It has happened again. She left me alone. This time, she left me with a refrigerator full of foodstuffs. How nice… except that I just looked up the definition of the word ‘foodstuffs’ and it includes the phrase ‘suitable for consumption as food’. Well that changes things, because what I really had was a cold box full …
This year I made almond spritz cookies for Christmas. I’ve always wanted to use a cookie press. Up until a few years ago, we had spritz cookie ornaments that my Mom had preserved with some sort of varnish. Sadly, after over twenty years of use they started to crumble and had to be thrown away. …
Winter started. So what? Wife is out of the house. Not my problem! It’s meatball time! That’s right, it’s that special time of year when you look in the fridge and realize that you are going to make something out of what you have. Turns out we had le tub of ground beef patties to …
Its about time I post a rosemary recipe, and here it is Rosemary Shortbread Cookies with Tomato Jam from David Lebovitz’s Ready for Dessert. Although I enjoyed the cookies, I didn’t love the tomato jam with the cookies so I think I’ll try it on toast perhaps with some ricotta.
Before we delve into the Cali trip we thought we’d share some of our favorite new grilling recipes. This summer we’ve had some great grill-outs with friends and family and hope you can enjoy some of these recipes before it gets too cold. My surprise birthday party (planned by Bourbon) was one of such grill …
So we are apart of a dinner group in Ann Arbor and we hosted in March which means we got to pick the menu. After some thinking we decided it’d be fun to do a St. Patty’s day theme. The menu is below with links to the recipes, all of which in my opinon are …
Ta-da! I made my own extract using vanilla beans I picked up during my trip to Madagascar. Its so very simple, so you should too. You pretty much just need a jar, some vanilla beans, vodka, two months and a cool dark place. Yeah just ignore that the beans look like tarantula legs in the pictures. And …