Today I want to talk about some new cookbooks that I recently received. I have become very particular about the cookbooks that grace my shelves these days, and that is for one reason really, room. My coobook shelves are literally bursting, I have filled all the shelf space and have […]
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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 sure he’d love. Mussels are one of those things. Every once in a while I’ll make them, and […]
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 I really couldn’t make up my mind. So I opened up my copy of Baking: From My Home […]
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 that kind of a lot for our friends, but last night was one that I had never even […]
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, it isn’t. So we flipped the calendars, and as the sun came out to play, I was determined […]
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. The usual suspects are milk, eggs, cinnamon, salt, pepper, and sometimes a drop or two of vanilla. But […]
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 his apartment, I gave it a try and I thought it was disgusting- too many spices, and I […]
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 time that I put them to use. My immediate thought was banana bread, since I also had a […]
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 big of a task she had before her and called in the reinforcements. Zander made one square and […]
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 new recommendations for board games. Now that our kids are older, we’ve been getting more into trying to […]
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 energy boost, they are so not dessert material. Then I was pregnant, and craving anything sweet like you […]
Another Quick Bread? Chocolate Chips?
Recently I saw on one of the bulletin boards I frequent a thread titled “Cranberry Chocolate Chip Bread.” I was drawn to it instantly. Cranberries and chocolate chips- how could that be bad on any planet!? The recipe posted required quite a few ingredients that I didn’t have on hand, […]