I’m not sure when I will return or if I do, with what frequency I will post.  There are a few reasons for the [...]

Photographer Bridget Fleming’s work on her Downtown From Behind project may be all posed and styled, but who cares?  Great photos of interesting people on bicycles in Gotham, what’s not to like?  Her project is an effort to photograph all the streets of Manhattan below 14th Street and include someone who lives or works in [...]

In reading the newsletter update below, it sounds like we will have another 3-5 years to wait before the Hoan Bridge will be redecked.  GRRRR, but perhaps this is a good thing since our new governor opposes the path.  What to do in the mean time?  Bill asked about the price of a ticket if a person is caught riding on [...]

Sorry for the radio silence, folks. I’ve been feeling particularly uninspired in the kitchen lately, and the onset of fall and short days has lead me into a strong desire for hibernation. I’ve been eating lots of big bowls of beans and roasted vegetables and pasta these days. But I have some good meals planned [...]

A few weeks ago, Matt of MattBites.com shared a simple little recipe that completely blew my mind, for these lovely vegetable crumbles. Vegetable crumbles! The name is so plain, and his single paragraph describing them is so quiet and unassuming. Oh, just vegetable crumbles. You know, simple. What?! No, to me this idea was almost [...]

Some mornings, you just want scones. These cranberry buttermilk scones are light, buttery, and tender, and perfect for fall. Find out how to make them at Wine and Dine Walla Walla. They are so easy, I even made them before coffee last Saturday with no disasters! Filed under: breakfast, sweets search terms:buttermilk scones healthy

Back in 1993, the year I was married, I received a little holiday recipe booklet put out by Jello-O, Baker’s Chocolate and Diamond Walnuts.  I have that booklet to this day and it’s falling apart.  It has so many wonderful and decadent desserts in it and I think I’ve made all but two of them over the years.  [...]

I found this recipe in one of my cookbooks and realized as I was making it that it was no longer going to really resemble the original recipe at all.  I think the original recipe was a good foundation for this dish, but it needed more.  A lot more.  All three of my children have [...]