Larry took charge of dinner, which is something I like very much. He picked the recipe and made most of it himself. These hearty pot pies are simple to make with whatever vegetables you have on hand. We had leftover chicken in the fridge, but rotisserie chicken or any leftover shredded meat will work fine. [...]
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Meatballs are pretty good, and buffalo flavor is pretty good too. But in a meatball? Eh. It has potential. I actually used turkey for these, but other than that it’s a pretty standard recipe, with egg and breadcrumbs for binder. I used Crystal hot sauce for the buffalo flavor, but other than that, there’s not [...]
Our newest most favorite cocktail is the Ranglum. It’s similar to a corn’n’oil, except there’s lime juice instead of bitters. I use my house-made falernum and it makes a drink that goes down a little too easy. I’ve been using Lemon Hart Demerara 151 rum as the overproof. It makes it just the slightest bit [...]
Look, I know I’m not Southern. I’m a born and raised native Californian, never lived anywhere else in my life. But Larry and I both must have been Southern in past lives, because we’re both nuts about the food. He mentioned to me a couple of weeks ago that he was craving chicken & dumplings. [...]
This cake is the perfect finish for a dinner party. It’s dramatic and amazingly delicious, especially if you like chocolate. And it’s not fussy to make – everything can be made the day before so that it’s ready to be assembled a few hours before the fun starts. My success with big, multi-layer cakes is [...]
Another camping trip, this time with friends. Another first! I was in charge of food, of course. I was nervous about cooking for six of us so I tried to keep it simple and similar to what I knew worked before. I knew I would grill some sort of chicken, thinking it’s the most agreeable [...]
There isn’t much to this chicken, really. The sauce is mostly just tomatoes, roasted with herbes de Provence (something about that combination speaks to me. Loudly). The tomatoes are started stove-top, then finished in the oven. Same with the chicken, then the tomatoes are used to finish off the sauce. It’s a little sweet from [...]
Brandon was over for dinner again, and since I know he likes Mexican food (but not avocado), I decided to make tacos. I did two versions of filling – one, a flavorful spice rub on steak. We grilled the steak, but it can be made in a pan just as easily. The chicken is marinated [...]
Larry’s continuing to pick up the slack in the kitchen, and he picked out another recipe from a book I checked out from the library. It’s a simple book on grilling, organized by preparation time. I like the author, Rick Rodgers – he writes solid, reliable recipes. Grilling is a natural choice for meals for [...]
It’s been just over three years since we visited Peru. While I was not in the mood for food most of the time due to extreme altitude sickness, Larry and especially Edith enjoyed Palta Rellena (or Palta a la Reina, depending upon what menu we looked at) quite a bit. The small, local cookbook I [...]
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