I don’t know if I mentioned it here on the blog, but my mom is one of my biggest culinary inspirations. She has always been the absolute best cook I know. She’s always trying something new and she’s not afraid to get the kitchen dirty while doing it. Whenever my dad and mom first got […]
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Goat Cheese Custards
I absolutely love looking at other food blogs. It’s so fun to see the different way that food bloggers cook and photograph various ingredients. And I love using recipes from other blogs. I have been reading David Lebovitz’s blog for about 6 months. He’s an American living in Paris and he shares wonderful insights about […]
Birthday Cake with Lime Curd
We had a birthday at our house recently. My husband, Jason, turned 24 on Tuesday and I made sure that we had a few parties to celebrate his wonderfulness! On Tuesday, I made him a birthday dinner of filet mignon (ok, so he cooked that part), bacon-wrapped asparagus, goat cheese mashed potatoes and an incredible […]
Easy Hummus
One food that I discovered during my time in England was hummus. There were always two flavors of hummus (regular and Moroccan) at my little grocery store in Oxford and I always had a package in my fridge while living there. Hummus is a perfect, healthy, creamy dip. I love it on pita or pita […]
Almond Shortbread
So, as I mentioned in my last post, I had a wonderful culinary gift delivered to my door a few weeks ago. My own retro blue Kitchen Aid stand mixer! I have been wanting one of these mixing magic machines for quite a few years. And finally I was able to combine some wedding gift […]