Our Favorite Caramel Popcorn
I intended to post this recipe all winter/fall, but didn’t make it nearly as often this year, with reason. Be forewarned: this popcorn is extremely addicting. But this 35-degree, rainy day in May had...
View ArticleMy Turquoise Roadside Dream
Somewhere off the beaten path, where the dust settles freely and native flowers grow wild in the sun, there’s a roadside joint for people with an appetite and a little time to kill. From a distance,...
View ArticleMom’s Triple-Threat {Black Bottom} Slap Somebody Chocolate Cake and...
TRIPLE-Threat? Yes! Because the three components of this specific cake (made for a birthday celebration) are all scrumptious, lip-smackin’, platter-lickin’ good and can be used on their own or...
View ArticleSpicy Pork Tortas with Chipotle Mayo
I love it when I have a hunk of meat in the fridge that needs to be used pronto and am unsure of its demise. Usually I prepare my meat for slow-cooking the night before, but was uninspired and waited...
View ArticleSoft & Chewy Chocolate Drops
These cookies were born of adversity. Okay, that may be a little dramatic, but my cocoa powder is MIA! I’ve looked down, around and upside down and cannot locate it for the life of me. I never thought...
View ArticleFlaky Peach Cobbler
This post is more or less about food porn and sharing something delightful. I mooched the crust recipe from Smitten Kitchen; the technique from someone’s great-grandmother (to the 64th power); and...
View ArticleRed Velvet Schmelvet and Lemon Brownies
So I have two rules in my kitchen: Rule #1 ~ Lick and lick and lick some more. Rule #2 ~ Don’t make the same mistake twice. #1, I’ve mastered. #2….well, about the time I think I’ve got it down, I...
View ArticleRice Pudding with Rum-Soaked Cranberries
Anne Shirley and the mouse in the plum pudding sauce scene always comes to mind anytime I think of pudding. I sort of cringed a little peeling back the wax paper after this cooled, remembering Anne’s...
View ArticleChicken Breast with Creamy Lemon-Vodka Sauce
One of the reasons I started a ‘food blog’ (not sure if it comes close to that, but it’s a good shot in the dark) was to motivate myself to record recipes as I mish-mosh them together in my kitchen. My...
View ArticleSuper Bowl Grub
I’m still not sure of our plans for Super Bowl Sunday. College ball is more up our alley so we’ll likely take it easy and catch up with Raylan :-), but we’ll never turn down an excuse to eat! Here are...
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