Category: Dinner

What Else is for Dinner on Thursday?

Yesterday I waxed poetic about the similarities between the Super Bowl and Thanksgiving.  And as much as I would really love to create another analogy for my Thanksgiving feast, I really just want to get on the road. We’re taking Madison to Knott’s Berry Farm for her first time today. But, I also don’t want

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Super Bowl for Cooks

It dawned on me as I spent hours combing through cookbooks, blogs, tweets and websites that Thanksgiving – more than any other holiday – could be considered the Super Bowl for cooks. Like a championship quarterback, cooks exert a lot of energy just preparing for the big day.  We spend hours imagining the perfect menu. 

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You Have a Fever? Try an Enchilada

I come from a long line of emotional eaters and feeders.  Good food was the cure-all in my family when I was growing up.  (Unless of course you’re throwing up every 15 minutes – then good liquids were the cure-all.)  As I’ve mentioned before my mom always had something yummy on the stove or in

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Powdered Sugar is not Flour

This is one of my favorite holiday cooking stories.  Ever. Last Christmas my “gift” to my family was 10 days of gourmet meals – really.  (More on that in future posts, promise!) Anyway, on my one night off from cooking an entire meal, (I was still responsible for popping the popcorn – stovetop NOT microwave

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I Probably Watch Too Much Top Chef

I first saw this recipe on season 4 of Top Chef.  One of the Best.  Shows.  Ever.  I’ve been a die-hard fan since season 3 when Trey was sent home for restaurant wars.  This past Christmas I received the Top Chef: The Quickfire Cookbook and immediately read it cover to cover.  (I don’t usually do

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Chard, Really?!?

When I realized that people other than my family were actually reading my posts, I thought, “crap…I need to start writing more.”  Then I remembered that I hadn’t really shared a Madison story yet.  I already had a pretty good idea of which of my dishes were her favorite, but I thought I would ask

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Tonight We are Carving Pumpkins

About ten years ago I threw a party for a bunch of my twenty-something friends.  We met at my place for dinner, pumpkin carving and a pinata.  (Hey, who doesn’t love a pinata?)  Anyway, I cooked my first-ever Shepherd’s Pie and I was hooked.  I didn’t exactly follow the recipe, but it still turned out

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