I was SHOCKED on Friday to find out that not only was Willow Bird Baking is 1 of only 12 blogs to make it to Round 9 of Project Food Blog, a competition to find the next food blog star, but it was also READER'S CHOICE -- which means I had the most reader votes out of all the competitors!! WOW! It's all because of you, and I cannot thank you enough ( Read more... )

Recently, I won a trip to San Francisco to demonstrate the recipe for my Blueberry Stuffed French Toast Bowls at the Foodbuzz Food Blogger Festival. I went this past weekend and it was beyond amazing -- but such sensory overload; I'm still processing and compiling memories and impressions. When trying to decide what recipe to post a recap with, ( Read more... )

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What a surprise!

Peaches and cucumber sound like a weird combination. A downright bizarre coupling. A criminally strange pair. Well, turns out it's a mismatch made in heaven ( Read more... )

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I recently purchased an Actifry, which allows you to emulate the texture of deep-fried foods (like French fries) with only 1 tbsp of oil. As a lover of deep-fried foods, I was pretty excited about a way to eat it with less of a caloric/health hit ( Read more... )

On my blog, 52 Kitchen Adventures, I explore and demystify one unusual ingredient each week and post a recipe.

This week I looked at Romanesco broccoli, which is probably the oddest looking vegetable I've ever seen (picture under the cut if you're interested). I pureed it, mashed most of the moisture out, and topped it with a sun-dried tomato ( Read more... )

Out to eat at The Pub in Columbus, Ohio we got some surprisingly pretty food.

Scotch Eggs

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Hubby sure knows how to make going out seem less and less worth it these days.  This is pictures of the appetizer from our anniversary dinner.
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