My mom is a horrible cook (Hi, Mom – you can leave your rebuttal in the comments!). She will disagree, and as proof insist that all her friends now ask for her recipes on a regular basis. To that, I will say: some people lose their sense of hearing as they age and others, apparently, their sense of taste.
First of all, I must apologize to all of you who have sighed lovingly while gushing about Ghiradelli chocolate to me. Inwardly, I would roll my eyes when listening (sorry if I also impolitely rolled my eyes on the outside..). I thought Ghiradelli was interesting and all, and hey – what’s not to love about [...]
We started the day off with a wonderful thankfulness yoga workshop and ended it with a lovely meal with our family and good friend. I basked in the wonder and glory of the day: beautiful sunshine outside, that bracing make-you-grateful-to-come-indoors cold outside, amazing smells as we cooked and finished preparations. I truly love having Thanksgiving [...]
Dave stirring the brine Brined turkey is awesome! Brined turkey is fabulous. Ours is sitting in the cooler, awaiting tomorrow’s firey fate. Check this entry for the recipe. It appeared in the Seattle Times a few years ago, and is from Chef Greg Atkinson. I would link to his site, but he took the recipe [...]
I love having Thanksgiving at my house. When Dave and I bought our current house, it was important to us to find a living room/dining room combination that was all one level and didn’t turn a corner so that we could seat all the guests at one table. I revel in welcoming everyone in with [...]
I seem to be posting a lot of recipes this month. Sadly, I am no Deb Perelman. She is fabulous enough for at least two people and I love her blog and her amazing photographs. I tried to take photographs of my recipe. I took a couple of the process that were unappetizing at best [...]
In his (wonderful) guest post, Dave called me She Who Must Be Obeyed. Hmmm. He definitely listens to me, supports me, cherishes me, and loves me. But obeys me? Not so much. When it comes to House Projects, I become She Who Must Be Ignored. But this weekend, Dave came through. For a long time, [...]
Surely it was made with me in mind! So today I point you to one of my all-time favorite blogs: Smitten Kitchen. Her latest entry is Pie Crust 101 with her new favorite: Vodka Pie Crust. I can’t wait to try it.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich with Bites from erandell498′s photostream Both my kids are picky eaters. Peter is pickiest of all – he pretty much just eats pancakes, hamburgers, and protein bars. Sometimes I worry about this, fearing it’s all my fault. I watch kids who scarf down shrimp, hummus, and broccoli and stare, mesmerized. [...]
I love chicken enchilada soup. I nearly always order it if it’s on the menu (Chili’s has such a great one that I hardly know what their entrees taste like – I never get past the soup). My favorite characteristics are the creamy thickness, the spice, bits of tomato, the big chunks of shredded chicken and the cheese, ooh the cheese.
The Chili’s copy-cat recipes on the web all call for Velveeta. I can’t bear to feed my family an entire block of “processed cheese food