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Moroccan Spiced Chickpeas
Ok, I’m warning you. The pictures won’t do this recipe any favors. It’ll never get linked up on tastespotting, or another photo driven recipe website. But don’t let that stop you. This stuff rocks. Is...
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Two Cookies: Coconut Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies and Chunky Peanut...
The Tigress announced a cookie party! It is this Thursday, December 15th 730-830pm EST (that is 430pm for you westcoasters). A cyber party. Recipes. Cookie Love. A chance to win some amazing books...
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Top Posts of 2011
End of the year. Wrapping things up. Looking behind. Last year I gave you Top 5 posts of 2010. This year, I’m going for 10. While some posts from 2010 continue to rank higher, this list if for posts...
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New Year’s Resolutions. Or Something Like That.
I’m a bit late to the New Year’s Resolution game. Or at least I am late in writing about it. I do have some things planned. Several personal goals. A few things I’m participating in. Some garden...
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Cook It 2012: Pasta
Caroline over at Cook It Grow It Can It had the perfect idea to tackle the things she wanted to learn in the kitchen and turned it into a challenge. Each month she presents a skill to try or improve...
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In the Kitchen with Kids: A Play Kitchen You Won’t Hate
Before we had a child we swore up and down that our house wouldn’t become a giant toy depository. Piles of kid toys- especially in the form of single function plastic crap with missing pieces- give me...
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Cook It 2012: (Sourdough) Bread
Hi! How are you? You are still here…that is a relief. It has been a long stretch, I know. I’m sorry. I feel the need to apologize to everyone. Anyone reading. My lovely partner. My seriously awesome...
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Cook it 2012: (On How Not to) Make Butter
This is where I should remind you that you shouldn’t necessarily do as I do. Making butter, for example. Easy enough, right? Last year Tigress made it look so easy. So simple. And so damn beautiful!...
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Cook It 2012: Cheese!
Cook It Challenge of the Month: “Go forth! Make fresh cheese!” Or, in my case, forget about cheese entirely until my pal Briggs reminded me days before I needed it done. You see, last week my Dad...
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Radish + Peanut Butter= Sandwich Greatness
To commemorate college graduation, my brother and I spent the first part of the summer of 1995 on an epic month-long Eurail trip around Europe. Neither of us were strangers to European travel and we...
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July Cook the Books! Review and Wrap-up: Gran Cocina Latina
So, I’m churning this out from the road. I’m in California, with my brother and parents, working through things with my Dad. Painful things, like end-of-life decisions, hospice, and grief. Sweet...
View ArticleReal Food Challenge aka “Flour Frickin’ Everywhere”
I’m 8 days into the Real Food Challenge. And what I have to say is this: my kitchen is a frickin’ disaster. I have cleaned up more flour, more cornmeal and more dried up messes than ever before in my...
View ArticleBananas, Ginger & Chocolate… Oh My!
I love me some banana bread. I usually have many dark overripe bananas haphazardly tossed in the freezer ready for the mashing. I’ve tried a lot of recipes over the years. With chocolate. Without. With...
View ArticlePickled Oranges & a Cake
An embarrassing length of time ago a lovely blogger (Cafe Libby) whipped up some great Pickled Oranges. Yep! Pickled Oranges!! Who knew you could even do that? Certainly not I! Well, I was so...
View ArticleSupreme Citrus! Or, Let’s Segment Our Grapefruit Friends!
Supreme? Why do they call it that? Whatever, supreme- segment- it is all the same. Get thee citrus out of pesky membrane. In case you weren’t fully aware of this yet, I am kind of wacky. If I get...
View ArticleMy Own CanJam Herb Round-up
Did that make you chuckle? It did me. Anyway. I should just link to the Tigress‘ round up because how can I choose? Herbs left it all wide open and people rose to the challenge of canning awesomeness!...
View ArticleSome Stuff I Have Made
Jalapeno Jelly (5 halfpints) – Using part scorchin’ hungarian orange peppers & part jalapenos. Blackberry Jam (5 halfpints) – Seems too thick. Gleaned berries (or ‘boo-keys’ according to the...
View ArticleNever Rub Another Man’s Rhubarb
I’ve got rhubarb on the brain. It is a fact that is a little odd given it is not a vegetable I grew up eating. Yep, vegetable! Who knew? Rhubarb is a sour spring veggie! Or maybe I knew… but didn’t...
View ArticleReal Food Challenge
So, I’m doing this Real Food Challenge thing. Call me wacky. Or fringe-y. But I’m doing it anyway. Starting March 1st, a group of people will be committing to a month-long challenge of eating less (or...
View Article2011 is Not Starting Out So Great
Do you make resolutions? Goals? Lists of dreams? I sort of do. Not really resolutions per se, but more like a greater consciousness of things I’d like to focus on. On my list: Get my father’s health...
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