Some of you may recall that I was excited to receive a new hand-me-down cookbook from my momma at Christmas. She gifted me with one of her extra copies of Diet For a Small Planet, a 1971 cookbook by Frances …
Sometimes you may make a cake or a bread, or some other recipe, that only calls for yolks. And you’ll think to yourself, what am I going to do with all these whites? I’ll be honest: sometimes, I’ve just thrown …
Kelly of Studio DIY recently invited me to Blognic – a pot luck style picnic for LA bloggers! It was the first event I’d been to with other LA bloggers, and with Corelyn by my side (more on that, later) we headed …
Recently Melissa and I took the foray into cheese making. She bought a cheese making kit for mozzarella, I found some non-ultra pasteurized milk, and away we went! The process seemed simple enough: take milk, heat it, add rennet and citric …
A frequent quick dinner in our house is homemade pizza. Sometimes with homemade dough, sometimes with TJs dough, we make two pies (his and hers) and then have leftovers for a few days of lunches (or dinners!) Jeff prefers cheese …
A favorite dinner of mine is crepes, and when I received a crepe maker a few years back for my birthday, I was also given a crepe cookbook that Jeff and I have been using ever since. The Chicken Broccoli …
Do you ever make the intention to bring a salad for lunch, then realize that actually you think salad is boring, overrated, and that you’ll be hungry in twenty minutes? Well, luckily for you, I have some salad tricks up …
Another recipe that Ana and I made was buñelos. These are like deep fried dough balls, but the dough is made of flour and cheese. So, basically the best thing ever. I said several times while we were making them …
Liz, of Onions and Chocolate, is a dear friend of mine from my old job. A few weeks ago, I headed to her house (and her delightful kitchen) to help her cook up some delicious food. I figured we’d both …
Salad. You know that it’s good for you and that you should be eating it more often, but I bet you think it’s unappetizing and unexciting. Well, it doesn’t have to be! Here are some easy guidelines to create delicious …