Having recently posted a fried rice recipe (Kim Chee Fried Rice-Koreatown), this comes a bit sooner than expected, but a couple of things prompted this post. The rain is back with a vengeance so I have been holed up at home with Sammy. The perfect time to scrounge around the fridge and use whatever we …
My go to munchie nuts have been my cousin Bonnie’s Spicy Pecans. Sweet and spicy with hints of clove, ginger and cinnamon they are addictive-they are my crack. During the holidays I make tons of these nuts. So much so I dreamt about them in my sleep. Auugh! Time for a change. Now don’t get …
Miss me? I have been on an extended break from the blogosphere. Knocked down by the flu during the holidays, my post-election blues (I promise to refrain) and the wet dreary weather kind of got the best of me. But I’m back! Ready to tackle 2017. This year’s theme will be comfort food from soup to …
Instead of the usual Christmas baking and festivities I found myself in bed with the flu for most of the holiday season. I passed the time by watching the Hallmark holiday movie channel (I know, desperate times call for desperate measures) and luckily a PBS Downton Abby marathon. I soon tired of watching TV and fortuitously …
.I was going to stop at homemade Kahlua but a super simple recipe caught my eye in one of my all time favorite blogs, Smitten Kitchen. I trust her implicitly so I knew I was going to make this. This is a knockoff of Baily’s Irish Cream. Yep. Super simple and delicious. I waited until …
I have been in a funk this holiday season. Every time I go to bake cookies I get de-railed. I thought I would make a final push and get a few done, but I was struck by the flu bug which put the big kabash on any last minute baking. This effectively ended all hope …
Growing up I remember we had one big pot, well worn, dented and it’s bottom darkened from frequent use. It was my Dad’s favorite cooking utensil and he used it for everything. He stir-fried, boiled, simmered, stewed and steamed in that pot and everything that came out of that pot was amazing. I loved his fried rice. He …
Hi! Jamie here. I’m back for a holiday season of cookies, Christmas music, and lying on the couch watching TV. If you haven’t guessed by now, my mom is kinda crazy about cookies—especially during the holidays. Although I beg her every year not to bake 36 dozen cookies—I eat so many of them—she somehow turns …
Who doesn’t like thumbprints? Not me, my kids, my hubby, nor Santa (the thumbprints were always gone from Santa’s cookie plate on Christmas morning). While perusing the internet for holiday cookie recipes I came across the blog, Chew Out Loud. Their most requested cookie recipe (hands down winner) is for Buttery Jam Thumbprint Cookies. Really, is it so surprising? …