At my parents’ house this Memorial Day weekend, I spent a good while just lost in my own happy thoughts. My youngest brother ran across the lawn, squealing with delight as he hopped back and forth in the sprinkler. The Beach Boys played on the stereo. We sipped from chilly beer glasses and loaded up our [...]
Spring is here. Cherry blossoms are blooming. Baseball is back. I wore a sundress four days in a row. It’s a good time to be alive. But I’ve been remiss in my blogging as of late. The initial (and sustained) success from our New York Times mention was overwhelming and exhilarating, but something’s happened that [...]
Most people that know me know that I love to go out to eat. Given the cost of gas these days ($30 to fill up my little Lancer) it’s becoming increasingly clear that I need to be more frugal elsewhere. So with great regret, the budget for eating out is getting cut first. Now, as [...]
Now that I’m at an age where alcohol is readily available and consumed often, it seems only appropriate that some of it finds its way out of my tankard and into my cooking. But I don’t really know alcohol, you see. When I go to a pub, my drink of choice is almost exclusively Guinness [...]
I’m so honored to have been selected for Battle 16 over at Foodie Fights! A battle of creativity, imagination and obscure ingredients? Count me in!! The basis of many “food battles” seen on the ultra-macho reality shows cropping up daily include one or more secret ingredients. Outwardly incongruous things like raspberries and goose fat, or brussels [...]
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