What type of establishment would I be running here if I didn’t do something nice to show my appreciation my loyal and valued readers at Christmas? Since you are here and you put up with me you you are deserving of something special to conveys my real appreciation for your continued patronage here at Sis. Boom. […]
Moroccan Lamb Meatballs with Spicy Tomato Chutney on Matafan
French Fridays with Dorie I ‘m late the the French Friday with Dorie Matafan party but hopefully there will still be some room for me at the table because these Moroccan Lamb Meatballs with Spicy Tomato Chutney certainly deserve to attend. Please don’t penalize them due to my tardiness. They aren’t to blame. Could […]
Pastitsio Equals Good Greek Living!
I have never been to Greece and I’m not really close to many Greek people. But that doesn’t mean I don’t know a few things about Greek heritage does it? I’m always amused when the few Greek acquaintances I have will mention a personal quality, or describe some endearing foible of a family member and then say […]
Kiwi Fruit Tart Recipe
This kiwi fruit tart was practically free! Talk about generous! Each Tuesday the company where I work fills up our staff kitchen with fruit for us to snack on all week long. I know what you must be thinking right now and yes, I do have a day job thankyouverymuch. But yeah, this […]
Frenchified Popcorn
The day after Thanksgiving always brings a ton of cooking and chef supply catalogs in the mail. Do you get as many as I do? I page through and admire the many “fantasy” holiday table settings, linens and cooking gadgetry and then try hard to resist the urge to purchase as they try hard to […]
Twenty Minute Honey-Glazed Duck Breasts
A good savory duck dish reminds me of the way chicken used to taste 20 years ago before the chicken industry turned most grocery market chicken into the mostly tasteless vehicle for sauce we have grown all to familiar with these days.
Lamb Tagine with Chickpeas and Apricots
Today is Wednesday, and with this post, I am beginning to see the value of food blogging memes such as “Wordless Wednesday“, “Photos Only Fridays“ and my favorite: “Only Recipes on Every Other Month’s Second Thursday“. I would normally eschew all things “wordless” as wordlessness is not a value I would normally cleave to. Please don’t act […]
My Grandma’s Saffron Poached Pears
Saffron Poached Pears These are my grandmother’s pears. The recipe comes from the quirky handwritten recipe books she left behind. A dessert so beautiful and so easy to make. It could never be said that her recipe style tilted to the exotic so its surprising that she even knew what saffron was. They […]
Zinger Blended Herbal Iced Tea
Blah blah blah.As you can see I am somewhat at a loss for words these days. The fellow Food bloggers I’ve been running into this weekend at the Food Buzz Festival have been telling me that this is normal and I shouldn’t get too concerned. “Its perfectly normal! It happens to everyone!” No man […]
Pissaladière the easy way
French Fridays with Dorie The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear. -Gandhi I don’t know about you but I saw a lot of irrational ‘fear of the unknown’ out there this last week in Doritistan . Who knew so many Doristas were going to be so afraid, […]






















