Here’s a vegan, gluten-free curry recipe that you can serve on a cold winter night to warm yourself up. Continue reading
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Perhaps there are Valentine’s Day candies that are more predictably tasty: for example, the Reese’s Peanut Butter Heart, whose pliant chocolate and dense, salty interior excite your taste buds just as pleasurably as they did at Christmas, when they came in the shape of a tree; at Halloween, as a pumpkin; and Easter, an egg.
There are V-Day candies that are perhaps more unidentifiable with any other day: candy conversation hearts, for example. But those marry the flavors and mouthfeel of an Edwardian spinster’s tooth powder collection with the kind of creepy suggestions you’d find in a collection of crazy and creative ways to ask someone to prom.
But the very best Valentine’s Day candy is an assortment of chocolates, each morsel an adventure, just like romantic love. And to me, the quintessential V-Day assortment is Russell Stover’s Assorted Fine Chocolates, you know, the one in the red heart-shaped box with the cellophane. Nothing says “I cherish you” like waxy American chocolate crammed with corn syrup. Continue reading
A man can commit himself to many things, a dream, an ideal, a religion, a party, a nation, or diet soda. For myself, I am dedicated to recreating the Emerald City from the Wizard of Oz in miniature, out of festive toothpicks. But I also make a mean chili. The recipe is as follows. Continue reading
Do you ever buy a whole cooked rotisserie or fried chicken? If you don’t eat the whole bird in one sitting, it can be tiring eating the same leftovers for a few extra meals. This chicken tostada recipe is a great way to give your chicken leftovers a delicious second chance. You can also substitute the chicken with pulled pork and take it to the next level. Continue reading
Hello, Superbowl Sunday! Although the closest I get to following a team is re-watching Friday Night Lights, the day does lend itself to festive party food – if only because it’s still dark as pitch outside.
Bring on the snack food! Continue reading
You probably don’t think about how much water it takes to produce a slice of pizza or a cheese burger, but it’s substantial. Grace Communications has put together a helpful list of how thirsty your food is.
One slice of cheese pizza (New York size, Chicago is probably a factor of five more) – 21 gallons. Continue reading
I love meals like this. To me, they’re “mic drop” dinners.
As in, “Womp, there it is!” (mic drop)
You can start it a half an hour before your favorite show, and be sitting down by the time the opening credits roll. This meal is so, so, simple! Continue reading
This past Wednesday, my family went back to Panama after spending three weeks(!!!) staying in my house. A great perk of having my mom and my grandma in town is all the delicious food they make every single day. Last year my grandma tried to make a flan (one of my favorite desserts) using my double boiler to make the flan on the stovetop. It was a disaster, and my poor Tita stayed up until 1 a.m. waiting for the flan to set. This year we tried my mom’s friend’s flan recipe, and things turned out much better (and faster). Continue reading
When I got to grad school my parents gave me many things that would be useful in the kitchen. One of my favorite things is the Better Homes and Garden Cook Book. Seems boring, but there are lots of good recipes in there. This one is a favorite I make a lot when appetizers are necessary, especially during football season. Continue reading
I can’t remember if the Recipe Sunday gals ever did this one before, but hopefully not. They are known to many cultures and go by many names. Italian or Mexican? They’re probably called wedding cookies. Russian? Tea cakes. Despite my Italian heritage, we call them butterballs in my family, and we never made them for a wedding. Nope. Butterballs are for Christmastime, sucka. Continue reading