My friends Su & Amy are HUGE fans of short ribs. Every now and then, they talk about how they make them, sometimes for special occasions, sometimes for a weekend meal. Both of them have given me pointers on how to make them so I decided to finally pul the trigger and make them for […]
I wasn’t feeling well this week, so we changed around what recipes we were making this week and had this Risotto for Valentine’s day instead of the steak we planned on making. Making risotto is very hands on – you can’t really leave the pots side for a minute or you risk the rice drying […]
When you think Valentine’s Day, soup isn’t the first thing that comes to my mind. Well, maybe it is but some would say I’m not normal. 🙂 With my love of soup at an all time high, I wanted to make a soup that really screamed romance or sexy or Valentine’s Day! So, I made […]
The very first thing Trevor ever baked for me was a lemon meringue pie. I was traveling in France and England at the time and when I was back in the states, he baked it for me and left it (still warm!) outside my front door. We were just friends then but that was the […]
I was looking to make something small for Amelia’s lunchboxes this week for Valentine’s Day and thought it would be so cute to take Brach’s Conversation Hearts and use them in a new modern way… as chocolate pretzel hearts! When I was a kid, Brach’s Conversation Hearts were a huge part of Valentine’s Day. You’d […]
Amelia is just coming to the age where she understands and wants to participate in what makes holidays special. I love it because it means I get to teach her about the holidays and use food to inspire her to learn more. For Valentine’s day this year, she’s been learning what it means to make […]
Deb Perelman (AKA Smitten Kitchen) recently posted a recipe for these amazing looking black-bottom cupcakes. They’re old-school – chocolate cupcake swirled with cheesecake. They don’t have any frosting and honestly don’t need any because the cheesecake adds enough sweetness to these. Since Trevor was looking for a baking project to do over the weekend with […]
I wanted to find a great drop cookie recipe that I could mix anything I had on hand into for those days when Amelia wanted a cookie. I hate store-bought cookies because they are never as good as they look. And you miss out on the enchanting right-out-of-the-oven smell if you buy them premade. So […]