About three weeks ago, the lovely people at The Hatch Chile Store reached out to me all the way from Hatch, New Mexico. They wanted to know if I would like to cook with their Hatch Green Chile. An enthusiastic, HECK YES!, was my response. I think they noticed last Fall’s chutney and enchilasagne posts, both …
People go crazy over my hummus. The reason? I’m a stickler for texture, and velvety smooth is definitely the right choice! I used to not even like hummus (again, it’s textural for me), until that life-changing day The Hubs ordered it while having lunch at Café Rakka in Hendersonville. Café Rakka’s hummus is so smooth, so creamy, …
Spicy pork and mustard green soup is on the 2014 January cover of Bon Appétit. I like to challenge myself and will sometimes attempt to cook their cover (remember the beautiful pork roast?). I have to admit I was not particularly jazzed about eating wet, wilted greens, but the premise of a spicy bowl of …
Want to impress your book club ladies? Bring them Ina Garten’s Ice Box Mocha Cake. Last Tuesday my book club discussed Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter. Since half the story is set in Italy, I figured Ina’s mocha cake made with Italian mascarpone cheese and espresso powder was a perfect compliment, capish? Apparently the ice box …
I found writing part 2 of my St. Martin trip tips to be extremely difficult!! The cold snap we just had here in the South has me daydreaming of 84 degree days spent on white sandy beaches by turquoise water, while washing buttery croissants down with a café au lait. C’est la vie. When traveling to …
Last week The Hubs and I returned to beautiful St. Martin for a much needed vacation of decompression. St. Martin is a tiny island in the middle of the Caribbean ocean, 35 square miles small. Divided into two parts, the Dutch side and the French side, St. Martin is known for being the culinary capitol …
For the first time ever, M’s Belly participated in the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap hosted by my super blogger neighbor Lindsay. The premise of the swap is, once a food blogger has signed up to participate they will then receive the names of 3 other food bloggers to whom they must ship 1 dozen cookies each. …
The first time I ever ate a crêpe was on my honeymoon two years ago in St. Martin. The Hubs and I were lucky enough to have been given the use of a bridesmaid’s timeshare as a wedding gift (Thank you RG!) and we quickly fell in love with the island’s food, white sand beaches, …
Mmmmmm chicken pot pie. The most comforting of comfort foods. When I was little I LOVED those little frozen pies packaged in the tiny tin foil pan that had the cubed chunks of processed turkey or chicken in them! This pie recipe is definitely a grown up version of the store-bought processed pie and great …
Ok, so ever since our trip to Traverse City a few summers ago, I’ve been craving the mussels from North Peak Brewery. The North Peak’s mussels were so good we asked for three helpings of bread just to sop up the amazingly flavorful broth at the bottom of the bowl. At our third request for …
