There’s a reason why people gather around the table. I’ve been reflecting on this idea a lot over the past few months, especially after reading Shauna Niequist’s “Bread and Wine,” which is a book that moved me to laughter and tears and intense hunger for curry and wine. If your soul sings for God, food,…
salted dark chocolate and peanut butter cookies.
It’s that time of year again, folks! Each year, my dear friend, Becca, and I tackle the Food Network’s 12 Days of Christmas Cookies, baking at least 6 varieties each. Sometimes this turned out awesome (thanks to any recipe from Paula Deen), and sometimes it was a huge disaster (I’m looking at you, Alton Brown)….
touring oregon with the family (day 2).
We started our Saturday with breakfast at the Humble Bagel, which is quickly becoming my favorite breakfast place in Eugene, mostly due to the enormous quantities of marionberry cream cheese they generously slather on my whole wheat cinnamon raisin honey bagel. Oh, so good. I’m drooling a little bit. After carbo-loading, we headed west to…
a wrap up of this week’s best.
Here are a few great things that happened this past week: 1. “Safety Not Guaranteed.” We really wanted to see this movie when it came out in theaters a few months ago, but since it’s an indie film, it wasn’t showing in Kentucky at the time. But now it’s in Redbox (woo!) and we finally…
nutella cheesecake for two.
So, it’s raining. And unlike everything that Oregonians claim about the rain around here, it is not just drizzling. It is pouring down rain. I went on a run this morning, fully expecting to enjoy a light Oregon sprinkle, but it full out poured down rain for the entire run. I literally rung out my…
azteca salad.
Some days you just need a win. Like today, when the super simple bread recipe didn’t rise (darn you, Pinterest, for getting my hopes up for some no knead, no effort bread). And when the fabric paint washed out of my art project when I put it in the washer (even though fabric paint is…
a new food in a new oven.
First, let me clarify something about the title of this post. While the oven is new to us, there is nothing new about our oven. If I had to take a guess, I would say this oven is older than me, and was perhaps created before the invention of digital clocks, as it has no…
what we’ll miss about lexington (round 2).
I suppose a better title for this post would be “What we’ll miss about Louisville,” as none of the people involved in this post actually live in Lexington. But I guess one of the things we’ll miss about Lexington is the proximity of Lexington to Louisville, and therefore the proximity to all of these wonderful…
peach upside-down cake.
I have an obsession with fruit. I tend to get attached to the current fruit of the season, and then I’m incredibly sad when that short-lived season ends. Perhaps that’s why winter is so hard for me. No fresh (in season) fruit. But that’s why summer is the bomb. The farmer’s market is exploding with…
oreo cupcakes.
I love my husband because he will watch Gilmore Girls with me when it’s Monday, and I’m tired, and all I want to do is pretend we live in Stars Hollow. And I love Gilmore Girls because Lorelai and Rory talk at the same speed as my sister and I. And they love to eat….
building an epic burger.
While Eric builds super awesome furniture, I spend my free time constructing food. This incredibly overwhelming burger was the product of intense hunger, having a lot of fresh ingredients that needed to be used immediately, and having no self-control when it comes to burger toppings. If you ever reach this perfect combination, please make this…
strawberry pretzel salad.
We started this week with a gallon of strawberries (from our weekend in Clarksville). And you know that strawberries can’t just sit around for long without getting super nasty and squishy. As of Wednesday afternoon, our strawberries have either been consumed plain (although, what’s plain about a strawberry?) or baked into something awesome. Let’s talk…
family and strawberries.
Over the weekend, we ventured down to Clarksville to visit my dear parents as an early mother’s day/mom’s birthday celebration. Yes, folks. That does mean that we watched the Kentucky Derby in Tennessee. It was weird. But we ate Derby pie (or should I say “the first Saturday in May pie” because “Derby pie” is…
fudgy chocolate chip toffee bars.
This should come as no surprise to anyone, but I love chocolate. I may or may not live a life controlled by my sweet tooth. And it’s time to face the fact that Pinterest is an enabler in my life of addiction. Also to blame? Tastespotting, which I believe led me to this particular chocolate…
pizza (it’s what’s for dinner).
How much do I love pizza? When I was a very picky child, pizza was one of the only foods I would eat without complaint (along with hot dogs and bologna…I’ve come a long way, folks). Since my childhood of having pepperoni pizza for every single birthday sleepover, my pizza tastes have matured a bit….