Amateur Foodie
PF Cooks: tomato and feta salad
I’m not a fan of raw onions. Or red wine vinegar (at least in amounts I can taste it). But I still wanted to try this recipe from Ina Garten’s Barefoot Contessa at Home. It was really easy. And it turned out really tasty. Sometimes I surprise myself. I made this as a side dish [...]
‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ lane cake
It’s no secret To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my favorite novels (I have a cat named Harper Lee, for pete’s sake). Which is why I became really excited when Cara from the Yummy Books blog wrote about baking a traditional lane cake, of Miss Maudie-fame from To Kill a Mockingbird. Now I know [...]
PF Cooks: crispy ginger-lime chicken thighs w/ couscous
So I think I’m a pretty good cook. I do it a lot, and I take a lot of joy and pride in a creating meals for Joel and myself on a regular basis. Unfortunately, I don’t think I’m that creative yet, nor my taste buds that adventurous. We try to branch out when we [...]
Dear Pioneer Woman: can I be your friend?
I’ve said for awhile that I want to be Ina Garten’s — of Barefoot Contessa fame — friend. Besides being slavishly addicted to her show on the Food Network, I also love that she a) makes delicious food, b) lives in a beautiful house in the Hamptons, c) does tons of freakishly nice things for [...]
What I’m making Christmas Eve
Christmas is almost upon us, and so while I’m feeling domestic and, I don’t know, “cheery,” I thought I’d pretend like I’m adult and actually contribute to my family’s holiday parties. Usually I’m in the basement with my brothers, playing Wii, but maybe this year I’ll act like a grown-up and spend some time in [...]
Food I would not have eaten in high school, part 57
Who would of thought that I would become such a fan of pea soup?? But mmm, how delicious it is. Especially when you make it from scratch yourself. And especially when it’s a Barefoot Contessa recipe (can I please be one of your gay best friends, Ina, please??). Seriously, this is seriously delicious. And it’s [...]
New Cookbook Alert!
I’m a book hound, and so buying a new book isn’t exactly groundbreaking for me. But when I buy a new cookbook; well, that’s a horse of a different color. It wasn’t that I didn’t love my cookbook staple: Anyone Can Cook by Better Homes and Gardens. No, if anything I loved that book too [...]
A return to new comfort food
As many of my readers might know, I’m trying to slowly domesticize myself; namely, I’m trying to learn how to cook. While crazy challenging dishes are probably within my reach, I’m currently trying to conquer basic dishes that I love and can eat almost any of the week. Comfort food, but minus insane proportions of [...]
Adventures in cooking: meatball pizza
I was off of work today, and you know what that means? Trying out a new recipe and hoping I don’t burn down the apartment! Today, it was the meatball pizza from The Better Homes and Gardens’ Anyone Can Cook Cookbook. Sound delicious? You would be correct. First let me point out that this was [...]
Orzo with spinach and tomatoes
And now, for another favorite recipe from our tiny, Clifton kitchen: Rachael Ray’s Orzo with Spinach and Tomatoes. Despite being an internet junkie, I’m usually not one to scan the interwebs for recipes, and so this recipe actually came from Rachael’s cookbook (which we own, because it’s awesome). Suffice it to say, I’m glad we [...]
