A slew of small mom-and-pop stores and restaurants in NYC Chinatown were hit especially hard during the pandemic. In response, Send Chinatown Love, a volunteer community organization, was created to help these struggling businesses. Donations to Send Chinatown Love were used to buy meals from local restaurants and distribute them to the elderly and vulnerable …
I excitedly headed to the city a couple of months ago to pick up my copy of Erin French’s new book, Big Heart Little Stove. I became a fan after reading her biography and watching her show, The Lost Kitchen. Her food is simple and beautiful. She focuses on sourcing amazing locally-grown products from small …
I have been meaning to put the Hubster’s Tuna Dip recipe on 3jamigos for a long time. Tuna Dip is mandatory for every birthday party, impromptu gathering, and of course, every 49ers football game. Yep, Sunday is not Sunday unless there is a game on, a bowl of tuna dip and a giant bag of …
I LOVE Cream Cheese Frosting,. It deserves its own post, and should not be an afterthought tacked onto a Carrot Cake or Banana Cake recipe. TBH…it needs its own post because I was today years old when I learned how to make a creamy, luscious, LUMP-FREE Cream Cheese Frosting. Yep, all those years I struggled …
Well it was the Hubster’s birthday a week ago. I had the nerve to make him a carrot cake for HIS birthday. As many know, his Carrot Cake reigns supreme. Every birthday we celebrate, it is a given the candles will be on a Wes-created Carrot Cake. Do I get jealous? Maybe a bit, BUT …
I found it! Buried in my recipe binder, a treasured recipe from my friend Joy’s mom. My favorite holiday cookie, Mrs. S’s Toffee Squares. As soon as we received her plate of Christmas Cookies I laid claim to those Toffee Squares, and truth be told, her Crescents, Pecan Tartlets, and Spritz Cookies… lol. These delightful …
How many of you have had REAL eggnog? Not the ultra-pasteurized, homogenized version of eggnog found in every supermarket during the holidays. Who drinks that stuff? Context I did a bit of sleuthing on the origins of eggnog. It has been around since medieval England (1300s), that’s a LONG time. Its lineage starts as a …
Brrrrr… getting chilly out there. While I love summer, I do look forward to winter. As the temperature drops I start dreaming of dishes that warm the body and soul. Soup bowls and spoons that have languished on the shelf all summer are now front and center, waiting to be filled. Soups, rice bowls, stews, …
Me. The cookbook addict missed a book signing at Omnivore Books. Literally, took my eye off the book and completely missed Natasha Pickowicz’s More Than Cake book signing event. In my effort to curtail my cookbook acquisitions, I have limited my cookbook buying to books by POC authors. There are exceptions of course, anything by …