Monthly Archives: March 2010

Life of Pie

Today is Pi Day.  That is, it’s March 14.  3-14. 3.14.  Tomorrow, my office will be “rounding up” and celebrating Pi Day with Pie treats.  We are awesome like that.  So to do my part, I made pies.  Mini pies.  On sticks.  Because food is better on a stick.  I made the mini pies just [...]

the Great Recipe Experiment: #5-Asopao de Pollo

This post is brought to you by the letters “Y,” “U,” “M,” “M,” and “Y.”  And the number 3.  Let’s use those in a sentence.  “This meal is 3 kinds of yummy.“  Good! This may actually be my favorite of the experiments so far.  Granted, there have only been 5–so far—but this is still one [...]

Friday Foodie Finds: The Movie

There’s only one link this week…a recipe movie posted by author Karin Slaughter, which was just full of good old-timey WIN.  As a film major and a foodie, I got a kick out of it. Cathy’s Coke Roast

the Great Recipe Experiment: #4-peanut butter cups

I don’t know what to tell you about this particular experiment except for two things: I don’t know why I didn’t think of doing this a long time ago Because of this experiment, I found and bought and now have 100 reeeeeeally tiny cupcake wrappers.  Like, “Honey I Shrunk the Cupcake Liners.”  And, like all [...]

the Great Recipe Experiment: #3-Peppermint Patties

I always liked Peppermint Patty, maybe because she was a tomboy and I was a tomboy.  However, I never liked peppermint patties, because they were made of mint and I did not like the “curiously strong” flavor of mint.  This would later be amended to allow for the presence of mint in mojitos which is, [...]

Ancho-Chipotle-Cocoa-Super-Hyphenated-Awesome Spice Rub

A simple rub for a simple gal…I used this rub on some flank steak for fajitas tonight and it was really pretty good.  Interesting flavor, nice spice level that just hits you at the back of the throat, and simple to make.  Just throw it together, rub it on your favorite type of meat and [...]

Friday Foodie Finds: Here’s a Tip

This week’s good finds: I found this slideshow from Cooking Light on 25 common cooking mistakes pretty interesting and I’m willing to admit that I commit numbers 2, 9, 10 and 17 on a regular basis and that I’ve done numbers 5 and 23 a couple of times when in a hurry.  But darnit, I [...]

the Great Recipe Experiment: #2-Cranberry Bars

Or alternatively titled, “Get Shortbread.” The second recipe I decided to try for my Great Recipe Experiment was for the Joy of Baking’s cranberry shortbread bars.  Carrie and Sophia both said they’d be willing to sample these for me.  I actually would have made them early last week but for the life of me, I [...]