So after what should be our final frost-potential this past week, we finally planted our garden. (I like to act like we were smart enough to wait, but really we just couldn’t get to it before now). We probably went a little crazy in the gardening center and brought home more seed packets than we…
When I was younger I generally wanted nothing to do with the kitchen. My mom cooked a lot. We went out to eat occasionally, but mostly my mom cooked us dinners, trying to find things that satisfied everyone and occasionally trying to convince me to get in there and learn some stuff. And generally it…
We’ll just make a general understatement today and tell you that I am still recovering from this weekend. For some reason I agreed to host both sides of our families for an Easter lunch (and, also, for some reason, I have agreed to let this become a new tradition). Gerrit and I spent all of…
There’s a lot of magic that goes on in the kitchen. Stirring together sauces until they are delicious and creamy. Browning chicken to that perfect crispiness. The endless cookie possibilities you can get by stirring the same things together over and over; butter, sugar, eggs, flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder. Baking custards into perfection….
There are a lot of things that I love about having this food blog. I love that it forces me to be constantly finding new recipes. I love the way that it makes me try new things, dishes and desserts and breakfasts that I might not otherwise feel tempted to attempt. I love the it…