Bon Appétit’s September cover recipe is homemade pizza with “grandma style pizza crust”. I don’t know about your grandma, but my Slovak Nana never made pizza dough. Pierogis, halupki, layered jello, and a mean pot roast, yes. Pizza dough, no. I think what constitutes this pizza dough as “grandma style” is the fact that you …
My good friend, beautiful Melissa, recently moved and held a housewarming party. I wanted to bring something different and fun. Knowing she’s a vegetarian, I opted for a “meal in a jar” of curried lentil soup. It looks impressive and is helpful to new homeowners for throwing together a quick meal. Step 1.) pick out a …
The Hubs told me the other day he’s been buying SOME OTHER LADY’S banana bread on campus lately as a mid-morning snack. I felt as if I’d been slapped. Ok, so I haven’t baked in a while, but still!? I definitely had some rotten bananas on hand this week. Couple my rotten bananas with The Hubs eating some other …
I went to the doctor earlier this week for my 17 week pregnancy checkup and found out I haven’t gained ANY weight, (like, to the ounce!), since my last visit over a month ago. So what’s a preggo to do? Why, make chocolate chip cookies of course! I watched a clip from Martha’s main guy Thomas on …
I’ve taken a small hiatus from cooking, writing and socializing for the past two months. July and August have been a whirlwind of brutal change for me! We sold our condo and moved from the bright downtown city core to quiet suburbia. No more car alarms, helicopters, sirens, or gunshots! When you turn off the lights at …
I saw a recipe on The Kitchn’s site for energy bars and was intrigued. You never know what they might be putting in those energy bars on the shelves at the store. I’m not saying I wouldn’t eat an energy bar instead of my own arm if I was starving and stuck in a snowstorm, but it’s …
Last Summer I posted my tired and true pesto recipe. I’ve been making my pesto recipe for so long, I could probably make it with my eyes closed (though I do not recommend doing this). I stumbled across a recipe for Genovese basil pesto in the 2013 July/Aug issue of La Cucina Italiana Magazine. The article …
Peaches are now über ripe so what else is there to do other than make peach pie, right? I’m on a pie roll and I can’t quite stop. I spent a little tutelage time last week at the Pie Master’s house, and we tried out four different pie doughs! Oil and flour, lard and flour, …
When I lived in Kalamazoo, Michigan, my old bff and I used to be once-a-week regulars at an Irish pub called O’Duffy’s. She (conveniently) lived across the street and we’d have our standing Wednesday night date to complain to Chris, our neighborhood bartender, about everything happening in our Kalamazoo lives. We’d belly up to the ornately carved bar and drink Bombay Sapphire …
Last month Bon Appétit didn’t have a recipe on the cover (harrumph!). Their May travel issue pictured some beautiful waiter from another country. But this month, June, it’s a beautiful-looking cherry pie. (Cue the horrible Warrant song, as it’s been running through my head ALL AFTERNOON.) I really am not a hot fruit type of person. …
