Category Archives: Podcast

Looking Back at the Kringle Cast

Posted by on February 20, 2020 Comments Off on Looking Back at the Kringle Cast

Apparently I’m getting all friggin’ nostalgic.

I have all, or at least most, of the old podcasts that I’ve been a part of.  Recently I was perusing through them and found this gem.  The Kringle Cast was one of my favorite podcast ideas.  The concept was to have a phone line that children could call into and then Santa Claus and his new media elves, Jingle and Jangle, would play the voicemails and talk about them.  They would also play podsafe Christmas music.  I did a proof of concept show with my own twin 3 1/2 year olds calling in and it really makes me happy to hear it 10+ years later.

It never took off, mostly because I started too damn late in the year and I ran out of time.

Enjoy!

 

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What Girl Scout Cookie Reigns Supreme?

Posted by on February 18, 2020 Comments Off on What Girl Scout Cookie Reigns Supreme?

Back in 2011, the podcast Homemade is Best was in full production. My co-host Helana and I were hitting our stride and produced some great content.  One of my favorite recipes that I replicated during this time was the homemade Thin Mint recipe.  Still, nearly 10 years later, I still have vivid memories of how much better a homemade thin mint cookie is than the original.

The recipe links from the original episode are not working, but below are a couple that look like reasonable replicas.  Try them out and take the poll!

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Homemade Is Best #24 – The (Lost) Cheese Episode

Posted by on June 7, 2017 Comments Off on Homemade Is Best #24 – The (Lost) Cheese Episode

Many years ago, I had a cooking podcast with a lovely woman called Helana Brigman.  We produced 23 great episodes that were posted at the website, Homemade Is Best.  I let that domain name lapse and it was quickly picked up by a spammer and filled with fake ads touting all sorts of wares.  It is now just a misconfigured webhost landing page.

What’s not widely known, except by Helana and myself, is that we actually recorded 24 podcast episodes.  There was a lost 24th episode that never made it to the website.  Why?  There were some technical difficulties with recording.  The episode ended up being recorded in three separate parts.  And then I ended up changing computers before the episode got edited and posted…until now.  I’m getting rid of some of the old computers sitting around the office and the Mac Mini that I used to record the podcasts on is now going bye-bye.  But before it goes, had to get this lost episode of Homemade Is Best out on the blog.  The podcast was recorded in October 18, 2011.

This episode is all about making your own, homemade cheese.  Ricotta?  Vegan?  How about feta? What about mozzarella? With predominantly the same tools you use to cook your daily meals, you can make your own cheese!  We also snuck in a yogurt recipe.

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

Special tools needed:

Be sure to upgrade your kitchen knowledge with the Basic Food Prep Term of the Week: Scald

Full disclosure:  I have still not made cheese, but now will.

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