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Author Archives: Mike Lesiuk
Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe and Real-Life Trial by Combat
I’m studying Ivanhoe right now, and I came across some interesting articles about the book and its connection to a real-life trial by combat… in 1817. So I thought I would blog about the details, because though I think it is really interesting it will probably never make it into my paper. Anyways: The Ashford [...]
Banana Bread with Walnuts and Chocolate Chips
I still haven’t discovered anything worth putting on a good banana bread. Butter, peanut butter, Nutella–all of these fail to improve upon that which is perfect. Although I have found that Banana Bread is a good bread for French Toast, even if it is a quick bread without all that fancy yeast. I’ve seen others [...]
Two Victorian gentlemen enjoy the effects of opium
GENTLEMAN 1: What! What! Eh… eh, oh, by God! By God! GENTLEMAN 2: Great Scott! My face is positively melting! (He begins clawing at his face.) GENTLEMAN 1: By… God! GENTLEMAN 2: (pointing) And so is yours! GENTLEMAN 1: By… God! (Outside, an over-dressed fop with a brightly coloured overcoat walks past the window.) GENTLEMAN [...]
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Here’s the original recipe from Recipe Zaar, which is apparently taken from the Toronto Star, and they apparently got it from… Barbara Bush. Say what you will about the 43rd president of the United States–his mom makes a pretty darn good oatmeal chocolate chip cookie. To the recipe I added ground up white chocolate (using [...]
Chocolate Chip Cookies (using cream of tartar)
I got this Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe from a blog called A Pookie Pantry. It appears to be this AllRecipes version, but with the addition of cream of tartar to the cookies. I bought the cream of tartar for like three bucks then realized that I only needed about 1/4 teaspoon AND the original recipe [...]
Writing habits pt. 1: Anthony Trollope
I started a post comparing the writing habits of Anthony Trollope, Charles Dickens, and Ernest Hemingway, but I found that for each writer the most interesting theme about their writing was unique to them. Trollope is a machine. Dickens is concerned primarily with his medium. Hemingway is–well, he’s Hemingway. So I split it into three [...]
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Coconut Cookie Mix Cookies
The title of this post is the hardest thing about making these cookies. The recipe is easy because there is very little measuring. I basically played with the measurements of the ingredients, and added coconut and more chocolate chips. I increased the butter a bit too, to help with the added volume. The original recipe [...]
Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies (thin and buttery)