by A.J. Coltrane
I’ve added three new subcategories as children to the “Recipes” tag: Breads, Pizza & Flatbreads, and Asst Doughs. Most of the existing “dough” recipes fit reasonably cleanly into one of those subcategories. (The Grissini recipe wound up categorized as “Breads”, which I guess is ok.)
The Vegas gambling went fairly well last week, I won over 62% of my college basketball bets. The most interesting “miss” was a fun three-team parlay, combining Wisconsin to beat Syracuse (+150), Florida to beat Marquette (+110), and Louisville to beat Michigan State (+190). I bet $20 to win $324. Wisconsin lost by 1, which killed the parlay. The other two teams won. On the bright side, most of the games from the weekend seemed to follow the “script”, so that’s reassuring for next year. (Exceptions: Baylor down 20 at the half against Kentucky. That, and Florida shooting 8-11 from 3 point range in the first half, then going 0-9 in the second half to lose to Louisville. I was feeling good about my Florida bets at halftime…)
Three fun MLB prop bets that we put a little money on before leaving town:
More Combined Hits, Homers, and RBIs: Evan Longoria over Adrian Beltre. (Pick em). Beltre officially turns 33 on April 7. Longoria is 26. I’ll take the 7+ year age difference, thank you.
More Wins: Jered Weaver over Cliff Lee. (Giving 1/2 win).
More Strikeouts: Felix Hernandez over Tim Lincecum. (And Lincecum’s inconsistent velocity over the last couple of years.)
FlatbreadGarden 
Nothing worse than losing a parlay by 1 point. That would have been a nice little paycheck for you.
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