Eating a pre-packaged bag of Chex Mix is cruel. You think when you put that mouthful of carbs into your mouth, that there will be a reward. Flavor. Yet, that is never the case when you eat Chex Mix from a bag. More like eating carboard is more like the experience. Something is missing from [...]
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Years ago, my husband and I found this quaint diner in San Francisco on a Sunday morning. We popped in for breakfast before our flight left that day, and started off with Mint Juleps, with real mint leaves, and ended with the most delicious grits I’ve ever eaten. (Do you think it was the Mint [...]
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By Sunday after Thanksgiving, the leftover turkey is sealed and packaged for the freezer. I do not want to see it again until next Thanksgiving — but just to be frugal, I do keep it. Then, by Wednesday, I feel brave enough to pull out the left-overs from their Ziploc bag and whip up this [...]
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In an “energy clearing” book I read several years ago, there was much discussion about the figure 8, and how it is the holistic movement of the earth. Food, the author suggested, should be stirred not just in circles, but into swirls of figure 8s to ensure positive energy is infused throughout the food. Just [...]
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I read a tip in an old cookbook that suggested using rosemary sprigs as a turkey baster. My Martha Stewart-inspired girlfriend thought it would be better to simply insert the rosemary into the turkey baster, letting the juices filter through the rosemary through each dip. Great flavor, whether your turkey is salt brined or salt [...]
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Is it just me, or do you get a funny after taste when you bite into a store-bought chip out of a plastic bag? To overcome the flat taste, we usually dip the chip in some salsa, which does hide that blah taste we’d rather not have sitting on the backs of our tongues. Real [...]
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I found this little can of tomato paste three summers ago at the lake. This variety comes “With Italian Herbs,” and that little bit of spice changes up this little can of paste miraculously into a kid-friendly, bitter-free sauce. Spread onto a tortia shell with a bit of mozzarella cheese, and popped under the broiler [...]
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I love the tart, sweet taste of fried green tomatoes — and I can’t imagine eating them any other way. However, I’m tempted to walk over on the wide side and try one of the green tomato chutneys that are circling around in cookbooks. 2-3 lbs. tomatoes in various stages of ripeness, coarsely chopped 1 [...]
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I think I have the home-made marshmallow thing down pat– the trick is to use a candy thermometer. Still not sure I’m ready to take on the challenge of making an entire batch of them for a gift. But, I might try my hand at these Marshmallow Bones, from the Martha Stewart web site. Here’s [...]
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