Heather’s Ramblings

Archive for October 2007

Oils – A new passion or a slippery slope?

Posted by: squareonebeads on: October 21, 2007

Because I don’t have enough on my plate already, I decided to try my hand at oil painting in addition to my work as a jewelry designer, hot glass artist, and amateur home chef.
I did a little research on Wet Canvas and did a Google search as well on the various types of oil paint [...]

It’s not easy being cheesy – Adventures in Cheesemaking Part 3

Posted by: squareonebeads on: October 17, 2007

Hello all!  I’ve made more mozzarella and this time I took pictures.
It went better this time but still wasn’t perfect.
I started out by adding the milk and citric acid and heating to 88 degrees.  Instead of using milk though I tried the suggested method of using powdered milk and heavy cream.  I had a lot [...]


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