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Mozzarella Pesto Pizza

By ben smithson On October 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In cooking

More no-knead pizza action last night. The veggie pizza was good, but the mozzarella pesto pizza turned out amazing.

Mozzarella Pesto Pizza
– 1 batch of no-knead pizza dough (see Jim Lahey’s method here).
– pine nuts
– 3 bunches of basil
– Parmesan cheese, [...]

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House HDR Shots

By ben smithson On October 3, 2011 · 1 Comment · In architecture, house, photography

I haven’t posted in a WHILE. What of it!? It was a fun weekend. Erin had her friend Hillary over to shoot some house pics. So the house was nice and clean! After they did their thing, I did a couple-a pics.

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Rachael belongs to a roller derby team. The skates were a must-have.

Denver Photo Trip

By ben smithson On June 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In photography

Erin and I shot Eben and Rachel’s wedding this past weekend in Denver. I’m excited how this photo turned out. Stay tuned… more later. Lots of re-touching to do (Rachel busted a blood vessel in her eye… so it’s going to be lots of tweaking).

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Fried Green Tomatoes

By ben smithson On June 6, 2011 · 1 Comment · In cooking, gardening, house

This is the excerpt for the post for Friend G Toms.

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The first harvest of the season - the verdict: yummy

Tomatoes – First Harvest of 2011

By ben smithson On June 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In food, gardening

My little tomato plants (which I started from seeds in January) are totally kicking ass now. A few of the plants are up to my head now; they just keep growing and growing.

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Portfolio – EMAC 6374

By ben smithson On May 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In art, photography, portfolio, UTD, video

Sound Object

Listen

Image Object

See

Moving Image Object

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Bubble – The Space Between Hobby and Full-time Job

By ben smithson On May 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In art, portfolio, UTD, video

Here’s a short documentary I made for my final (capstone) project. In this film, I follow 5 people around as they chase serious side projects.

This 6-month project caps off 4 years of time I spent at the University of Texas at Dallas. Huzzah!

Here’s some information about the subjects who are featured in this [...]

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Fence Progress – April 18, 2011

By ben smithson On April 18, 2011 · 9 Comments · In architecture, fence, house

The guys wrapped up most of the finishing touches on the fence project during the weekend. Erin and I are really excited about how good it looks. The front slat screen went up yesterday afternoon. As we pulled back in to our driveway from the White Rock Home Tour, [...]

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Squash Puppies

By ben smithson On April 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In cooking

My mom used to make squash puffs. And they were excellent. I wanted to make something like that with the squash flavor, but with a hush puppy consistency. I saw a recipe on cooks.com, then adapted/hacked my own. And guess what?! These are great too – a little bit more bready like hush puppies. Go [...]

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Fence Update – April 10, 2011

By ben smithson On April 10, 2011 · 2 Comments · In fence, gardening, house

Lots of things going on at the house this weekend. The fence is officially 60% complete, and we are super excited to see it all come together. I took off early on Friday and installed 2 3′X3′ steel raised beds. The tomato plants look like they are struggling. I may need to tweak the soil [...]

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