I’m not what you would call a “camper”. And that sentence, right there, is what anyone who knows me would call an “understatement of the century.” This wouldn’t be noteworthy except for the fact that my husband loves camping. He dreams of taking family camping …
Toasty French bread. Perfectly browned mushrooms sautéed with aromatic thyme and white wine. Fresh, tender baby spinach. Melting, oozing, pungent brie cheese. Dijon mustard swirled into a silky egg custard.
For as my much and often as I sing the praises of kohlrabi, I have a teeny, tiny confession to make: I had never eaten it uncooked. My dad would always tell us that that is how he had it as a kid, so I …
Hi. My name is Christina, and I’m a Mexican food addict. But it’s ok, because I’ve created my own little family of fellow Mexican food addicts. I’ve been known to put Chihuahua cheese on pretty much anything and there is always Mexican chorizo in my …
The first time that my now-husband spent Thanksgiving with my family, I asked him a few days before what dish he really liked out of the whole meal. His response was, “Oh, I really like cranberry sauce!” I asked him who in his family made …
After plopping that picture at the top of this post, I considered not even writing anything. I mean… do you have to be convinced to make this? Did you see the gooey cheese? The creamy sauce? The buttery, crispy bits on top? The perfectly tender-yet-crisp …
Weird, right? Baked cucumbers? But truly, at this time of the year, when cucumbers are pawned off on friends, family, and passing aquaintances and rival zucchinis in their effusive over-supply… what have you got to lose? If you’re like us, you have more cucumbers than …
It’s sweet corn season, when you can bring home armfuls of the stuff for pocket change. Crunchy, sweet, milky sweet corn- one of my favorite things. For the next month, sweet corn will be a staple around our house, especially because it’s so versatile and …
This post will be a quick one. Because this is a quick salad. The kind you throw together to bring to a BBQ or you make on a Sunday night for a week of lunches. It’s easy. It’s tasty. It has wheat berries in it.
“I made something vegan!” This is what I exclaimed about an hour after I piled all of the ingredients for this dish into the slow cooker, just as the delicious smoky smell of paprika and cumin began wafting into the living room. Frankly, I was …