I’m Really Not MIA
Honest. I’m just not cooking much and have been busy tackling an ever-growing to-do list. I have a few things on my mind that I’ll hopefully get to in the week ahead. ...
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Erika
It’s Cookie Day
It was time to try a new cookie. I’ve really been a fan lately of oatmeal cookies, so when someone on a bulletin board pointed out this cookie on the Ghirardelli website,...
Mussels With Oven-Roasted Beets
One of the benefits of Andy working out of town from time to time is that it give me an opportunity to play in the kitchen and make things I’m just not...
A Double Crisp with Dorie
I have to start off today with a caveat. I didn’t actually make this recipe that I’m going to share today. Not really anyway. Sunday I decided to make a dessert, and...
A Winner from The Barefoot Contessa
Last night I broke one of the cardinal rules of cooking, and that is to not prepare a new dish for the first time for company. Okay, I guess I actually do...
Happy May Day!
As Abigail was getting ready to leave for school this morning, she gasped and informed me that we forgot to move our calendars. Silly girl, I said, it’s still April. Um, no,...
The. Best. French Toast. Ever.
French toast is one of the best inventions ever. I adore French toast. Usually when I make it, it’s one of those “toss a few things in” and I’m done with it. ...
In Love with Chai
The first time I had a cup of Chai it made me want to spit it back out. Andy and I were dating, and he had a box of Chai tea in...
Playing With Biscotti
I decided I was in the mood to bake. I had a pair of bananas on top of the fridge that have been slowly ripening beyond edibility, and I thought it was...
Are You Serious?
This first picture was this past Friday. Abigail got it in her mind to make this huge quilted heart on the driveway. About 1/6 of the way in, she realized just how...
It’s Game Night!
I haven’t been cooking much this week. While that’s bad news if you’re here looking for a recipe today, it’s great news because I get to fill in today with a few...
Caramelized Bananas *Swoon*
I used to see this on dessert menus and in cookbooks and wonder why someone would eat that. I mean, really, bananas? For dessert? Come on, bananas are breakfast, they’re a mid-afternoon...