When I first became aware of the current “24, 24, 24” topic (Thanksgiving), I thought, “Wow…how does one reinvent Thanksgiving without taking away the essential Thanksgivingness of the food?” I certainly didn’t want to eat beef or sushi or curry for a holiday that has only ever centered around a turkey and all the other [...]
It’s “please pass your homework to the front of the class” Tuesday with Dorie….. So this time around I chose a breakfast recipe–Cream Scones from page 27 of “Baking” by Dorie Greenspan. I didn’t grow up eating scones; in fact, I only knew scones as something that people got at the Fair (to which I [...]
A few months back I was lucky enough to go to my first food and wine convention. I was a novice, not knowing what to expect. But not this time. This time I was prepared. When we got wind of Taste Washington!, we immediately submitted our proposal to FoodBuzz. This was an event worth covering. [...]
Earlier this week, my husband notified me that one of his coworkers was having a birthday (one that divides evenly into 100 only a few times). And would I pretty please make her a cake. Well, as you know, we’ve been a little obsessed with the Red Velvet cupcakes from Sweet Cakes lately. Hmmm…maybe I [...]
For a while now I’ve been wanting to discuss a certain term applied to those of us in the culinary blogging world. No doubt you can guess what word this is. “FOODIE” Every time I hear this word, I cringe a bit. Not that I don’t enjoy learning about and appreciating food, but, ewwwww, if [...]
