Recreating a classic: French onion soup (Ooo la la!)
I may or may not have squealed at my culinary success. Twice. It’s spring break for me and I’m supposed to be …
Juicy roasted chicken with fresh herbs
I try to be modest, but when we ate this beautiful bird, I couldn’t help but exclaim that I *might* be the …
How to make, serve and eat the perfect artichoke
When I worked in the dorms in college, the resident assistants ran a secret pal program. To figure out what types of …
Everyone needs ‘Essence’
Photo credit Another confession: I have a crush. A big one! Only I just remembered yesterday when I was scouring the internets …
Bruschetta that makes even mealy winter tomatoes taste good!
After I learned the “Never buy clothes online” lesson for the 87th time, I braved the shopping mall yesterday to find a …
Recipe reviews: NSFD rankings
When I rocked the cubicle (for the six years leading up until last August), Mr. T was always careful to label suggestive …
Epic baking fails and how to avoid them
No one likes sad bread, right? A couple weeks ago I was reading a back issue of Cooking Light where the editors …
Expectation violation: Movies and mushroom meatloaf
While many of my friends and fam sneaked off to see the new Harry Potter in November, I dutifully attended my studies. …
Pineapple Banana Bread (aka why I squirrel away frozen bananas all year)
By November, you must open our freezer carefully lest the flying bananas injure you. I collect ripe bananas all year long in …
Sandi’s Pumpkin Pear Bread
When I lived in Ukiah, one of my favorite things about the holidays was sampling Sandi Ledford’s pumpkin pear bread. I think …