Sometimes when I want to cook a recipe that I’ve made before, I search the blog to remind myself of any tips or changes I may have discovered when I previously made it. Recently I tried to do this and discovered, to my shock, that I had never written about Giada DeLaurentiis’ Butternut Squash Lasagna. [...]
I know it’s officially spring, but I’m continuing to make soup until it’s too hot to eat it. Plus it’s been disgustingly cold and rainy all week, which is definitely soup weather. Sunday night’s creation was an incredibly simple Tuscan White Bean Soup, the recipe for which was featured in The Atlantic about a month [...]
According to my sister, I am now officially old. Easy for her to say, she’s still a young and spry 21. I, on the other hand, am officially a quarter-century old. 25. How did that happen?! Okay, enough whining. I had a really awesome birthday. Yesterday Brian took me to Harney and Sons for tea, [...]
I spent too much of yesterday agonizing over a barbecue. It was my church’s women’s fellowship barbecue and, being new to the area and all, I really wanted to go. Attendees were supposed to bring their own meat to grill and something to share. First issue: I thought it was pretty silly to go to [...]
Tonight’s episode of Food Detectives on the Food Network had a really interesting segment on the “miracle berry”. Apparently it alters the taste buds on your tongue and causes foods, especially acidic ones, to taste sweet. Since it doesn’t affect your brain, there’s no dangers associated with it (yet) and its pretty much just used [...]
I’ve been pretty excited for Adam Gertler’s “Will Work for Food” since the rumors about an Adam Gertler show started last year. Though he probably wasn’t the best cook, he was my choice to win “Next Food Network Star”. I loved his personality and I’m thrilled that they decided to give him a show despite [...]
I didn’t watch URS last weekend, because the Golden Globes were on and I needed a break from food television (!). I don’t feel guilty about it. I wasn’t going to watch it this week either, because I’m not really a cake fan, but I did anyway because I had nothing better to do. Then [...]
As I hinted in my previous post, I made Rachael Ray’s Not-sagna Pasta Toss today to bring to school for lunch this week. The meal is supposed to mimic the taste of lasagna without all the work and does a decent job of it. I think its unhealthy to get too bogged down in following [...]
In connection with last night’s post, Eat Me Daily has posted a list of the episodes and contestants for Food Network’s Chopped, which premieres next Tuesday. You can see the list here.
Tonight was the first episode of this season of Food Network’s Ultimate Recipe Showdown. The theme was Comfort Food. I felt strongly about the contestants from the get go. Rick Massa’s Cheese Lovers 5 Cheese Mac and Cheese sounded great, despite the judges’ concern that the blue cheese might be overpowering. I thought blue cheese [...]
