{recipe} Robert’s Chewy Amazing Oatmeal Date Cookies
The other night my friend Robert made these fabulous cookies. I am going to go ahead and make the bold statement that they are now my favorite kind of cookie, officially. I actually don’t...
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{restaurant} La Merenda in Nice, France
I got a request from a friend who was traveling to Nice, France since she is heading there for work. There is a restaurant there that is so good, so special, and so memorable...
{recipe} Sweet and Spicy String Beans
Sometimes you just need a perfect side dish that’s sweet, spicy, and salty all at the same time. This is a quick and easy way to makestring beans sing in an Asian-inspired side dish....
{easter} Colorful Silk-Dyed Eggs
Last Easter I made these pretty marbled pink eggs, but this year I was inspired to try silk-dyed Easter eggs. They turned out more gorgeous than I expected! They are actually surprisingly easy to...
{recipe} Robert’s Chilaquiles
My friend Robert (of oatmeal cookie fame) also makes amazing homemade chilaquiles for a hearty weekend breakfast. He makes everything without measurements, which he refers to as doing it “Mexican style”, so it was...
{make this} Tomato Cream Sauce
I made this recipe off of the always informative Doesn’t TaZte Like Chicken. Although it’s called a tomato cream sauce, it has meat in it so to me it’s more like a creamy tomato...
{recipe} Pecan-Crusted Chicken
I was thinking about one of my favorite old white-trash recipes, which involves coating chicken pieces in mayonnaise and cornflakes and baking them in the oven. I decided there must be a more sophisticated...
{make this} Salt-Kissed Buttermilk Cake from 101 Cookbooks
I made Heidi’s Salt-Kissed Buttermilk Cake from 101Cookbooks last week, and want to encourage you to try it! The cake came out incredibly moist and delicious, and was easy to make. I made it...
{recipe} Lazy Man’s Hoppin’ John
This recession/depression business is really starting to get me down! In light of that I wanted to share a recipe with you that’s triply good for these dark, dank economic times. Why triply? First...
{recipe} Spiced Orange Blueberry Pancakes
It’s a yucky, wet, rainy Tuesday right now and I am reminiscing about a lovely sunny Saturday a few weeks back when I made these pancakes to share with friends. I wanted to use...
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