Food is an incredibly beautiful and complex thing. It is essential nourishment; you need to eat to live and what you eat can have a dramatic affect on your well being. But food is so often so much more. Think about your favorite things to eat. What do you see? Is it just a slice of…
The Brown family has many Christmas traditions: the Browns and O’Heirs feast on Chinese takeout every Christmas Eve, nearly the entire Noble family packs into Ann Marie’s house for an enormous Christmas dinner, and every year without fail, Caroline breaks at least one ornament when we decorate our tree. One of my favorite traditions is our Brown…
Yeast bread is just not something that I’m good at making. It’s so finicky! The temperatures must be just right, the dough needs to have the right ratio of flour to liquid, and most recipes require several long and ambiguous periods where the dough needs to sit and rise. I spent the better part of a…
It happened again. Somehow I’ve managed to go 5 months without posting to this blog. In fact, I think that all of my posts now start with some sort of apology for the delay between recipes… So sorry I guess, but this time I’m not making any promises regarding the frequency of future posts. When…
In the words of the great Tom Haverford, sometimes you just have to “Treat. Yo. Self.” This weekend I completed my first ever 15K (9.3 miles in 1 hour 10 minutes and 16 seconds!) and after running that race, you can be damn sure I was ready to treat myself! So promptly after finishing a post race breakfast of a…
I’m pretty sure that in heaven, pancakes and bacon are served every morning for breakfast. They’re simple to make, but damn they are delicious. Load ’em up with butter, syrup, fresh fruit, or whipped cream or pack ’em with blueberries, chocolate chips, or cinnamon sugar, and they’ll please even the pickiest of pallets. I can only…
The buffalo chicken wing is an American classic! Can you image watching the Superbowl (or in my case the Superbowl commercials) without wings and beer? America has contributed some great foods to the world’s cuisine (Twinkies, Spam, Cheez Whiz, etc) and buffalo wings are no exception. So grab some nachos, beer, and buffalo chicken wings and…
Of all the Brown family Christmas traditions, making Christmas cookies is one of my favorite! It’s right up there with having Chinese takeout for Christmas Eve dinner and the A Christmas Story marathon on TBS. Every year, my sister and I have a baking day where we make 4 or 5 types of cookies to be eaten throughout…
A good stir fry is more than just an easy dinner. It’s a great way to combine your favorite vegetables and meat with a delicious sauce. And if you’re like me (a single guy who’s too cheap to eat lunch out every day) then it also makes some great leftovers! It heats over well in…
That’s right folks, Edible Engineering is back! It’s been a long hiatus, but my eventful senior year of school robbed me of the time required to write this blog. (You probably don’t believe it due to the poor writing quality and numerous errors, but it actually takes me a while to put these together!)…
My favorite part of the Christmas season is the many parties with family and friends. Christmas Eve wouldn’t be the same without having Chinese take out with O’Heirs, and I can’t imagine a Christmas Day not spent with the Noble family overflowing from every inch of Ann Marie’s house. One of our newest family traditions…
Pasta is the ultimate staple food! Not only is it cheap, easy, and filling, it can be prepared in a variety of ways. There’s the classic spaghetti and meatballs, delicious penne alfredo, hearty lasagna, and so much more. So when I heard there was a classic pasta dish involving one of my all time favorite…
Fall in upstate New York is simply not complete without delicious homemade apple pie! Every year, my friends and I go apple picking and stuff our faces with pies and crisps made from the delicious fruit we’ve picked. Earlier this month, the tradition continued when a group of us took a trip to Bowman Orchards. Despite…
Good granola is a very versatile food. Not only is it a delicious and healthy portable snack, it can be paired with milk or yogurt for a nutritious breakfast. However, good granola is not easy to find. Even the best supermarket varieties are packed with unnecessary amounts of sugar, corn syrups, and preservatives. While I’m…
It’s official, I am now a senior in college. Somehow I’ve completed three incredible years here at RPI and am now watching the class of 2017 get acclimated to college life. But enough sentimental nonsense, the course load that follows going on co-op for a semester doesn’t leave time for that! It’s nose to the…
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