Still seeking to rid my freezer of orphaned ingredients, (the “theme” for my last dinner party,) this easy green salad, a favorite amongst my friends, popped into my mind. Perfect for barbecues, potlucks, buffets, or whatever. This time of year I’m getting bombarded with basil. I love throwing the leaves into a salad or using […]
Sup’s Savory Palmiers The Kitchen Cleanout Continues…
…as pretty as they are delicious and easy! I will have to admit to Greg that I’ve made these twice already. I held off on posting about them as I stalk him a bit too much as it is and well, I don’t know…I must have had something else pressing to write about. His innovations […]
July 14, 2010 by 1 Comment
Sangria Blanca!
[Blog silence.] Sorry about that. I just didn’t have the words for blogging this past week and even though I was still cooking, eating, and drinking, I just didn’t have much to say about it all. That situation did change after just a couple of hours with my in-laws watching The World Cup. OMG! […]
July 14, 2010 by 1 Comment
Peach Lemon Tarts? Which team are you on?
Summer is pretty fantastic if you have friends who grow their own fruit. Sure, vegetable gardens are in full swing — but we all know that it is the fruits that makes the world special. Know what I’m taking about? I mean, who here hasn’t been on the receiving end of a neighbor’s overgrown zucchini? […]
July 4, 2010 by 4 Comments
“Salad Days” of Summer Indonesian Salad
“Salad days”. The expression intends to evoke early times when we were young, inexperienced, and perhaps just a little bit innocent. We were those things once, right? These days I can’t hear the expression without remembering Mr. Howard, my English Lit professor, waxing poetic for a full 20 minutes on the expression –first coined by […]
July 2, 2010 by 1 Comment
Margarita + Mojioto + Watermelon = Watermelon Mojarita!
“The Mojarita” is, of course, the near-holy union of a mojito and a margarita. I’m not sure if I am the first to coin the term mojarita but if I am not I’m sure I will get threatening emails from some corporate attorney. I will certainly ask Ms. Barrister to defend me if I do!) […]
June 30, 2010 by 2 Comments
Minted Watermelon Salad with Feta
I love it when the simplest things make a disproportionate impression. If this combination of foods sounds a bit bizarre to you please put aside your skepticism and try this one. At the barbecue I threw last week this dish was the last one tried by everybody and yet it was the only empty bowl […]
June 29, 2010 by 4 Comments
Olive Oil Muffins
Every now and then I run across a recipe for something with what immediately sounds like unusual ingredients for the genre. Then the more I think about it the more I ‘get it’. Such was the case when one of my blog idols, The Food Librarian, plucked this recipe from the Giada Delaurentis archive at […]
June 12, 2010 by 8 Comments
Saturday Haiku: Or What Have You?
Aren’t they all gay? Heard of it, had to find it. Now I will blog it… (Thanks Jack!)
June 12, 2010 by 1 Comment
Google Home Page Updated! Sort of.
Google doesn’t update its home page very much. In fact, hardly ever. But this week it updated its page to include background images. Fierce Google-ites went nuts and demanded that Google reverse this particular course that made its page look an awful lot like its competitor, Bing by Microsoft. I’m not much for World Cup […]
June 12, 2010 by 1 Comment
My iPhone now works as a phone!
(photo courtesy: Paul Stamatiou) I took a time-out from the kitchen last night to get in touch once again with my inner geek. This time geeking out involved crawling behind the TV cabinet and wrestling with the jumble of power, USB, A/V, and Ethernet cables as well as my modem, router, and home automation controllers. […]
June 11, 2010 by 1 Comment
A Couple of Summer Side Salads: Greek Cole Slaw & Carrot Papaya
Here are two very easy salads for the summer. Both made great side dishes when paired with the spicy grilled peanut chicken kebobs. I usually mix up the dressings for these types of things in a jar and just put the jar in the bowl until its time to mix and toss. (This also makes […]
June 9, 2010 by 3 Comments
Peperoncini Stuffed with Salmon Dill Cream
Appetizers such as these Peperoncini Stuffed with Salmon Dill Cream always got short shrift in our house so I didn’t grow up with any family specialties to share with you here. My mom used to say that she couldn’t understand why anyone would want to fill their guests up with food right before you sat […]
June 8, 2010 by 2 Comments
Red Velvet Cake: Happy Birthday Meshia!
I’m not much of a cake-baker. I’m grateful for the fact that frosting can cover a multitude of sins. I’m also smart enough to know that people first eat a cake with their eyes so that by the time that they actually take a bite they have already decided if they are going to like […]
June 8, 2010 by 8 Comments
Flowers on a budget
The floral and cake theme for our dinner party on Saturday… …started with a $5 potted mum from Albertson’s and a pair of scissors:
June 7, 2010 by Leave a Comment
