Every once in awhile I get these random cravings for things that I rarely eat. Take this jambalaya for instance. I’ve had jambalaya less than a handful of times and really don’t have any particularly memorable jambalaya experiences that I can refer. Honestly, I can’t tell you where exactly I had it or who [...]
For whatever reason, sometimes I’ll make dinner and forget to take a photo which means no post. Or sometimes I’ll take a photo and it’s hideous, which means no post. OR sometimes I’ll take a decent photo, get lazy and not post. I’m not sure what happened the last time I [...]
It’s funny how we all go through phases of what we crave and eat regularly. While I do make a lot of new dishes each week there are certain recipes that find there way onto my plate somewhat regularly. Oddly enough, this Spicy Szechuan Bean Curd always ends up in [...]
For whatever reason I’m often craving Mexican food. You’d think after my Mexican feast in Stratford with Pilar Cabrera Arroyo that my desire for Mexican food would be squashed. So not the case! Since I was still craving the goodness I pulled out my Rick Bayless cookbooks and started [...]
With a cookbook collection of more than 50 cookbooks I recently realized that I have to put the brakes on any further purchases. My latest strategy has been to “test drive” cookbooks on my wishlist from the library. One book that has been on my wishlist for a few months now is [...]
This week’s Barefoot Bloggers pick comes from Todd of A Cooking Dad. When I saw that his pick involved chicken I wasn’t thrilled because chicken is definitely not my fave. But when I looked at the ingredient list I realized it could be pretty alright. This is a 5-ingredient [...]
For the past maybe 5 or 6 years I’ve put Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking Vol. 1 on my Christmas wish list. For some reason no one has EVER bought it for me. I was ordering books from Amazon a few weeks ago and decided to finally make my own [...]
I fully admit that I have an obsession with Fried Chicken. It may come from living in Harlem for two years (Harlem stand up!) OR it could come from my past life of being a Southern grandmother… not sure. When I saw this recipe for The Ultimate Crisp Fried Chicken from Cook’s Illustrated [...]
I’m always looking for new things to do with chicken. I’ve made it clear that I’m not a lover of chicken but I have a hard time coming to terms with that since it’s a pretty affordable and versatile protein. My main “beef” (no pun intended) with chicken is that the next day it [...]
I’ve been on a quest for the past few months to make awesome Chinese food. For the most part I’ve had success thanks to Helen Chen’s Home Cooking. This cookbook is FANTASTIC! It’s a great mix of traditional Chinese recipes and Chinese-American recipes. Totally up my alley.
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