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15 Melon Head Fruit Carvings

September 15, 2010 by 1 Delicious Comment
15 Melon Head Fruit Carvings

It’s sad to think summer is finally coming to an end. It’s also sad that the best watermelons I’ve had all summer long were among the last I’ll have this year. At least I’m ending on a high note, right?

Over the summer, I’ve been experimenting with different ways to cut watermelon. I’ve had a blast as I’ve chopped them away, bit by bit. In hindsight, I probably should have taken a few pictures to share with you. Oh well, maybe next time. As I cut up my latest watermelon for the kids and smoothies, I ended up playing around and cutting faces into the slices, and that’s when it hit me–there had to be somebody out there who has carved a melon head.

So today, I bring you a collection of 15+ melon heads, carved by random people in random places. I’ve tried to credit original sources (as far as I can tell), but the nature of the internet is that it’s nearly impossible to track picture sources down. I’d love to keep adding to this list, so if you know of any others, let me know!
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10 Ways to Make Cooking Enjoyable for Kids

May 28, 2010 by 6 Delicious Comments
10 Ways to Make Cooking Enjoyable for Kids

For those of you who have been reading my blog for a while now, you know that I enjoy cooking with my family in the kitchen, especially with my daughter, Maggie. The best part about it is that Maggie enjoys cooking with me. This is a tradition I plan to continue for as long as Maggie wants to hang out with me. From what I hear, once they get into those teenager years, “dads” become nerdy. What kids don’t understand is that some of us have always been nerdy–but we can talk about that at a later time.

Today, I want to share with you some ideas to get your youngsters involved in the kitchen.

If you’re lucky, your kids will want to know what you’re doing in the kitchen and they’ll take an interest in it and even pitch in voluntarily. Maybe you’re not so lucky and your kids think the kitchen pretty much sucks and is just another way for you to torture them. Who knows, maybe they’re right–but it doesn’t have to be that way.
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Welcome to My World

January 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Welcome to My World

One of the true delights about having a blog is that I can write whatever I want, and you can decide to read (or not read) whatever you want. When I began “The Cooking Dish” I wanted to blog solely about cooking and my escapades in the kitchen, which I enjoy and I hope you enjoy. Now that I’ve been blogging since March 2009, I’ve made some great new friends and even more enemies–nah, just kidding about that enemies part; XOXO, I love you all–and I’ve realized that as fun as blogging about food is, I really want to share with you a lot more about my life than my cupboard, cutting boards, and sauté pans. I want to make The Cooking Dish more personalized, fun, and well-rounded than just recipes, and so I’ve created the “Chris in Real Life” category where you can find all sorts of bizarre things from my life outside the kitchen, monkey brains included. Of course, my main focus will always be cooking, but I hope you’ll excuse and even welcome my occasional indulgence to share other parts of my life with you.

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2nd Annual QA Christmas Candy Party

December 31, 2009 by 3 Delicious Comments
2nd Annual QA Christmas Candy Party

Excuse me for a second while I fill you in on the my latest happenings and not-so-adventurous adventures, then we’ll get to the real stuff.

It’s been a while since I’ve had the chance to sit and down and work on The Cooking Dish, which is unfortunate because I have some delicious foods I’ve been wanting to post. Unexpectedly, however, I now have 4 to 5 days to work on it, if I’m up to it. For the past two weeks I’ve been fighting off a cough and intermittent fevers, and I finally thought I was getting better… BUT I woke up last night at 2:00 a.m. with a sever chest pain which kept me up for the rest of the night. Straight away this morning I contacted the family doctor and after a visit to the office left with a note saying, “stay home from work, you’ve got bronchitis and other junk” and some prescriptions to fill. Oh joy. I’m personally not a fan of involuntarily taking time off from work, but I don’t want to infect my co-workers either (you guys can thank me later–when I get back to the office).

So, without going into many more details, I’m stuck here at home and at the same time, trying to keep my distance from my overly-cute kids so they don’t get sick. That’s nearly impossible.

Well, thanks for listening to the rant… on with the show.

As of last year (2008), we started a new tradition in my department at work: The Annual QA CCP (Quality Assurance Christmas Candy Party). Although next year, we’re thinking of taking on a P at the beginning so it’ll be the QA PCCP (Pajama Christmas Candy Party).

Since my mom has been teaching my siblings and I how to make Christmas candy since we were only little squirts (just tall enough to burn our fingers on the stove top), and my brother and I work in the same department, there’s twice the trouble-making at the CCP. These CCPs have usually lasted an exhausting 6+ hours, but they’re always loads of fun.
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Never Do What I Did…

December 17, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Never Do What I Did…

So, I consider myself to be a fairly tech savvy when it comes to computers and such. I’m not the world’s greatest genius, but I’m not a bumbling idiot either (although after this week, I’m going to have to reconsider on the latter). Here’s the scoop.

This week I decided it was finally time to do a clean install of Snow Leopard on my iMac, and so I did. My computer was running super slow, bogged down by all the extraneous programs and junk it’s collected over these past 4 years or so. It’s now running super fast and all spiffy and sleek. But I’ve now found two problems, which for some really aren’t problems, but for me they are:

Problem 1) Snow Leopard and Adobe CS2 are not compatible. Oops. Guess I should have looked into this one before doing a new install.

Problem 2) Aperture 1.5x isn’t compatible with Snow Leopard either.
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December Cookie Cutter Giveaway Winner

December 11, 2009 by Leave a Comment
December Cookie Cutter Giveaway Winner

Congratulations to Sharla for winning this month’s giveaway: Fred’s ABC* Cookie Cutters
*Already Been Chewed

Her entry: “What Child is This”.
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