Loaf Style Brioche Bread
This recipe is adapted from The Mixer Bible which is a great ‘go to’ if you have a stand mixer, in fact, it’s a must have. NOTE: This recipe includes 3 rises that total 7…
Public Shaming…
The above photo is the embarrassing stack of unread magazines that I need to go through. Months worth in fact. The purpose of this post is to publically shame myself into getting this done. I…
Easy Weeknight Dinner
Okay this is dinner in under an hour BUT most of that time is passive. Roasted Butternut Squash & Panko Crusted Pork Chops. Ingredients: 1 package pre-peeled and cubed butternut squash 1 package thin cut…
Dessert – Easy Peasy.
Well, first off this is my first attempt at making a food video, it is thankfully, silent. I was inspired by a story about crepes over at NPR. Crepes are of course notoriously easy, and…
Passion Fruit Frozen Custard
I first tasted passion fruit ice cream 3 years ago in Paris and just fell in love with it. A couple months after returning I got a craving for it and decided to track down…
Inspiration…
So, I’ve been talking with friends lately and trying to find inspiration for things to make and things to try with food while I have this unplanned downtime. As I mentioned in the Focaccia post…
Focaccia with Caramelized Onions
As evidenced by yesterday’s fictional post, I’ve got some time on my hands and what better way to spend that extra time than with some of my favorite cookbooks. The recipe I used comes from…
Lionel’s Imaginary Day…
So my buddy Lionel aka @LyleDAL has been staying on me to keep busy with my recent life changes and not be stuck at home, so each time I have to go into the city…
Meatballs for Leigh’s Dad
So, my friend Leigh has a great relationship with her dad, and they have awesome Sunday dinners that Leigh is almost always the one cooking for and she has a challenge, her dad can’t have…
8 Random Things About Me
I’ve been tagged by Merlene to write a post with 8 random things about myself, so here we go. I’ve hung out with Bronski Beat (post Somerville) after a show at a Gay Pride festival.…
Soup’s On…
This morning I was catching up on reading other blogs and came across a recipe for Kale & Roasted Vegetable Soup. I thought it was interesting but have family members who don’t like kale, and…
Five years ago today, my heart was broken…
I don’t believe it will ever mend, it hurts as much today as it did then. Five years ago today, Hudson died. Hudson was my best friend, the love of my life and the greatest…
And the countdown has begun…
I booked the trip to Paris this morning. My sister Cathy and I depart on May 21st and return on June 1st giving us 10 days to explore the city in more depth than on…
Under-The-Weather Day-Dreaming…
So, reports are coming out that this year’s flu vaccine isn’t as effective as it should be, because strains that weren’t expected are popping up and I’m fairly sure that I am on the receiving…
Food, glorious, delicious, tasty, spicy, FOOD!
I can’t go somewhere and not end up writing about the food, and the trip to Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo is no exception. I had some really great food on this trip. I didn’t take a lot of…
Parasailing…
Is something I didn’t think I would do, fear of heights and all that, but my Mexican Escape was all about firsts and trying new things, that is not what got me up in the…
Working on things…
So, yeah, I haven’t really written anything since late November… I got a cold on the plane back from Mexico, then the holidays happened, then my youngest Niece and Nephew gave me a respiratory infection…
So not on the diet plan…
Caramelized Apples with Puff Pastry & Whipped Cream. Defrost 1/3 sheet of puff pastry, and preheat oven to 400F Bake for 20 minutes, let cool slightly. Meanwhile: Make whipped cream 1/2 cup heavy cream, 1…
Ixtapa Sunsets (part 1)
So here’s a few pics I shot at sunset…