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Lunch for just a dollar.
Fried green tomatoes and remoulade sauce I don’t fry very many foods at home due to the mess of frying on the stove, the oil disposal and the general unhealthiness of fried food. Despite this, once or...
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I’ve got a can-do spirit.
Canned Foods of 2012 I’ve been busy this summer. Busy canning nearly every weekend and sometimes on weekday nights. I thought my canning might decline a little because of our move to Charlottesville...
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Lemony Cream Puffs
I haven’t made a lot of progress lately towards completing all of the items on the Year of Fearless Cooking list that I posted in January. But today I made a Boston cream pie and successfully (I...
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Macaron mania!
My husband and I came back from our trip to Paris in April with an obsession for macarons. Prior to our trip, I had tried macarons from a few different places here in the U.S. and I’d even made my own...
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Enchanted by apples (and by Charlottesville).
It’s been nearly a year since we decided to move to Charlottesville and I can safely say that I’m very pleased with our decision. Every single thing that I thought I would love about this town is true....
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A dinner experiment
I tried something new to me for dinner tonight: fish and veggies baked in parchment paper. Really the idea isn’t new to me, just the making it myself at home part. I worked in a seafood restaurant for...
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Devilish
I don’t think I remember the last time I made deviled eggs. I can’t really be trusted with them, so I don’t make them unless I’ve got a reason. Some of Joel’s family visited today, including a cousin...
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Dinner is cancelled.
I planned to make a batch of carbonara for dinner tonight, but we accidentally devoured half a loaf of this bread the instant it came out of the oven. There’s not really a need for dinner after you eat...
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The best sandwich in town?
Seriously, I think this is the best sandwich in Charlottesville. It’s from Bodo’s, a local bagel place, and it is an amazing combo of warm pastrami, melty muenster cheese, mayo and lettuce on an...
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Sometimes I make terrible food.
The first weeks of 2015 have made me realize that I cook very few meals in any given week. To save time on weeknights and to supply our weekday lunches, I tend to cook meals that yield several days...
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