Well, we are just about settled in our new home outside of Santa Fe. The boxes are mostly unpacked now and we are starting on a whole new adventure in a place that we have always dreamed of living in. During our thirty-three years together, we have lived in Dallas, Boston, Austin, and now Santa Fe. People told me that living in Santa Fe would be very different from anywhere else. In fact, Santa Fe's motto is "A City Different." So far, the differences are fun and exciting. People are very friendly and the weather is gorgeous. The desert landscape is beautiful and I'm just really glad not to have to have a yard that needs to be mowed or even really watered. There are a lot more birds around than I thought there would be- and so many are blue! As an amateur birder, I'm looking forward to adding a few new sightings to my life list.
The night before last, I decided to try to make cornbread from my favorite egg-free cookbook. I had been told that cooking at high altitude was difficult and that baking was especially fussy. Well, with a bold leap, I just dived right in. People have said that you should add a little extra flour for stabilization, so I increased the flour from 1/4 cup to 1/3 cup. The result was that the cornbread still fell a little, but not unpleasantly so. It still tasted pretty good. I didn't think to take a picture of it- I wasn't really thinking about starting a blog at that point. That was my son Chris' idea. As usual, he has some pretty good ideas. He also came up with the title of the blog.
I've bought some local cookbooks and I have my favorite recipes from sea-level land. So I'm ready to jump in with both feet and try to figure this whole egg-free at altitude thing out!
Stay tuned for the next baking experiment.
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