Coffee Walnut Torte
Beautiful coffee walnut torte is a traditional egg-based Hungarian torte with a coffee walnut frosting.
Month: October 2014
Tamale Pie
Southwestern Tamale Pie is a combination of tacos and chili for an easy weeknight set it and forget it meal that will please every palate and picky eater.
Southwestern Pork Hominy Stew
It’s slow cooker season! Is there a slow cooker season? Maybe not since I made that best slow cooker pulled pork back in August which wouldn’t traditionally be known as slow cooker season so that takes me back to answer my question that no, there is no slow cooker season. But there is this southwestern pork hominy stew.
Eat the World: Seattle and Olympia, Washington
Hi all! Happy Monday! It is Monday, right? I’m still in a blur from the past three days. Tired and running on coffee, but I did have a great weekend out in the Pacific Northwest visiting Gnocchi and her new digs in Seattle. It was…
Orchard Crumble
Easy orchard crumble brings together all the flavors of fall with pears and apples topped with a sweet crumbly crust.
Chocolate Hazelnut Belgian Waffles
Sunday night. Ahhh…these bittersweet hours. I was talking to someone recently who was heading to Belgium. Maybe it’s because I’ve been hankering for a European vacation something fierce as of late, especially with the recent passing of Oktoberfest (Best. Party. EVER.), but hearing about his trip made me hella-jealous and got me thinking about my times there. And so I decided to make these chocolate hazelnut Belgian waffles.
Red Wine Chocolate Cake
Red Wine Chocolate Cake is a decadent cake with a dark chocolate based, raspberry infusion and a chocolate whipped cream.
Easy Chicken Tagine
Rachel Ray’s recipe for this easy chicken tagine is a weeknight staple – chicken breast or thighs simmer in the most flavorful broth in this Moroccan stew.
Two Years: Deep Thoughts and a Return to Favorites
You guys. It’s been two years. TWO YEARS. I can hardly believe it.
I started this project for me, because I love to cook and I love to eat, and the travel aspect was just a way to shake up the menu every week and force me to dive into the unfamiliar. I started with my crappy phone camera, and with no sense of food photography. I had never really read any food blogs, and had no appreciation for how difficult it could be to actually craft a recipe out of a list of ingredients. Turns out, I’ve grown to love the photography bit, and the recipe writing. Little did I know how much I would back then.
Meatloaf. My first dish and my first picture. How awful looking!
Orange Date Smoothie
Easy Orange Date Smoothie is a nod to California, with sweet dates and fresh squeezed orange juice for a delicious treat
