Well, Tom did, and he doesn’t regret it. No, The Food In-Laws didn’t suddenly turn blue. I am speaking of Naked Wines and thought that I would share our experience with you. What is Naked Wines? It is a “wine club” of sorts. Customers may buy wine directly from Naked Wine and use a one […]
For a while now I have been contemplating the need for a cooking vessel that has not been in my arsenal. I have various Dutch Ovens – cast iron, nonstick, stainless steel and plenty of frying pans both nonstick and stainless, but there is a sweet spot between the two that I knew needed to […]
…I’m trying to make donuts! Last month I wrote about our recent trip to Hersheypark and some of the new treats we enjoyed while there. Since then, the mini donuts we sampled have been on my mind and I wondered if I could come up with a recipe that would be enjoyable, but perhaps a […]
This week’s post was actually supposed to be about something completely different, but after a baking mishap (remember, keeping it real is how we roll) I was having a conversation with Tom as we were tasting my failed bake and he said, “Well, we are going to have a stretch of really hot days, so […]
As seems to happen with me, the thing I planned to write about this week is not what I am actually going to write about. I’ve learned not to get too hung up about it, because plans are good, but don’t always go the way we imagine. The plan started simply enough, make some cupcakes, […]
If you’ve watched very much contemporary British television, chances are you’ve heard some references to Nando’s. The Brits just love this restaurant chain originating in South Africa that sells delicious peri-peri chicken. I love it too, but the problem is the closest Nando’s to me is 483 miles away. In the United States, Nando’s exists […]
My wife decided that she wanted to make potato salad for Memorial Day. While she was out picking up an order at Target, she texted me and said she thought dill would make a nice addition this time and asked me to check if we had any. I told her I thought so, but went […]
In this week’s Q&A Ray wrote about his fond memories of eating crepes at Epcot and the desire to reproduce that food memory and how sometimes life gets quite busy and these little folly’s or indulgences languish on a basement shelf or even right under our noses. This past week has felt very much that […]
Ray and I realized that so far all we have tried making from Grandma Angie’s recipe book have been sweets, so this week we decided to change it up a bit and try something savory. Rice croquettes seemed to fit the bill nicely. Now when I think of a rice croquette, I think of arancini. […]
For the longest time now, my husband Tom has been treating me to the pleasure of breakfast in bed on Mother’s Day. In the beginning it was fairly standard fare based on whatever we had available in the kitchen at the time and whatever he was in the mood to make. Eventually that changed and […]
