Apple Pie
Apple Pie is quick to make but the crust takes a lot of practice to get the consistency right. You can always start with a wetter dough to make sure it will...
Thanksgiving Cranberry Orange Relish
The cranberry orange relish is a quick and tasty alternative to cranberry sauce. I like the orange flavor and tend to prefer a tarter version. You may keep...
basic sourdough bread
For about 4 years I have been maintaining a sourdough starter. I have kept the starter in a jar in the fridge. Every week or two I make something with the ...
Making fresh pasta
Making fresh pasta is fairly labor intensive but cooking right after rolling and cutting the pasta tastes so good. After getting the hang of fresh pasta you...
Kimba the cat
Kimba is a pretty good cat. We adopted Kimba about 5 years ago and despite her occasional issues she keeps us entertained as well as keeping our feet warm. ...
Jekyll themes
I wanted to configure a jekyll theme besides minima to get more functionality. I found most themes did not support jekyll 4.0 yet so I just switched down th...
AWS DNS Issues
I use Amazon Web Services entirely to host the web site on https://danschaffer.info. I have owned the domain danschaffer.info for a while using the amazon do...
Home Page first cut
This is my first post. I decided to use jekyll to build my home page. The ability to create a static web page and quickly add content in markdown appeals t...