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Category Archives: recipes
Food 52sday Recipe Interpretation: Pudding Chomeur
I took French for 3 years. The first sentence I ever learned to say was “Je vais à la plage.” I have just told you that I am going to the beach. But it’s a lie. I don’t even really like … Continue reading
Posted in Food 52sdays, recipes, Uncategorized
Tagged dessert recipes, Food52sday, maple syrup, pudding chomeur
15 Comments
Happy Valentine’s Day: Cocoa Orange Cashew Torte
As I was lounging on the divan the other day, eating my ‘Shewtella off a spoon and feeling very smug that I was snacking on something closely resembling health food, I got an Idea. And the idea came in Two … Continue reading
Posted in Pastry Techniques, recipes
Tagged cake recipes, celebration cakes, cocoa orange cashew torte, Valentine's Desserts
7 Comments
Sundays Suppers (Monday Edition): Bloggers Are the Best, and A Tale of Two Croques
News Flash: The Carolinas are a Hotbed of Blogging. There really are a ton of great people blogging in North and South Carolina. Some of them I know, and I’m sure that there are many I’ve not yet met. And … Continue reading
An Early Valentine’s Day Present to All of You: ‘Shew-tella. You’re Welcome
I bought a Big Ass Jar of Nutella at the local warehouse store last weekend. It contains 26 ounces of Nutella. Or, should I say, it contained 26 ounces of Nutella. Because now it contains Zero Ounces. Because I shoved … Continue reading
Food52sdays Inaugural Recipe Interpretation: Moroccan Merguez Ragout with Poached Eggs
Last week, The Beloved chose Moroccan Merguez Ragout with Poached Eggs as the first Recipe Inspiration for our Food52sdays series. Well, we made it last night. And, Oh Dear Lord, was it good! I mean, honestly one of the Tastiest … Continue reading
Posted in Food 52sdays, recipes
Tagged Food52, Food52sday, how to make sausage, lamb ragout recipe, lamb recipes, merguez sausage, Moroccan recipes
12 Comments
Sunday Suppers: Sweet and Hot Braised Kale with Poached Eggs, or “You Want Dinner Every Night? Are You High?!”
Thanks to nicomachus for this Fantastic saying. Please click for direct attribution. You guys remember Sisyphus? He’s the dude in the Greek myth doomed to push a big old boulder up a hill, and just when he’s almost. at. the. … Continue reading
Middle of the Night Awesome Idea: Mango Lassi Genoise
I grew up eating straight-up UhMERkin food. Solid. Filling. Nourishing. But not exotic. And honestly, as a kid, exotic would have scared me. But still. I don’t think I even had “Chinese” food–and by “Chinese,” I mean sweet and sour … Continue reading
Introducing The Mighty Rhino!
The Beloved was feeling cookie-ish on Sunday, so I told him I’d Come Up With Something on Monday for him to munch on throughout the week. Because I am an Awesome wife. Also, I enjoy cookies. I love it when … Continue reading
Posted in recipes
Tagged chocolate cookie recipes, chocolate cookies, cookie recipes, cookies, cookies with pretzels
8 Comments
Sunday Suppers (Monday Edition): Chicken Soup with Kale
Even reconstituted, the soup still turns to Jell-o in the fridge. Nice! I made some stock the other day. A ton of it. Probably close to three gallons. We just recently have been getting rid of our plastic kitchen storage … Continue reading
On Cooking without Eating. And Some Potato Soup.
Here it is, Day 8 of 10 of The Master Cleanse. I have swallowed no solid food since Thursday evening, January 5. When I started this whole thing, it was an impulsive move. I had been reading about it and … Continue reading












