The crazy month of December is quickly coming to a head. Office parties, Christmas, Chanukah and New Year’s Eve are in our sights. And these are some of my favorite recipes to make for for parties or presents. None of them are too time consuming to make, and most of them are fairly inexpensive as well. Continue reading
Warning – if you make this you will never be able to eat store bought caramel corn again.
On the plus side, you can have this whenever you want it, and it’s dead cheap to make. Continue reading
I wanted to share with you my favorite apple pie recipe. I use a refrigerated pie crust (because I’m lazy), and having an apple peeler/corer/slicer makes life super easy. This is the perfect pie if you like both the apples and the crust to be crispy and not mushy. Continue reading
Hi kids! Know where I am today? If you said “sitting at your desk at home like you are every other day,” you are incorrect! I am currently on vacation, and on tap for today is a visit to what’s supposed to be one of the best restaurants* in the country. I’ve had a bunch of great culinary experiences in 2011, mainly because my husband discovered that he loves to cook and bake, but I expect this one to top them all. And so, the Question of the Day: Be it cooking, eating, dining, or watching the Food Network, what was your best culinary experience of 2011? Continue reading
Last weekend I bought a bag of almonds to start pre-gaming Christmas gifts. I thought that spiced almonds might be a fun thing to put in our friend’s food baskets. But I was out straight the last 2 days and I didn’t have a chance to practice with them. Then this evening I went out for a bottle of wine and when I was standing in line at the store, something caught my eye. Continue reading
Even though we are heading into the holiday season, let’s not get overwhelmed by good will. Some people deserve to be on Santa’s “naughty” list. In this case it’s Chick fil-A who’s going after Bo Muller-Moore, a Montpelier, VT tee-shirt maker for his website selling tee-shirts and bumper stickers with the slogan “Eat More Kale.” Chick fil-A insists Muller-Moore’s website eatmorekale.com conflicts with their website and slogan, eatmorchikin.com. Continue reading
I stumbled upon the best Banana Bread I’ve ever tasted, and thought you guys might want to try it. The original recipe is located here. I hope you like it, I can’t stop eating it. I’m going to maybe give the second loaf to my neighbors. Maybe.
When you need a break today from your various annoying (is insufferable too harsh?) relatives, make yourself laugh by watching these videos, which all put the theory of evolution in complete and utter doubt.
Last fall, I was unemployed. I spent entire days in my (parents’) house, watching Criminal Minds marathons on A&E while eating popcorn and feeling fairly hopeless about my life. When I started having dreams in which Matthew Gray Gubler was saving my life by being a really adorable genius, I figured I needed another hobby, or at least something to occupy my brain before I required a serious Criminal Minds intervention. This is when I started baking.
Apparently Mario Batali not only has a poor sense of fashion, but he might not be the brightest business person either. With tasting menus around $140, Batali has an extremely narrow customer base. The average person will not fork over that kind of dough for a night on the town. Those meals are in the price ranges of the very wealthy or those on an expense account. In NYC, that often means people in the financial markets or banks. Continue reading