Articles posted in ‘Holidays’
Happy Halloween 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
A family that foods together stays together… or something. This is our first year celebrating Halloween with Cayenne and probably the last time (before she starts talking) where we can do whatever we want with her for the dressing up portion. We took that opportunity to play on her name, and hence you’re a pepper, […]
Pumpkin Cider Cocktail
Monday, October 24, 2011
We had foodie friends coming over for a potluck for no reason (#P4NR). Lately I’ve been trying to come up with interesting cocktails to serve to guests when they arrive. Something refreshing, to get things going, an aperitif to stimulate hunger — although with the food our friends brought, not much help was needed!
The thought […]
Valentine’s Day Shrimp Cocktail
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Before you call me cheesy, isn’t Valentine’s Day all about being cheesy? Excessive hearts, everything in red and pink, cute and cuddly bears, and more sweets than we can handle. Somehow shrimp just popped into my head in a heart-shaped image. Of course, I am in love and so these thoughts come easily. Each shrimp […]
Best of 2010
Thursday, December 30, 2010
This has been a crazy year for us as we soared to new heights with up to 215,000 unique readers in a single month. After a two year apartment search, we finally moved in the spring. First we had no kitchen and cooked with just appliances. Then we moved into my mom’s house while we […]
Pumpkin Patch Side Dish
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Halloween always comes faster than I expect it to. I never have a costume ready and each year I swear that next year, I’ll plan early and have a fantastic costume. (We really discussed a plan last night. We have a family costume that includes baby next year.) This year, I’m using my pregnancy as […]
4 Recipes for the 4th of July
Saturday, June 26, 2010
I’ll admit that I’m not particularly patriotic. The 4th of July means BBQ and fireworks to me, and that’s reason enough to celebrate. It also happens to be my little cousin Christopher’s birthday and he turns 18 this year. Happy Birthday Chris!
Hope you all have great celebrations planned and if you don’t, it’s not too […]
8 Father’s Day Recipes
Saturday, June 12, 2010
When I did the Mother’s Day round-up, just last month, John posted a comment, asking if I’d do one for Father’s Day. I was really happy to; I enjoyed putting it together so much last time. There is such a strong nostalgic association with food that thinking of a loved one naturally connects to memories […]
8 Mother’s Day Recipes
Thursday, May 6, 2010
I really love making Mother’s Day meals (see last year’s), and I’m scrambling to decide what to do this year. We don’t have a fully functioning kitchen right now so it’s going to be tough. For my mom, Lon’s mom, and probably most mom’s, it’s really enough to just see the effort. It’s a day […]
Lucky Basil
Friday, March 5, 2010
St. Patrick’s Day is coming up and I’m not Irish, but I love Irish Soda Bread. I can’t claim to do much pub crawling, but I did just post about potatoes. I never got into Lucky Charms, but through some twisted and fortunate miscalculation of the leprechauns, I got the luck of the Irish. Yup, […]