One of my old reliable sources for recipes, Eating Well Magazine, has not had very many hits with me lately. This recipe, from their December 2013 issue, is one of the few hits they've scored with me - I think I've made this about 3 or 4 times in the past two months. Most of the ingredients are easily on hand (ok, maybe for me, now that I get ( Read more... )

Yesterday was Day 8 of being furloughed. With no end in site, a small group of friends (all furloughed or furlough-friendly) decided to take a day trip up to North Georgia to do some apple picking and pumpkin-patching. We ended up up with a BEAUTIFUL fall day, and everyone came back with at least one pumpkin or more, and lots of apples ( Read more... )

Last weekend, I discovered why berries are so expensive at the grocery store. That's right, I went blueberry picking ( Read more... )

On our family trip to NYC in December 2012, we ate several crackly loaves of bread from the Sullivan Street Bakery. This bit of deliciousness was Mom's idea - within the past year, she'd acquired a 5-quart cast iron Dutch Oven in order to begin making her own crusty "No-Knead" bread, a method developed by the bakery's owner, Jim Leahy. Since the ( Read more... )

This past weekend was a gorgeous one in Georgia - that point where it stops being in the 40's at night and the pollen count hasn't completely skyrocketed yet - and as such, the only way to spend it was really to head up north and pitch the tent!

ES and I headed up to Vogel State Park, where we had a walk-in site on a hill with a stream within easy ( Read more... )

I had dinner with dear friends AF and CH tonight, and they shared with me a recipe that some of their friends had made for them way back in the day (10 years ago, now!) ... and I absolutely loved it and thus feel the need to tell you all about it RIGHT NOW ( Read more... )

LF sent me this recipe with the simple note, "Everyone should try this."

She's right. You really should. It's amazing. (And also apparently from Slate Magazine. Who knew???)

Although the note about the bread keeping for a couple of days is funny. You're going to eat it all LONG before it has a chance to go bad. It's quite delicious.

( recipe under the cut )

When tasked with supplying the drinks and desserts for a surprise party involving a lot of philosophers, TD and I decided that there was really only one way to go - load up the desserts with alcohol as well ( Read more... )

One of my favorite springtime vegetables (and a flavor that I grew into as an adult) is asparagus. I particularly like it steamed or roasted with a little bit of olive oil and garlic as a side to some fish or other protein. I never thought of putting it on pizza, though, until I perused the April 2012 edition of Eating Well Magazine. One of ( Read more... )

Sometimes, there are things that you want that you'll buy for yourself. Sometimes, there are things that you want, really, really want, but you will never, ever buy for yourself for some strange, inexplicable reason. For me, the "really want" things are usually kitchen items. This is pretty strange, given how much I like to play around in the ( Read more... )