Monthly Archives: May 2007

Reminiscent Rumminess.

Reminiscent Rumminess.
I like to use Google to search for really important things, for example: Long Island Iced Tea, Electric Iced Tea, Bahama Mamas, Rum Runner drinks. Today, when I sat down at my computer those were the screens that popped up before me. We took a sneak vacation a few weeks… [more]

tortellini: Peas, P's, Please!

tortellini: Peas, P's, Please!
Prosciutto, peas, Parmesan, parsley and pasta. What is not to love? (Maybe guilt from all the cream and butter)? Well, at least the peas are healthy: so I add a ton of them! The fresh, sweet peas perfectly compliment the salty prosciutto and rich cream. The more peas, the… [more]

Want an easy recipe for Tiramisu?

Want an easy recipe for Tiramisu?
I promised I would make it, photo it and showcase it on my blog: a little, lovely, Italianesque dessert fondly known as tiramisu. This recipe is borrowed from Barefoot Contessa, in her cookbook Family Style.
I am not trying to be boring, because this dessert is far… [more]

you know you have a problem when…

you know you have a problem when...
So we are touching up the paint in our home—fixing the dings, cracks and smears from fast and full living—and I needed to take inventory on what paint I had on hand, and what paint I needed to buy. And guess what I found? I found I… [more]

default dinner: brown butter sage ravioli

default dinner: brown butter sage ravioli
This Butter & Sage Ravioli certainly qualifies as a default dinner: it is easy, quick, mindless AND delicious. It is perfect for a weaknight meal (weak as in: out of time/energy/ideas to figure out ‘what’s for dinner?’). And I say ‘weak’ lightly; by no means am… [more]

coleslaw resurrected: crispy, pungeant, healthy.

coleslaw resurrected: crispy, pungeant, healthy.
If you serve my son a burger, he will say to you: “I cannot imagine a burger without blue cheese.” And then, while shaking his head from side to side, he will say: “it is soooooooo good.” He captures my heart; I am equally a fan of… [more]

Move over basil: cilantro is the new pesto.

Move over basil: cilantro is the new pesto.
Wow, deviation is good. I make pesto, and love my basil pesto, but now it will have to share the spotlight with cilantro pesto. It has a surprising kick, compliments of stacks of cilantro happily blended with garlic and olive oil, and would be perfect added to a… [more]