It’s that time of year again! Yes, it’s girl scout cookie season! It seems like everywhere I turn there are tiny boxes of crappy cookies. That’s right, I said crappy. Come close and I’ll let you in on a little secret: girl scout cookies aren’t very good. I’ve known this for quite some time, but […]
Today’s Guest-clacker is Nicole Yates, who’s clacked for us on CliqueClack TV, most recently about Better Off Ted…. The Travel Channel has a bunch of great shows these days, but the one I love (besides No Reservations with Tony Bourdain) is Man v. Food with Adam Richman. The premise of the show is simple, he […]
Having been a vegetarian for nearly thirty years, very little in the field of meat-replacement technology surprises me. I grew up on Morningstar Farms, so that’s my go-to company for veggie burgers, veggie hot dogs, and the like. Having never had a hamburger or a sausage patty or whatever, whether or not what I’m eating […]
It was crunch time… about 5:15 and I needed a side dish to serve with the grilled orange roughy Keith was so painstakingly cooking out on the deck. I like to think of myself as an organized, prepared person, but somehow the planning for tonight’s menu went south. I had chick peas and several veggies. […]
After a few days of client meetings, complete with hurried lunches over piles of documents and one too many conference room cookies, I wanted nothing more than to eat a home-cooked meal at my leisure over a glass of wine. Sometimes, enough is enough! As I walked toward the subway, the damp early spring chill […]
I read the post Debbie wrote about the bacon asparagus pizza the other day and I thought, pizza sounds really good. So I read the post again. Yeah, definitely need to have pizza. Luckily I had a pizza crust mix tucked away in the back of the pantry. I dug out the crust mix and […]
I’m sure you’ve all been there, so follow along with me…. You plan a crock pot meal because you know you’ll be having a busy day, and it’s so easy just to pop dinner into the slow cooker in the morning, right? So you find a recipe that looks good, get the ingredients ready for […]
Cooking for my dad is an intimidating thing. Not only is he the true gourmand of the family, but it is really difficult to find a meal to cook in which he will not poke his nose in and help with (read: take over) the cooking. So my siblings and I took advantage of his […]
Being a mom is hard. Sometimes we forget that kids are placed on this earth to remind us that things can’t always go our way. They do things like refuse to eat foods that they like, just to irritate us. For instance, Owen loves vegetables, has always loved vegetables, and until recently, would eat them […]
As you may have noticed, I use a lot of wild game in my recipes. I prefer wild meat over store bought because I know that the wild game has been feeding on natural foods and not chemical enhanced super-nutrients to make it grow fast. I know what you’re thinking: I must be the greatest […]
