Mmm, chocolate dipped pretzels. These could quite possibly be the easiest things I have ever, ever made. Seriously. And of all the treats I made to give away this season, they got the biggest wow. Go figure. How did I do it? It all started with a bag of pretzel rods (be sure your...
Read more →This photo was taken last week, while I was still delusional enough to think that I could get it together and mail Christmas cards out before Christmas. Yea. Right. Nice try. Anyway, I love the expression on Will’s face as he checked out the little rock he found on our driveway of rocks. And...
Read more →These mushrooms are a yummy appetiser for any party. And they are bite-size so they are perfect for passing. I use pre-cooked lobster that I bought at a local farm market. It’s easy and fast. Lobster Stuffed Mushrooms yields 12 12 large mushrooms (or stuffing mushrooms) 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 shallot, minced 1/4...
Read more →It’s getting to be that time of year when we remember all the things that happened over the course of the year. Looking back moves us forward to the next year where there will be all sorts of new things to learn. Crazy, isn’t it? Over the course of the next week, you’ll see...
Read more →You notice that you’ve turned on the wrong burner, scorching a poor hapless potholder and failing to boil that damned water for your pasta . . . and failed to turn on the lukewarm oven (since there’s been so much cooking going on) leaving your chocolate chip cookies in disarray. Yes ladies and gentlemen,...
Read more →My husband and I love to make pizza at home. We’ve been doing it for years, since we were dating. At one point when we were dating we wanted to try whole wheat pizza dough but couldn’t find any premade to try. Enter The Best Pizza Is Made At Home. Of course, I made...
Read more →It’s time to cast your ballot for nominations for the 2006 Food Blog Awards, hosted by the Well Fed Network. There are many categories so be sure to get all your favorites to represent. NOTE: The Well Fed Network is now defunct.
Read more →I received The Good Home Cookbook in the mail a few days ago after Andy of Spittoon Extra fame alerted me to these babies being given away to good homes so long as they got honestly written about. Honesty? That’s my specialty! First off, I was totally shocked by the size of this cookbook....
Read more →I was shocked to see that I only had ONE visitor all day yesterday . . . and then I remembered that I upgraded to the new Beta version of Blogger on Friday and that had probably killed the HTML for the counter . . . WHOOPSIE! So to all the bloggers out there:...
Read more →Once upon a time, I was a vegetarian. In fact, I was a vegetarian for a number of years (7 or 8, if memory serves me). I bought and poured over dozens of vegetarian cookbooks during that time, looking for innovative recipes that didn’t call for tofu. I am not particularly fond of tofu....
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