Every Quarter I bake a special batch of custom cookies for the winner of the 100 Women Who Care – Homer chapter (AKA Homer’s Fairy Godmothers) “I got my check in on time” drawing. This quarter Tina provided the prompt “almonds” and I decided to combine that with bay leaves. Why bay leaves? you mayContinue reading “Bay Leaf Brown Butter & Almond Treats”
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má là brussel sprouts
Recently I have been incorporating the Sichuan spice huā jiāo into many dishes. Huā jiāo translates as “flower pepper” and also gets called Sichuan Pepper or Prickly Ash Pepper. Huā jiāo does not have a hot flavor, instead it produces a tingling sensation. Má là is the delectable taste that occurs when a hot spiceContinue reading “má là brussel sprouts”
Ruth Bader Ginger
I decided I wanted to toast RBG and figured it needed to be a little sweet, a little spicy, strong, potent and well balanced. And it needed to be classy.I started contemplating ginger liqueur, lemon liqueur and gin. Then I googled RBG cocktail and discovered there are already several versions of a Ruth Bader Ginger.Continue reading “Ruth Bader Ginger”
Yet to be named deliciousness
My cooking style could be described as experimental. It usually works out well, but last night’s dinner was amazing. So much so I’m going to try to lay it out for future use and so you could play along. So, until we ate it (devoured it) I didn’t realize how epic it was going toContinue reading “Yet to be named deliciousness”
Baked Brie & Batbout
Easy and delicious. OK, the batbout was time consuming, but you could use something else as a molten cheese vehicle.This is the second mid-week dinner recipe by Nigel Slater that I’ve used and it is phenomenal. I used what veggies were around the house – potato, tri-colored carrots, mushroom, onion and garlic. Batbout is aContinue reading “Baked Brie & Batbout”
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Damn Good
food and drink, Dec ’19 – Feb ’20 [excerpted] @typeAexplorations AKA Adya my sister-in-law introduced me to the pleasures and nuances of “natural” or “real” wines. She’d been working at Kask for several months and that led her to exploring recommendations for Sunrise Mini Mart in Austin, TX.As the Reynolds family was in Austin forContinue reading “Damn Good”
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