Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
Last time I was home, my Mom gifted me with a lavender meat rub she could no longer use. Normally, I wouldn’t want her cast-offs – if it’s not good enough for her kitchen, why would I want it? I decided to accept the gift when she explained that although she thought it was delicious,…
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Not long ago, I saw a recipe for Brussels Sprout salad on a blog I am almost surprised I follow, The Chubby Vegetarian. It may come as a shock that I am a fan of such a site, as I am a meat lover through and through; however, the more blog browsing I did, the…
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Oh how happy my refrigerator is! After many long, lonely nights, its contents were finally replenished after a trip to Trader Joe’s. I was a good girl and went to the gym this morning and I wanted to keep the healthy streak going, so I made a nice meal out of stuffed mushrooms. Usually, my…
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I wanted to do something special for Matt and Karina to celebrate their recent engagement so I decided to prepare dinner for them. An engagement is a pretty big deal so I decided to pull out all the stops for our intimate dinner party. I planned a six course dinner and somehow managed to time…
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I’m a major pizza fan. Matt and I could single-handedly put Cici’s Pizza and their all-you-can-eat pizza buffet out of business if we wanted. But then we wouldn’t have anymore all-you-can-eat pizza and that would be a sad world to live in. It’s not like I think Cici’s is the best pizza around – far from…
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Last night was all about zucchini. I had found a recipe for zucchini soup that looked promising so I headed to Fairway on my lazy Sunday to pick up the ingredients. I assumed I would end up with some extra zucchini so I picked up a few additional ingredients to try out a fun zucchini…
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As a native of New Orleans, Susan knows hurricanes. It was only fitting she and Greg threw a hurricane party on Saturday while we were all stuck indoors, anticipating the onslaught of Hurricane Irene’s wind and rain that turned out to be little more than a drizzle. We blasted “Come on Eileen” (changing the words…
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Andrew had a conflict last night and I have one next week, which means our True Blood dinners had to be put on hold. While I have no idea how I am going to call on the strength to keep myself from watching for two weeks, it will all be worth it when we do…
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Most of tonight’s dinner came from the prepared food section of Whole Foods, but the appetizer was made by yours truly. I found the recipe for herbed crab salad stuffed avocados in a magazine ages ago but always felt like I needed an occasion to make it. Why? Am I not special enough? The consensus…
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I didn’t get back from the gym until after 9 last night, which means three things: Dinner was going to be late so it needed to be quick and easy I wanted to carbo-load Since I had just worked out, I didn’t want junk I managed to find a meal to satisfy all the above…
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Peaches to Apples 