Sorry today’s post is going to be late. Crazy Monday at work and yesterday the Wiggles went Bananas here in Toronto and we took Kayleigh (my daughter is a HUGE Wiggles fan) to see it. So that means I didn’t have time (or make time 
) to get a post premade.
I am still working out a posting/writing schedule that will allow me be prepared in a situation like this. Anyways I will be posting today, it’s just going to take some time. Hope your Monday is going smoother than mine!
Yesterday was a big day here at TGK. There were 65 page views. Which I know is a tiny drop in the bucket for some of the bloggers out there. But for me, that’s my biggest day yet. Thank you to everyone that stopped by and took a look, I hope there was something that interested you, and hopefully there was enough to get you to come back.
I am working a few ideas about “theme’ days around here. Some of my favourite blogs (Food related and others) have certain types of posts on certain days of the week. Actually that is where I got my idea for the round up yesterday. I’d like to do something like this:
Monday – Recipe post
Tuesday – Something Gadget related
Wednesday – Recipe post
Thursday – Blog Round up
Friday – Wine Review/suggestion (might be other drinks too, beer spirits etc)
Saturday/Sunday – Recipe post but something directed towards entertaining/hosting a dinner party.
These are just some ideas I have had kicking around in my head for a while. And obviously it’s going to take some work and a lot of commitment on my part to come up with 6 quality posts a week. Ultimately though it’s going to be up to you my readers to let me know what you think. So please leave a comment and let me know what you think about my idea. Am I being too ambitious, is there something better I could be writing about?
*Update* I noticed that the feed link at the top of the posts was not working. I have set up the RSS feed for TGK with feedburner, you should be able to click either the RSS link to the upper right of the page or the WWSGD plugin link and pick up the feed.
I thought I might share some of the things I have read and found interesting today. That’s because I was kind of lazy last night and didn’t do anything food related when I got home. But these are still really good articles!
Wine tours are a great time, I have gone on a couple in the Niagara on the Lake area of Ontario. You can find some amazing wines for very reasonable prices and also find things you will never see in the LCBO. Gabi over at BrokeAss Gourmet went on a tour of wineries in the Alexander Valley region of California, sounds like she had a great time!
Kitchenhacker is not a fan of Anthony Bourdain. I have to say I can see his point though I have been really big fan since I started watching Cook’s Tour on FoodTV. I also read Kitchen Confidential and A Cook’s Tour the book Anthony wrote after filming Cook’s Tour. I can see how someone might have the same opinion as Kitchenhacker. Bourdain does often come across as a grumpy old man sometimes.
I have been looking for a baked bean recipe for ages. I even tried without much success this past summer to make my own up. I think I may have stumbled upon the recipe I am looking for, Tangy Barbecue Baked Beans over at Pithy and Cleaver. These sound amazing, and I know what Shiv is talking about with the beans taking forever to soften. Working with dried beans is tough, though very rewarding when you it get it right.
Looking for apple-y things to make, I found Apple Cider Doughnuts over at smittenkitchen. I have never been brave enough to try making my own doughnuts. I have vague memories of my grandmother making fried doughnuts when I was a very little boy. Growing up I was always a cake doughnut kind of guy. Once the first Krispy Kreme opened up here in Canada though I started to see the reasoning behind raised or yeast doughnuts though. These Apple Cider Doughnuts are cake doughnuts and they sound delicious. I think Deb’s description of the Autumn walk with warm cider and warm doughnut sounds perfect. Autumn has always been my favourite season. The leaves changing colour, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and the air starts to turn that cold crispy-ness. This recipe sounds like Autumn embodied to me and I think it has given me the courage to try frying my own doughnuts. Also Deb’s baby is super cute!
So just a few of the things that I have been reading this week. Hope you find some of them interesting and get inspired like I have been.
