Making Homemade Maple Syrup, the SagaIn case you didn't catch my post on venison heart and liver steaks , I'm something of an "outdoor" girl. I grew up on a 40 acre sugar bush, a hardwood forest composed of about 80% sugar maple trees. My dad was a professional hobbyist, and he[...] |
St. Patty's Day Black Bottomed CupcakesI'm a Celtophile, and part Irish (some great-great uncle of mine was in the Irish senate!), and mostly I love wearing green t-shirts and making nametags that say "kiss me, I have Celtic ancestry". Every St. Patty's day I put on a mix[...] |
Superbowl Saga: Buffalo Chicken Dip, 7 Layer Dip and Peanut Butter FingersYesterday was the Superbowl, and although I'm 100% uninterested in sports, I do love a good Superbowl party. So after R and I discovered we could get basic channels through out internet cable, I made a Facebook event and scored a sweet last minute[...] |
Purple Potato Pepper SaladWith Julia Child's "beef stew" - or at least my first attempt at it - in the oven simmering, I feel I've almost reached a home chef's nirvana. For now, at least. As it turns out, french cooking is a lot of work! I love the food it produces, but I[...] |
Old World Noodles / Homemade Pasta AlfredoI have a few disclaimers to make. One, that I'm sorry that I've not posted in a while (mostly because Google probably stopped spidering my website two weeks ago) and I'm going to blame it on the holidays. I had a cooking marathon[...] |
Bellingham Show and TellShow and tell! The weekend before Christmas my husband and I bustled out to Bellingham, Washington for the wedding of two friends of ours. Bellingham is my college town, and if you haven't heard me extolling the many virtues of the 'ham, you[...] |
Stained Glass Window Cookies - Look Like a Christmas Cookie Goddess the Easy WaySo much cooking, so little time for blogging. Reagan and I are wandering around our favorite Puget Sound city today: the infamous Bellingham (home to Death Cab for Cutie!), and I had the chance to snap some pictures of some of the local wonders. But[...] |
Cracked Sugar Cookies & Cream Cheese Cutouts for LindseyNo pretty pictures this time, Lindsey asked me for a recipe on Facebook and rather than post a comment there, I'll put the recipes here where everyone can read them (and Google can see them!). You said dinosaur-shaped sugar cookies[...] |
The Subtle Art of Megalithic Holiday Meals: Appetizers & DessertsOk, indulge me in a little family history. My mom's mother, Marjorie (my namesake), was a queen of hospitality and traditional cooking. She grew up third in a family of four girls (like Jo and the Marches!) farming through the Great Depression, and[...] |
Belated Turkey Stuffing & Gravy, With or Without GibletsFinally, pictures! So I realize this may be a little late, but I'm sure you know how busy the day before Thanksgiving can be for household cooks. Since the turkey is in the oven as I type, I won't have my usual pictures until later this[...] |