Monthly Archives: October 2007

Mummy Juice

Mummy Juice
Mummy Juice is one of my favorite new drinks. I am making it for Halloween—though it will definitely outlast this holiday. Perfect for Thanksgiving in fact. The color, the spiciness of the ginger, the citrus notes lent by fresh oranges. This one is a keeper. When I have dinner parties,… [more]

default dinner: sausage & pasta

And tomatoes of coarse! I was browsing through my category of default dinners, and realized that this token fall, hearty and warm recipe was missing. Sure, you can eat it any time of year but truth be told, this is the time when we bring out the… [more]

it's that BOOtiful time of year again.

it's that BOOtiful time of year again.
It is that time of year again, and I don’t mean the time for Christmas songs or raking leaves, not the time that the mittens come out or the hot chocolate is stocked. For me, this time of year has quite another flirtatiously nostalgic meaning: Halloween Cocktails.
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the usual, but with tartar on top.

the usual, but with tartar on top.
The truth is, I make a lot of default dinners. We are a busy family, with school and extracurricular, sports, music and you name it pulling us in a million different directions. Though my pie in the sky would be to cook an elaborate meal with new recipes every… [more]

find out what to do with 2 fennel bulbs.

find out what to do with 2 fennel bulbs.
I am in heaven. I love fennel. In fact, I wish I had the wherewithal to eat fennel bulbs like apples; perhaps a 2008 New Year resolution? Instead of eating them raw in my paws, I am finding creative ways to insert them into lunches… dinners… even breakfast. This post… [more]

peppery shrimp with cilantro coconut sauce

peppery shrimp with cilantro coconut sauce
Well, I have been an observer rather than a partaker in Weekend Herb Blogging, the food blogging event and brainchild of Kalyn over at Kalyn’s Kitchen. I figured the best way for me to jump in with TWO feet, was to start joining the fun at the [more]

Alcohol Cabinet Soup.

Alcohol Cabinet Soup.
First, empty entire contents of alcohol cabinet to counter top. That should have been the first instruction in this fennel soup recipe, seriously. I had to search the ingredient list to ensure there was actually some form of broth in this soup. Sure enough, there was. But I was already… [more]