bloody lucky!
We are so lucky to have foodie friends that not only make for wonderful evenings filled with tables of food that would rival that of any restaurant but also sometimes drop off little care packages on our doorstep. So was the case a week ago. We were just leaving to...
first fromage foray
I do love cheese, but really what's not to love (plus I am married to a guy from Wisconsin after all)? But the thought of making it has always seemed more like a science experiment than cooking. Yes, I realize that's really what all cooking is to some degree or...
smoked caramel corn ice cream
Maybe this is how a cigarette addict feels... always dreaming about their next smoke – how it will taste, how it will smell. I too am dreaming about my next smoke although in an entirely different way. See I have this amazing cold smoker. In fact, it's aptly named the...
the more the marinara
It's not like marinara is expensive to buy necessarily and tomato sauce definitely isn't, so each year when the kitchen is destroyed and my back aches from standing all day I question why I go to all the work to make my own sauce. What makes me take on this labor of...
urban foraging or stealing?
I hear the term "urban foraging" tossed around more and more lately and knew what my definition of it was but decided to look it up in the Urban Dictionary to confirm. 1. urban foraging Urban foraging is a process of sorting through the dumpsters, gargbage bins, and...
sweet potato salad with bacon and spicy candied pecans
So I has this bright idea to enter a recipe contest for the new American potato salad. Writing a recipe from scratch for something like this is harder that I expected. There are so many junctions that would steer the dish in one direction or another. Do I put in green...
not so special caprese salad
There's certainly nothing earth-shattering about this post. It's a simple caprese salad. No new twist on it. Nothing unexpected. Just the traditional sliced tomatoes topped with fresh mozzarella, basil with a drizzle of good olive oil and balsamic (this time, white)...
tortilla pizza-zz
I have to give credit where credit is due on this one... this concept is 100% my husband's. I am generally the cook in the house but when he told me about his tortilla pizzas, and then we made them, I was hooked! How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. 1) I love...
smoke gets in your ice
I've been smoking a lot lately. Maybe I should clarify... I've been smoking a lot of FOOD lately as once I break out the cold smoker (awesome product from A-Maze-N Products) it's frankly a bit addictive. Perhaps you saw my recent post on Smoked Ice Cream with Candied...
smoked cream ice cream + candied bacon + pecans
I have yet to find anything that isn't better with bacon. I'm not saying it's not out there but it's seeming doubtful. I tried testing the theory by making ice cream with bacon in it and let's just say that the theory still deliciously stands. Ben & Jerry's – take...
smoke ’em if you’ve got ’em
All the sudden I find myself looking at things wondering if I can smoke them. Now I realize that might cause a raised eyebrow unless of course you've happened to read one of my very first posts which was about a cold smoker product that I just love – the A-Maze-N...
salt makes everything better
There are so many things that a kid that I absorbed from those around me. Things that become the norm, never given a second thought until called into question by an outside source years later. This was the case one day as I had a salt shaker poised over a generous...