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Happy Thanksgiving!

That’s it. Tomorrow’s the big day. T-Day. A day full of food, football, family and full glasses of bourbon just to deal with it all. At this point you probably have all of your sides planned, maybe some even started. And let’s face it, you’re probably already two drinks in, ya lush. And that turkey, [...]

Apple Syrup. Yes, that’s a thing.

As I mentioned in the apple dumpling post, we (Josh, Paul and I) recently took a mini-foodie-field trip to Dexter Cider Mill to stock up for Falltopia. (I’ve decided to re-name autumn from the pessimistic “Pre-Winter” to the more halcyon-sounding “Falltopia” in hopes of learning to appreciate it more. Will it work? Probably, right up [...]

New Math: Amazing Additions

When I was young, I had one of the infamous Teen Talk Barbies. She and I would have long, imaginary conversations about the sociopolitical unrest in the Middle East, the impending real estate bubble, the stylistic value of cinéma verité…you know, all the usual interests of a ten year old girl. At least, I would [...]

Blood Orange Chimichurri…Burgers?

This was a sad week. Our household was struck down by the plague. Well, a cold. But a vicious cold. You know, like one of those snarling, drippy cartoon germs you see in commercials. It ruined all my weekend plans of…doing nothing. I mean, sure I still did nothing but I didn’t enjoy it as [...]

Laur-a-balls

There’s a great joke in an even greater movie, a classic work by an utterly influential artiste. Anyway, in the joke, this guy is talking to a girl he likes at a party and he lists off all these fantastic foreign foods that are sitting on the buffet, including dates. And he offers her a [...]

Summer Dreams of Strawberry Salsa

It is a really icky day here. Cold, wet, rainy, some hail. Not exactly a vision of spring bursting forth with sunshine and warm rays and flowers and bunnies with miniature gold pocket watches in little tiny pockets. But that’s ok, because summer marches on an endless parade in my head. Well, summer and a [...]

Pomegranate Vanilla Bean Curd

Lemon curd has become my new it-dessert for spring, I think. It’s cheerful and luscious and sweet and tart and quick and easy. I like to eat it with a spoon and someday, I may even spread it on a scone or two but mostly, I like to eat it with a spoon, in front [...]

Foodie Skin Care: Vanilla-Almond Sugar Scrub

I love my chocolate bath scrub. Love it. Between that and the whipped chocolate soap I get from Etsy, I have the best smelling showers ever…and super-soft skin. Which is important to me, especially in the freezing and drying air of winter. However, the days are getting a bit longer, a bit bright and a [...]

This day is tamales! T-A-M-A-L-E-S!

“Like awesome! Oh, wow! Like totally freak me out. I mean, right on! Tamales sure are number one!” Oh come on. I know that every single one of you use cheers from Bring It On in your daily life. But we have more important things to discuss than Kirsten Dunst’s witty, razor-sharp cheer-snark. We have [...]

Hot and Saucy–Really: Homemade Hot Sauce

It’s official, folks. Halloween has come and gone. There’s frost on the ground overnight. Today was a high of 51F. Starbucks has switched to its Christmas cups. Yep. It’s begun. The Wintering. And with the Wintering comes the Colding, the Freezing and the inevitable Wanting to Hibernate. But never fear, Random Internet Person. All is [...]