I had a day to myself recently and decided to spend it doing nothing but cooking – not for the blog, not because I needed to figure out dinner, but for no other reason than I wanted to spend a morning luxuriating in the kitchen. Almost my entire life revolves…
I would bet a good chocolate cake that when most of us hear the words “Salsa Verde” we think of the amazing blend of tomatillos, lime, jalapeños and salt that runs wild across our fantasies of dunking chips and street taco bliss. My inner Latina girl highly approves of this…
Do you dream of dinner party domestic goddess fabulouspicity (a made up word, I know)… That moment when you pull the perfectly lovely / lovingly perfect dessert out and everyone collectively sighs? And then they taste and sigh again. I have delusions of such grandeur as well. A baker? I…
Greg came home from work a couple of weeks ago when I was putting the finishing touches on this recipe and taking the last photos for this post. He walked in, said “That smells good. What are you making?” My response was “Dry Soup.” I should have offered a little…
This recipe is not really mine but rather my dad’s. Although ‘recipe’ may be far too formal a word for it. Whenever my mom was out of town and my dad was in charge of breakfast, we could expect to find Migitas on the table. I never asked, but I’m…
Everyone needs a good meatloaf recipe up their sleeve. Especially when its cold outside and all you want is to curl up in a ball and eat comfort food (please, please tell me that’s not just me!?!). When I make meatloaf I require 2 thing of it: 1. That I…
I’m betting you have leftover turkey today. I do. I would also put money on having your fridge full of gelatinized gravy, a serving or so of green beans, and so, so many mashed potatoes. In my fridge I had a little glass dish that I wasn’t sure if it…
Forbidden Rice Pudding sounds nice and naughty… in a delicously contraband kind of way. We all appreciate forbidden fruit, and I would stack this rice pudding made with coconut milk up against original sin. First things first – what exactly IS forbidden rice? It is a type of purple-black rice-an…
I dream of a future where I have time to thoughtfully compose my daily menu over a cup of jasmine tea. As I contemplate the best of the season with a little prayer to the kitchen gods, I imagine embarking on my daily pilgrimage to the various small markets to…