And this is why I shouldn't bake for gaming: my whole house smells like pineapple cupcakes right now ( Read more... )

So, as previously noted, my parents came down for Thanksgiving. After perusing the various possibilities in the area, we ended up at Ryan's for their buffet, rather than someplace pricier. There's actually a bit of a history here, since my younger brother worked at Ryan's while in college, and often didn't get Thanksgiving off, so we drove a couple ( Read more... )

It has obviously been a long week. I've had pasta every single night since Monday ( Read more... )

The CSA decided to unload some "premium" items on customers this week to entice said customers to upgrade their subscriptions. One of the premium items was grits, with link provided for those who may be unfamiliar with this particularly (and peculiarly) Southern dish. (Though Wikipedia doesn't make the essential--well, to some people--distinction ( Read more... )

Once again, I'm posting about my weekend. Well, mostly ( Read more... )

Crowder pea hummus is tasty. Especially when used as a dip for baked sweet potato slices ( Read more... )

I'm such a foodie geek. And a LARP geek.

So there's this ... thing at a LARP I play, where we're supposed to be really, really English-Welsh (a bit more Welsh) late tomorrow night. Some vocal people are singing, which admittedly I might do a bit as well. lilisonna is bringing honeycakes. I did some poking around, and decided to make some bara brith. ( Read more... )

So I did them a day later, but the mostly-local poached figs were wonderful. I sliced the CSA figs in half and poached them in some Touriga Dulce from Blackstock Winery in Dahlonega, with some Cinnamon Twist from Alpharetta Spice Company. Thus, mostly-local. The spices aren't grown locally unlike the figs and the wine's grapes, but it's at least ( Read more... )

So inspired by last night's Top Chef, I decided to make chicken piccata tonight. Every time a new season of that show starts, I start giving into my foodie impulses more often. Partly inspired by the title of the episode ("Anything You Can Cook, I Can Cook Better"), I decided to make my own twist on piccata. I mean, it's a basic recipe, right? Dip ( Read more... )

Ah, the best-laid plans of mice and men.... Actually, in this case, it's really just as well. I had intended to work on my WoW character's (Lucic, for those who know my characters) mining skill this weekend, but I ended up not logging into the game all weekend long. Ah, well.

( Cut for weekend-long ramblings )