Over the past few years, I've been building my soup repetoire. I've got everything from mulligatawny to chicken & dumplings to albondigas in the line-up, and each fall I start seeking out new recipes to add to the list.…
So after years of Marianne raving about Thanksgiving at her house, I am finally going to be attending her feast today.  I was so excited yesterday (and still am today!) that I spent the evening creating a gift for Marianne…
I'm only a recent convert to the Cobb Salad. I grew up in a time and place where salads consisted of iceberg lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers with any variety of gloopy dressings available, preferably something mayo based in my household.…
Well it's Monday again, and once again I'm overwhelmed and under prepared. The good news is that we had an awesome weekend celebrating Naseem's birthday with much wine and bacon-wrapped filet. (Delicious steak photos to follow soon.) In the meantime,…
Oh man, if you have never watched an episode of Invader Zim, I recommend you run right out and do so. This was a short-lived Nickelodeon cartoon that was cancelled in its second season, but later received the critical acclaim…
A couple days ago my favorite blogger, dooce, told an amusing story about how she scientifically and irrefutably proved that microwave-safe plastic bowls cannot withstand the magma-hot intensity of fresh bacon grease. Nice work, Heather. The world owes you big…