Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
When I finally got the chance to cook this week, I wanted to make something to remind me of the warm weather we should be experiencing. Unfortunately, it’s been cool and rainy lately so I needed to create springtime in my kitchen. For the main course, I made the sorts of things that are easy to…
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A couple weeks ago, I was watching one of my favorite shows, Modern Family, and was struck with inspiration. In this particular episode, flamboyantly gay Cam is hijacking a middle school musical and his boyfriend, Mitchell, brings him a pb&j in an attempt to be supportive. Of course, a crazy gay man won’t eat peanut…
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So for the last two weeks, I thought I was going home to the Top Chef Allstars finale and for the last two weeks, I have been wrong. Normally, I hate being wrong; but in this case, I am happy to extend the life of one of my favorite shows. Finally, it was finale time…
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Last night was the season finale of Top Chef. Actually, it wasn’t – apparently there’s another episode; but since I thought it was, I wanted to make sure I prepared some new recipes. I didn’t want to eat take out or leftovers while watching these All Stars cook food magic. That said, it was late…
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I had a major craving for mac and cheese and couldn’t help but give into it last night. I didn’t just want any mac; I wanted truffle mac. This country may be going into truffle oil exhaustion (it’s everywhere!), but I still think it goes so well with mac and cheese. I went to the…
Read MoreWhen I told my Mom about the delicious casserole I cooked last week, she told me that she tried to cook a casserole for my Daddy when they first married. “Casseroles are for poor people,” he told her. He must have later warmed to the idea because I ate a lot of casseroles growing up.…
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Last night I made spaghetti squash for the first time and I have to admit, the hardest part of the recipe was cutting the squash in half (I think I broke a sweat trying to get my knife through!). I found a recipe that basically used spaghetti squash to replace actual spaghetti, which kept this…
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I’m not one of those girls who hates Valentine’s Day, nor am I the kind of girl who swoons at the idea of the holiday. I am ambivalent. I may not really care about Valentine’s Day, but that doesn’t mean I won’t use it as an excuse for a good meal. I arrived at Whole…
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In case you didn’t all get the memo, it’s FREEZING. I think today has a high of 18. It wasn’t much warmer over the weekend, which meant it was soup time. I needed something hot hot hot – in temperature and spice. Although I am not well versed in Thai cooking, I found a super…
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One of my new years resolutions was to try at least one new restaurant and one new recipe each week. I haven’t gotten to the restaurant yet this week, but I anticipate I’ll cross that off when I arrive in New Orleans in TWO DAYS. The recipe, however, I took care of tonight. I’m trying…
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Peaches to Apples 