It’s a museum, dedicated to ice cream. Not only are there yummy installations around every corner, many meant for you to interact and play with, but there are also several treats you actually get to eat! It’s like they built this place just for me. Though lots of other people must have had the same…
Category: Eat-scapades
Parmesan & Chipotle Popcorn
Cookbook Club – Cooking for Jeffrey For July’s Cookbook Club, we used Cooking for Jeffrey: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten. I made the Parmesan & Chipotle Popcorn. You can get a sampling of what else Ina Garten has been cooking for Jeffrey on my Cookbook Club site. For now – my dish! There’s…
What Happens in Vegas
Well in my case, what happens in Vegas is something I am posting for the whole world to read about. Vegas has become a city not just of absurdly decadent buffets and outsized eating experiences often attached to celebrity chefs, but a true food destination with stellar eating experiences on and off the strip. Those…
Treehouse Tastes
If you’ve never stayed in a treehouse, you should do it. Especially if you can go with someone who wants to cook for you! We had six lovely ladies on this weekend getaway, but Zakiya planned and prepared enough awesome home-cooked food for a small army. It also just so happened that the treehouse was…
Pie Quest
Julian is a southern CA town known for its apple pie. When we drove through on our way to the treehouse we had rented for a girls’ weekend, we noticed the inordinate number of pie shops, many with signs saying they had the best apple pie. Naturally we figured we ought to investigate and find…
Roasted Turnips Dduk
Cookbook Club – The Red Rooster Cookbook For June’s Cookbook Club, we used Marcus Samuelsson’s The Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem. I made the Roasted Turnips Dduk. Go to my Cookbook Club site for a taste of all the southern comfort food with Samuelsson’s multicultural twist. For now –…
Pizza Party II
Anthony made another batch of his homemade pizza dough and seriously amazing homemade pizza sauce, so it was time for another pizza party (drool over our pizzas from the last party here)! We’re hoping to make this an ongoing regular thing, though this may be the last one for a few months given that we’re…
Tea Time II
We had so much fun at Tea Time, that we decided to do an encore presentation. We had tea and sweets again of course, but also expanded into more of a full-on meal – no complaints here! We’re hoping to make this an ongoing occurrence, and I’m personally hoping the feast continues to get more…
Dry Okra
Cookbook Club – Madhur Jaffrey Indian Cooking The cookbook for May’s Cookbook Club was Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey. I chose the Dry Okra. Go to my Cookbook Club site to see all the Indian cooking we did. For now – my dish! When I’ve eaten okra dishes in the past, I liked the taste…
B-day Bites
Through the Cookbook Club, I have made some incredible friends. I am so grateful to have them in my life. And a nice bonus to having a bunch of chef friends… they can put together a pretty mean birthday feast 🙂 This was a meal full of all of my favorite things – seafood, grilled…
Cinco de Mayo
I’ll take any reason to gather around food, especially if it’s themed. So Cinco de Mayo was as good an excuse as any to do a taco night. Considering that we started floating the idea around late Wednesday night for a Friday party, it came together quite nicely. We had five different taco fillings, and…
May the 4th Be With You
I was looking through some old pictures, and in honor of Star Wars Day (May the 4th Be With You!) I decided to share the fun themed food we had at a work potluck when Star Wars: The Force Awakens came out. Star Wars S’mores I made Tie Fighters, using hexagonal biscuits, Nutella, and mini…