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All Things Food & Drink
People who love to eat are always the best people. – Julia Child
All Things Food & Drink. I love to eat, I love to cook, I love to bake and I love to drink. Breakfast. Lunch. Brunch. Dinner. Yeah, that’s me taking another picture of my meal I ordered before I take a bite, I was doing that way before the days of Instagram and Twitter. Home cooked meals from the heart are always the best. And don’t bother asking me for the recipe, chances are I took notes from one and notes from another and added a little something else just because.
Despite my overwhelming love of all things potatoes, today was my first attempt at making a potato salad. I’ve learned I need be more patient and allow more…
Friends. It isn’t goodbye. Just see you later. Also, this is the best soup I’ve ever had, ever. Tomato Egg Drop. And a whole bunch of other deliciousness…
Early birthday celebration – train ride to NYC! HWMMS drinking a PBR and a Tully Pickleback.
Thanksgiving Morning Crepes. I think this needs to be a new tradition. Thank you Monika (and Ed!) Save
Cow. In Frozen Packaged Form. Mmmm. Meat. This year we bought 1/2 a cow from the farm where my step-dad and step-brother work. We got a SUPERDUPERAWESOME deal…
Bourbon? Currently enjoying a cocktail made of homemade cherry boom-boom (sour cherries, vodka and sugar) and a lovely Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Bourbon w/ Gingerale. Bourbon. Who’da thunk…
Homemade Tomato Sauce. Can you smell it? Tomatoes cooking down….mmmmm. Heaven. What did I do before making homemade sauce? I depended on jars from a grocery store? For…
Since we picked 20 pounds of sour cherries, I had to find something to do with them all. So far I’ve baked two cherry pies. (I also added…
Crockpot White Chicken Chili for the win! In fact it was so delicious, HWMMS requested I make another batch to bring along with us to the Fort this…
Sour Cherries! Our one wee sour cherry tree at Weber Wonderland is dripping with fruit this year! This photo was taken about a week ago… And tonight, the…
Royal Ontario Museum A visit to the R.O.M? Sure why not? I’ve never been before and HWMMS hasn’t been there since a kiddo. Plus, I planned it so…
Meatloaf Musings Me: Look honey, I found a meatloaf recipe with prunes in it! HWMMS: No. If you make that I’ll divorce you. (Two hours later.) Me: Honey,…
Brazilian Steakhouse = MEAT-A-POOLOZA! The other night HWMMS and I had a double date with our friend Colleen and her new man. We had all the options in…
Spring has SPRUNG! Overwintering Root Veggies: Found! Ignore the fact that my hair has a ridiculous amount of grey roots showing and for the first time, I think…
Remember when HWMMS wanted to manifest french onion soup in his future? Well, as soon as he started painting the kitchen the other day…I got to work on…
Ina Garten’s Make-Ahead Coquilles St.-Jacques (scallops in a creamy sauce, under a crust of bread crumbs and cheese) I rarely stick to the letter when making a recipe,…
I really had no plan to blog about this stuffed french toast until HWMMS came out of the bedroom from his nap (he hasn’t been feeling well) and…
Crockpot Mexican Lasagna (Also, this is why I don’t usually share recipes…) I went to find something to make for dinner realizing I had thawed out ground beef…
British Chippy & English Pork Pie Company. I knew this place existed and had not been there yet. HOW? My birthday seemed like a perfect day to try…
2014 Christmas Cookies. I’m ALMOST done. This year I’m making cookies for the City Mission and the Kiddos at St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy, And a few other…
This weekend I had a few people over to help in the kitchen with the cookies. Now maybe this sounds crazy, but for me…it is VERY difficult to…
Fried bologna for the win! A group of friends and I went out to lunch the other day to Athens Family Restaurant and they had FRIED BOLOGNA with…
I have so many words and thoughts running in my brain right now I’m not sure how I’m gonna get them all out, and how they are going…
Curtain Up 2014! Act 1: Bourbon and Butter Act 2: Road Less Traveled Productions
Meatless Monday. Today I made roasted veggies (zucchini, beets, cabbage, sweet potatoes, corn, onions, peppers and greens) drizzled with truffle infused olive oil, rosemary and dill over basmati…