I remember the exact first moment I had fried okra. I would like to think that I was about three years old, but in reality I was probably more like six or seven. I was eating at Piccadilly (the restaurant, not the circus) with my grandmother and she gave me a piece of fried okra…
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Decorating cookies is no joke. I’m not going to sit here and tell you that oh my gosh you have to make homemade cookies and icing because decorated store bought cookies don’t compare, because really I’m not so sure about that. Don’t get me wrong, these cookies were delicious. They are probably some of the…
I always struggle when it comes to the appetizer department. There are vegetable spreads and mini quiches and spicy dips and things that have tomatoes in them and none of these things sound very appetizing (ba dum chh) to me. I need simplicity. Cheese and crackers. Chips (without dip). Things that don’t make my taste…
Today we will begin a new series called Disasters in the Kitchen as Erin Tries to Prepare for a Party. And we will begin with the least disastrous of items–the chocolate truffles, which were actually more messy than they were disastrous. This past weekend Gerrit and I, as well as my family, went to Louisiana…
This past weekend one of my best friends came to visit us. Aside from doing a tiny bit of shopping, we spent most of the weekend being lazy because she had come to town to take a test and afterwards was relishing in not having to study, and I, well, I was just doing what…