BOO!
I can’t take credit for these beautiful cupcakes, but I still wanted to show how beautiful they are. The artistic director from a non-profit client made them and I snapped a picture when I stopped by their offices today.
Aren’t they fun? There are skulls, and rats and a finger. Even candy pumpkins and a [...]

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A Warm Autumn Soup and a Fun New Toy.
This Carrot-Ginger soup made a great Sunday lunch on a cool day, after raking the leaves. The carrots provide a subtle flavor and the ginger surprises you with its bite. And like most of the recipes I make, it was easy. Some chopped garlic and ginger, [...]

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A favorite (spicy) weeknight meal.
I found this recipe a couple of years ago and immediately fell in love with it. It’s called Broiled Tilapia with Thai Coconut-Curry Sauce and I found it in Cooking Light.
And the best part? It’s really easy. Shhhh, don’t tell your guests that.
Start with a dash of sesame oil, garlic [...]

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Halloween Candy Made Better!!
Who would have thunk, but Chow.com has recipes for our favorite Halloween Candy from childhood. Yes, the Almond Jay (Almond Joy) is/was one of my favorites. They also have my Mother’s favorite, the Snickles (Snickers), my second favorite, the Twixt (Twix) and, of course, PB Cups (Reese’s). Chow has recipes (and directions) [...]

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City Pages’ Iron Fork!
We made it over to the Iron Fork last night. I guess this is the second year of the event, which is a local chef cook-off to benefit Second Harvest Heartland. And it was fun. We got there at 530 when the doors opened to avoid the crowds, and I’m glad we [...]

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I finally made it to Common Roots Cafe
I made it there early this morning and brought a dozen beautiful bagels and some scrumptious cream cheese to the Office. First impressions are important, and the interior of Common Roots is all I could have expected. The atmosphere is clean, and airy and very inviting. The baked [...]

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Again, Cafe Maude

Again, Cafe Maude
We went out for girls night the other day, and again tried the lovely neighborhood hotspot, Cafe Maude. I went there for my birthday a few months ago and was very impressed. And this time, although service was spotty and slow, the food was well worth the wait. There were seven of us, [...]

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St. Paul Farmer’s Market
I know I’ve written about the market before, but this time I’m dedicating an entire post to my favorite farmers market. Located in the lowertown part of downtown St. Paul, I find the market much more manageable, with much better products, than the Minneapolis Farmer’s Market. The unique thing about the SPFM, [...]

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Seasonal Ingredient: Figs (A new thing here at The Write Ingredients; We’re going to try to post on a seasonal ingredient once a week. We’ll provide information you don’t need to know, but will like.)
In New York a week ago, I passed a street vendor who was selling pints of fresh [...]

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So, there’s this new cafe in town with real bagels.
And this morning they were featured on MPR.
It’s the Common Roots Cafe. I’ve been meaning to get there, it’s just that it’s in a crowded part of town that’s not really on my way in (or out of town, for that matter.) In addition [...]

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