Amy writes:If you read our blog regularly, you know we are not much for low-fat, low-sugar, low-cal stuff. We use real butter and cream and all that yummy (...)
Bon anniversaire, Julia Child! Yes, today would have been dear Julia's 100th birthday. To celebrate, we made her Petit Pots de Creme au Chocolat (chocolate (...)
We promised a follow-up post to our Connecticut Crawfish Boil, one that describes what we did with that pound or so of crawfish tails that we forced ourselves (...)
It's a shade of yellow not found in many natural foods. It has a strangely tangy cheese flavor that seems almost forced into the fine powder by the people at (...)
Guinness glazed chicken wings for st. patrick's day.
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We are heading out to our neighbors' house for our annual St. Patty's Day corned beef and cabbage dinner. Our part of dinner consists of the appetizer and the (...)
Perhaps it was the news about Pascal's Manale, or looking at that drool-worthy photo of BBQ Shrimp, but once again, Amy finds herself hankering for some New (...)
Here's the link to Amy's most recent five minutes of fameICYMI.(By the way, we refuse to think it's the last...)It was nearly two weeks ago, but we managed to (...)
Okay, so maybe this week has been all about cooking with liquor. What can we say? We are madly in love with Onyx Moonshine and since we already tried a sweet (...)
Sometimes Mardi Gras sneaks up on you. You wouldn't think so, as it is a set day every year - the day before Ash Wednesday, 46 days before Easter, and the (...)
We are back from Maine where had perfect weather (warm and sunny all day for the beach, cool and breezy at night for sleeping), lots of lobster and steamers, (...)
Christmas eve appetizer with crabbies and old english cheese
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The countdown is over. We made and delivered our foodie gift packages and we are just about prepared for our annual Christmas Eve with Amy's family.There are (...)
Chris enjoys game meats, and takes advantage of various opportunities each season to enjoy a game dinner with friends or family members. In fact, he has gone (...)
We are products of that era of cooking in which surf-and-turf was the end-all, the epitome of gourmet cuisine, the go-to meal for all special occasions (except (...)
Chris and I had Tuesday off - one of the great joys of teaching being the regular and frequent holidays. We had no "outside" plans other than my quick hair (...)
Amy writes: It was April vacation - a week off from school and the weather was gorgeous. I had bought some blood oranges recently and this one never got eaten. (...)
Let's start off by saying that if you are concerned about your salt intake, read no further. Those of you with high blood pressure, look away. If salt gives (...)
The other night, Amy was talking to her mom and her mom mentioned that she had made lasagna in the slow cooker. Doesn't that just seem like a brilliant idea? (...)
Loopy lemonade cocktail with fruit loops and vodka
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For all thoseso-called adultsout there who are still eating Fruit Loops (they're not just for breakfast anymore), we bring you our new favorite summer (...)
We don't know if you heard, but it was a pretty bad winter this year.Yet somehow, therosemary bush in our garden survived. Since it's the only green thing (...)
