Anthony Ciccarello
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  1. Peanut Brittle

    Hoesterey family recipe from Bekah’s Noonie. You’ll want a good candy thermometer to avoid burning the whole batch. Doubling the recipe is NOT recommended. Summary Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 60 minutes Servings: plenty Ingredients 3 cup sugar 1 1/2 cup white corn syrup 3/4 cup water 3 cup...

    • recipe
    • holiday
    • candy
    • dessert
    • family recipe

  2. Overnight Mac and Cheese

    Bekah’s mom made this recipe from barefoot contessa for thanksgiving in 2021. The unique feature is that the mac and cheese sits overnight so the pasta absorbs more of the cheese flavors. Ingredients 8 ounces elbow macaroni or cavatappi 3 cups heavy cream 2 cups grated Gruyere, divided 1 cup...

    • recipe
    • pasta
    • dinner
    • side dish

  3. I wonder if actors will start putting out holiday movies the way musicians put out holiday albums.

    • note
    • christmas

  4. It’s nice to be able to wear red and green without feeling like I’m making a fashion faux pas.

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    • christmas

  5. December has me thinking of cooler weather.

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    • landscape

  6. Veronica's Spanish Rice

    Our friend Veronica taught us her family recipe with us. This flavorful rice is great with tamales! 🫔🍚 Summary Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 35 minutes Servings: 8 Ingredients 1 1/2 cups of rice 1/2 large sweet onion chopped 4 1/2 cups of water (3:1 ratio) 1 1/2 tablespoons...

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    • sides
    • Spanish
    • stovetop
    • rice
    • dinner

  7. Attending a local environment impact meeting

    About a month ago, I received a letter from the city about a potential development of the old Pacifica Elementary property by Meritage Homes. This project would bring 164 three-story units to an interior portion of our neighborhood that has been an empty concrete lot since 2004. The letter informed...

    • article
    • local
    • Oceanside

  8. Thanks to snarfed.org my website should now be discoverable as @anthony@ciccarello.me on federated ActivityPub services like Mastodon. I’m still ironing out the kinks but I’m impressed by everything fed.brid.gy supports

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    • site changes

  9. Today we saw what looked like a goldfish in the harbor. Apparently a “Catalina Goldfish” is officially called a Garibald and is California’s state fish.

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    • TIL

  10. Hawaiian Ham & Cheese Sliders

    This recipe is a Hoesterey family favorite. You can see a version of it on the King’s Hawaiian Website since the sweet rolls make the base of this smothered sandwich. We’ve halved the servings, added caramelized onions, and adjusted the seasonings so adjust to your liking. You could also put...

    • recipe
    • dinner
    • sandwich
    • oven

  11. Wedding in Washington

    And other PNW adventures

    • article
    • travel
    • personal

  12. Today I finally enabled displaying of webmentions thanks to webmention.io. I only support rendering mentions client side for now but I hope to eventually add rendering and sending to the site’s build process.

    • note
    • IndieWeb
    • site changes

  13. We’ve had some really great sunsets the past few weeks. So satisfying.

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    • sunset

  14. It’s been a busy last month. I had a lot of fun on the central California coast but I’m happy to have a couple weekends to rest too.

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    • nature
    • animals

  15. A year later I finally got my Instagram photos backfilled. I hope to make it easier to upload photos in the future but it feels good to have combined the two collections.

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    • nature
    • flowers
    • plants
    • IndieWeb
    • site changes

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