Welcome to Scott’s birthday week! What does birthday week mean at our house? Well, it means that the family member of honor gets to pick the food for the week. It also means the honoree gets to pick TV at night and generally make reasonable requests. An example of a request that would not be…
Category: Cooking
Tomato Soup Love
A long, long time ago, I lived in Texas. One of the many benefits of living in Texas is that you have easy access to the La Madeleine restaurant chain. A chain of restaurants might seem like a lame thing to miss, but it is much less lame if you’ve actually eaten at a La…
Simple Italy: Prosciutto and Melon two ways
We did some more “nostalgic eating” yesterday. This time we chose prosciutto and melon to take us back to Italy. Lucky us, we had a fresh cantaloupe from the garden, so it became a pretty cheap and easy appetizer for a Sunday night. (Note: We do not normally make appetizers for ourselves, but it was…
Italian Favorite: Tomato and Mozzarella Sandwich
Whew, we’re back from vacation. It was wonderful. Really. But I also need a nap. To be precise, I need several naps that last for at least 2 hours each. In lieu of naps, I give you a very brief recipe. On the trip, we ate lots of good food. Italy and Switzerland didn’t survive…
People Who Know What They’re Doing
Sometimes I have no idea how famous people came to be famous. Some of them are rich, and I understand that. But the ones who aren’t rich and don’t seem particularly awesome at their craft? That I don’t understand. The good news for today is that the more I see of Bobby Flay, the more…
Eggs, Edamame and Extras
We tried a new “breakfast for dinner” option the other night, and I was a huge fan. The recipe is officially called “Quinoa with Edamame, Parmesan and Egg,” which covers almost the entire ingredient list. Nice and simple! It tasted rich and filling while maintaining a pretty solid health factor, too. And here’s our slightly…
Food Network Addiction
In college, friends and I watched the Food Network occasionally–specials about how doughnuts are made, etc. It always made us hungry though, so we had to be careful to limit our viewing to hours that the dining hall was open or we had access to a great local doughnut shop. These days, Scott and I…
Small, but valuable. 