I have news for people who say they go to Hooters “because the wings are really good!” Wings are ALWAYS good. I’ve never had wings at some shitty chain restaurant and thought they were terrible, even at Crapplebees and TGIDisgustingday’s. Wings are just good, and sometimes they’re smothered in cheap barbeque sauce and sometimes they’re [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 23, 2009
Nothing compears to you
Whew, that was close. I mean, I almost couldn’t find a horribly corny way to fit “pear” into the title of this post. But then I did. There is no limit to my punniness. There is also no limit to how much I love this cake.
Chocolate and pear is not a combination I often think [...]
February 19, 2009
You’re sweet, but you know it
Readers, I am confused. I am having a crisis. You see, I’ve long been a member of the “sweet but not TOO sweet” fan club. You might even call me…the treasurer…of not-too-sweet sweets. I treasure them. Wah wah.
I often hold back on the sugar amounts in many of the recipes I make. Don’t get me [...]
February 15, 2009
Cream Biscuits (and Mushroom Gravy)
It occurs to me that I’ve been a bit sassy to you all lately. And demand-y. Apologies for that. Let’s settle down and have some biscuits and gravy. The only time I’ve ever had biscuits and mushroom gravy was at a little hippie breakfast place in (surprise) Eugene, OR. It was called the Morning Glory, [...]
February 12, 2009
Survival of the Doughiest
Did you know today was Darwin’s birthday (well, and Lincoln’s, but maybe we’ll give him the spotlight next year)? Well, it is, so I’m going to have to make all sorts of corny references to finch beaks and the HMS Beagle and The Origin of Species and all that jazz. I’m just warning you, friend.
Continuing [...]
February 11, 2009
Finntastic Karelian Pies
I just finished my pies. Wait, let’s try that one again. I just Finnish-ed my pies. HI-OHHHH! Up top! No? Come on, dude.
Fine, let’s talk about the pies. First of all, I got a request for more Finnish recipes. I’d been heavy on the Czech side of the family recipes around Christmas, but let’s not [...]
February 9, 2009
[Can you] Taste the Rainbow[?]
Let me pose a question to you, readers: Are rainbow-colored foodstuffs that don’t subscribe a different flavor to each color inherently kind of evil? Is food coloring for the sake of food coloring wrong?
I myself am not sure where I stand on this issue. There was a time when I’d say it was completely unnecessary [...]
February 6, 2009
Buds, Buttermilk, Brunch, Berries, Butter
The other morning I woke up very excited to eat Peanut Butter Puffins. In Eugene, where Trader Joe’s was our closest supermarket (shedding a tear for that memory), we ate Peanut Butter Puffins all the damn time. They are, in my opinion, the very best cereal option. So imagine my dismay when I awoke, scampered [...]
February 3, 2009
Spicy Cauliflower Soup
Another cold day, another soup from the Art of Simple Food. This time I went for the Spicy Cauliflower Soup. I’m a big cooked cauliflower fan, and I especially love it in soup, so I was pretty much guaranteed to like this recipe.
I used the amount of spices in the recipe at first, but ended [...]
February 1, 2009
Uncharted Waters
READERS, delight in this news: this is the first post for which I have created an original (sorta) recipe! I know you’re excited for me, but in lieu of gifts and adulation, please send a personal check to….
Just kidding.
The inspiration for this creation came from Trader Joes’ White Bean and Basil Hummus. I purchased it [...]
