Thomas Conte

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  • Easy Bread Machine Recipe

    Easy Bread Machine Recipe

    The smell of fresh bread is well worth the five minutes of preparation needed to make this easy bread recipe. Don’t have a bread machine? Why not? If cost is holding you back, start visiting your local thrift stores and pick one up for less than ten dollars, just be sure it has a pan and beater inside before you hand over your cash.

    So, here it is. A simple and very inexpensive recipe for white bread.

    3 tablespoons white sugar
    1.5 teaspoons salt
    2.25 teaspoons active dry yeast
    3 tablespoons vegetable oil
    3 cups of flour
    1 cup warm water

    * If you have an uber-fancy machine with more than five buttons then you better read the machine’s instructions for bread making, but for the rest of us who have the all purpose general style machines, read on.

    1. Pour each of the ingredients into the bread machine pan.
    2. Set the machine for basic bread and push go… or whatever button makes your bread machine do its thing.
    3. Enjoy.
  • Conte Grande

    Conte Grande

    Chinoiserie Style

    The SS Conte Grande was a Lloyd Sabaudo Line ocean liner built in 1927 by Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino in Trieste, Italy, to service the transatlantic passenger line between Genoa, Italy, and New York City. Launched on 29 June 1927, her maiden voyage was from Genoa to Naples to New York City, which occurred on 13 April 1928. SS Conte Grande had what could only be described as the most magnificent public rooms on any ship at the time. She was decorated in the then popular Chinoiserie style, gilt and marble. (more…)

  • Akron History Project – Postcards

    Akron History Project – Postcards

    Like Txt Messages From the Past

    I’ve begun work on a digital archive of postcards related to Akron, Ohio.  You can visit the Akron History project at http://Akron.ThomConte.com. At this time, I’ve only added postcards for rubber companies and Union Station.  More will be included in the near future: municipal properties, county properties, parks, hospitals, churches and hotels.

  • Ads and Curiosities

    Ads and Curiosities

    The Good Old Days

    No cell phones, no internet, no GPS, yet people were happy.  Looking back to the simpler times of yesteryear is always fun. OLD PAPER is my new project devoted to collecting and sharing great print advertising of the past. The collection is slowly growing and includes everything from tires and cameras to salt alternatives and radios. View the Old Paper Project at http://Paper.ThomConte.com.