The temperature was 45 degrees this morning when Chester and I walked Doug to the train station. I had to put on a sweater! I think autumn is officially here. And with autumn comes pumpkin recipes! It’s a little hard for me to want pumpkin in the middle of summer. With the cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves andRead more
For the past three years, there has been a woman at our local farmer’s market who made these bar cookies called “Carmelitas”. Unfortunately this year she didn’t return to the market so I have been missing what I have often described to friends as the best cookie I’ve ever had. I resisted looking for aRead more
Do you have hungry days? Days when you wake up starving and know that you’ll want to eat all the chocolate by noon if you don’t have a substantial breakfast? Well, obviously, I do. Most of the time in the morning, I have some whole wheat toast, cottage cheese or oatmeal. I’ve just never beenRead more
What does an inveterate baker do when life hands her five peaches that need to be used like NOW and half a box of cake mix? Well, she makes peach cobbler. Only because she never uses cake mix, she’s not quite sure it will work. #spoileralert #itdid What happened was that I saw this yummyRead more
Last Friday, Doug had the day off so we hopped in the car and drove into downtown Washington, DC to have lunch and stop in at an art gallery. After wandering up and down 8th Street, we settled on Ted’s Bulletin as a likely-looking place, primarily for the all day breakfast and homemade pop tartsRead more
On Monday night, Doug and I went to a feast held at our local Turkish mosque to break the evening fast since it’s Ramadan. We’re Christian, but our pastor has befriended the local imam in the spirit of interfaith dialogue and so we were invited to observe evening prayers and enjoy a meal with them.Read more
Okay, so I’m not really a food blogger. I’m just a person who occasionally blogs about food. But sometimes I have caught myself thinking how amazing eating at certain food bloggers’ homes must be. Triple layer chocolate cake for dessert every day! Homemade pasta! Brisket smoked for days! However, the truth seems to be quiteRead more
A few weeks ago I made this pasta dish and posted a photo of it to Facebook right before we ate. I got several requests for the recipe based on that picture and for good reason! This will hereafter be known as the dish that made Doug eat tomatoes. It’s super delicious, criminally easy andRead more
I needed to make something to take to a BBQ this weekend. Since I’d made a whole passel of cookies last weekend, I didn’t want to make cookies again so I pulled out an old standby recipe from Smitten Kitchen. Deb’s recipes are always well-tested and well-written and this one for Chocolate Stout Cake isRead more
There are a few basic foodstuffs that have earned themselves an automatic place in our hearts (and our table, and our recipe books). Chief among those are the Big Three – bacon, bourbon, and maple syrup. Anything that combines at least two of these three ingredients is almost guaranteed to be pinned to Ali’s PinterestRead more