Normally, I see poached eggs as nothing but a vehicle for Hollandaise sauce, but last night I had too many “white wine spritzers”. This morning all I want is plain poached eggs on plain wheat toast. With generous amounts of salt and pepper, of course.
Continue ReadingThis is what I’m having for dinner tonight. I stayed up way too late last night working on a project for tomorrow, and overslept breakfast. To make up for it, I’m diving into hearty, creamy, comfort food wonderland. GingerBeat is a great vegetarian food blog, and while the recipe for the soup originally came from […]
Continue ReadingWhen the weather is cold and wet outside, one of my favorite things to eat is a nice hot bowl of veggie chili with a fresh slice of buttered sourdough. Mmmmmm, sourdough! Back in CRAFT Volume 04, San Francisco-based writer and “fermented-food devotee” Eric Smilie offered his clear and easy sourdough bread recipe. Check it […]
Continue ReadingI am about to wile away the rest of my Sunday night in front of the monitor watching streaming videos. And eating caramel popcorn. Spicy caramel popcorn. Homemade spicy caramel popcorn. Every old episode of LOST is just better with a bowl full of this scrumptious Smitten Kitchen recipe.
Continue ReadingI had a craving for sweets last night, but hardly any time to make a batch of cookies from scratch. Instead, I covered store bought madeleines with the brown butter glaze from the Martha Stewart website. I just whipped up the super simple frosting, dunked each cookie in the bowl, then laid them out on […]
Continue ReadingI have an inner cookie monster, and these Maple Pecan Cookies are the best that I’ve eaten in a very very long time. The recipe from Homegrown Happy is well written, and as usual, beautifully photographed. They are the kind of cookies that you DON’T want to eat all of, because you’ll want to know […]
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Messick Dating is hard. In an attempt to impress each other with their apparent creativity, new couples tend to go for the gusto when it comes to dates — rock climbing, improv class, acupuncture. It’s hard enough to seem charming in a normal setting; adding in paintball guns makes it even tougher. That’s […]
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