Years ago a friend took me to a Southeast Asian restaurant that had the most incredible garlic noodles I have ever eaten. When these garlic noodles were brought to our table, they looked like the plainest bowl of noodles you could imagine, but then I had a bite and was treated to such tantalizingly garlicky…
Tag: American
Mushroom-Scallion Soup
Cookbook Club – Joy of Cooking (2019 Edition) We have used Joy of Cooking for a Cookbook Club event before, but this time we focused specifically on the 2019 edition, which has hundreds of new recipes and modifications to some of the old ones. To get our tiny taste of what this extensive cookbook has…
Pralines
Cookbook Club – Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking The book for August’s Cookbook Club was Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking by Toni Tipton-Martin. For a glimpse into what we sampled from those two centuries, go to my Cookbook Club site. For now – my dish! At the…
Peanut Soup
Cookbook Club – Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking Our August Cookbook Club selection was Toni Tipton-Martin’s Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking. To see our jubilee experience, go to my Cookbook Club site. For now – my dish! I’d never heard of peanut soup before, but the recipe…
Broccoli Mac n Cheese
As a person who loves homemade food and isn’t much for packaged foods, I know this might sound crazy but… I have a fondness for boxed mac n cheese. There’s just something about the creaminess that results from that cheese powder that is so compelling. I’ve tried a bunch of mac n cheese recipes, most…
Shoop’s Tomato Pesto Pancake
I’m not a huge fan of pancakes, but there’s a cafe called Shoop’s in my neighborhood that does a savory pancake I can’t resist. When COVID closed everything down, I realized I could very easily re-create this at home. I swapped in cotija cheese where Shoop’s uses feta because that’s what I happened to have…
3 Bell Pepper Cheesy Pasta
My aunt used to make this dish whenever we visited her. It uses Velveeta, and while fake cheese isn’t a typical ingredient for me, it is hard to beat the creamy goodness it brings to this dish. I adored this 3 Bell Pepper Cheesy Pasta as a kid, but sometimes your favorite childhood things don’t…
Artichoke Dip Omelette
One day I was eating artichoke dip and had the inspiration that I could use the leftovers to make a kick-ass omelette. Silly me – there were no leftovers. For a long time I kept waiting for the day when I would actually have leftover artichoke dip… and then it finally occurred to me that…
Cheddar Fried Egg
This is a quick way to make a fried egg even better. It’s so easy and tasty that whenever I need a fried egg for a dish, I just automatically make it a cheddar fried egg. The oil that releases from the cheese as it heats up is perfect for keeping the egg from sticking…
Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit
For years I had been hearing about the Chick-fil-A Chicken Biscuit, and had been meaning to go try one. I just don’t eat fast food very often, and for some reason on the rare occasions when it seems like a good idea, it’s Sunday… which is a no-go for Chick-fil-A. A couple years ago, they…
3.14 Pi(e) Day IV
In a scenario I never expected to experience in anything but film and TV, we are now living through a global pandemic called COVID-19. In accordance with CDC guidance to avoid large gatherings, we scaled down our big Pie Day event to just an intimate group of five pie-loving friends. In scary times we need…
Orange Creamsicle Pie
Pi(e) Day is almost upon us, so it’s time to invent another pie! Do you remember those orange creamsicles you used to eat as a kid? That magical combination of orange popsicle with cream filling! Well this year I decided to turn that into a pie. Guessipe CANDIED TANGERINE SPRINKLES 2 tangerines, halved and juiced…