First post and I really need to make this quick since I'm still at the office. :) Do check out this food blog
Smitten Kitchen. I've been looking through her recipies and they seem divine without having to have too many newfangled kitchen gadgets. So scour through the pages and see if you find anything interesting: I'm personally thinking of making the melon agua fresca and her zucchini spaghetti. :)
In other news, I'm reading Julie/Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously and have been enjoying it tremedously. But that entry's reserved for another time altogether. Bon appetit!