It’s Tuesday, but…

I didn’t make the Tuesdays with Dorie recipe. We went to the In-laws for dinner and I suspected that MIL would be making a fabulous dessert. And I was write. From the current issue of Gourmet, she made the Lemon Curd Tart with Olive Oil. While not a fan of lemon, don’t ask, I do [...]

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A bit of wine

A friend (Jen) brought me this bottle of wine as a hostess gift awhile back, and fortunately for me, Husband is not a big fan of Pinot Grigio. Good! More for me!

I opened it up the other night and enjoyed a beautiful, light but fruity wine, all while enjoying this beautiful bottle. It reminds me [...]

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Tuesdays with Dorie – Birthday Carrot Cake

For this week’s edition of Tuesdays with Dorie, Amanda of slow like honey chose Bill’s Big Carrot Cake.
What’s kind of funny, was that I intended to make this cake this weekend anyway to celebrate Husband’s birthday. He’s a fan of carrot cake, and while I do believe dessert needs chocolate, I can deal with carrot [...]

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Cooking Light Cover Dinner

We made the Cover Recipe from the April issue of Cooking Light the other day, and while it was an unexpected combination, I thought it was darn good. Husband loves Crab Cakes, so we thought making the Crab Cakes with Roasted Vegetables and Tangy Butter Sauce would be a great way to spend a Saturday [...]

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Truffles (?)

Last weekend we found ourselves in a suburb and decided to pick up some groceries while we were there. We stopped by one of my favorite markets, Byerlys, to pick up some treats for the weekend as well as the basics. After putzing around the store, we noticed at the front there was a table [...]

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Birthday Dinner Part 2: French

Before we knew we had Wild tickets and that we’d be eating Sushi on Husband’s birthday in St. Paul, we made reservations with his parents at a new french restaurant in downtown St. Paul. Meritage opened up just a few months ago in the space formerly known as Au Rebours. We had been there once [...]

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Tuesdays with Dorie: Marshmallows

Well, sort of. Nothing like the photo in the book. Nothing much like any marshmallow I’ve ever had. They tasted vaguely like a marshmallow I’d had in the past. But really, do they look like marshmallows?
I joined Tuesdays with Dorie to push my baking skills. I knew this one would be a challenge, and really, [...]

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Birthday Sushi

It was Husband’s birthday last Friday, and we were fortunate to get two tickets to the Minnesota Wild Playoff Game from a great vendor. Now we just had to find someplace to grab a bite before the big game. And because we love it and don’t get to eat it enough, he chose Sushi. There [...]

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Cardamom, Oh Cardamom, How Lovely Are…

Enough of my singing.
A recipe I posted the a while ago that called for Cardamom Pods. I’ve heard of these, I’d even seen them, but at my neighborhood Lunds they were really expensive. And at my humble little Rainbow market they didn’t even have them. So Husband and went on a field trip out to [...]

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Another Great Food Read

I just finished The Tenth Muse: My Life Food, by Judith Jones. I had to wait a few months for this one from the library, but it was well worth the wait. Jones is the editor who published many amazing cookbooks, most notably, Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child and Simone Beck. [...]

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