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Dining with the Toffs: Lady Maclean’s Diplomatic Dishes
Mooching about our rented holiday villa, sorry, amazingly huge palazzo in Croatia, I found an extraordinary cookbook, Lady Maclean’s Diplomatic Dishes. Veronica Maclean was a Scottish blue-blood, born to Lord and Lady Lovat in 1920, photog (read full article)
Family Time. Happy Time. Giveaway.
I just wrote a whole post about how we spend quality time together as a family, going into detail about our activities, then my husband came home with some shocking news. His coworker had just lost her 11 year old daughter. The little girl had a feve (read full article)
Gone Fishing..... With Family
Tell me, is there anything better than the beach, the sand, the surf, big family dinners on a deck with an ocean view? And beautiful sisters who cook?If there is, let me know because I certainly can't imagine it.Recipes tomorrow. (read full article)
Kalamata Olive and Sun-Dried Tomato Pot Roast
Pot roast is one of those classic family dinners. And why not? It's easy to make, can be made in the slow cooker or in a Dutch oven. It's also a very inexpensive cut of meat whether on sale or not. I have listed many versions of the pot roast, and no (read full article)
I Heart Tony’s
As you know, I’ve self-banned myself from any markets, gourmet food or specialty stores, and farmer’s markets until I use up some of the stockpile in my pantry and on my refrigerator door. That lasted exactly 4 days, 16 hours and 12 (read full article)
John and Lisa Are Interviewing...Melissa D'Arabian
Photo Courtesy of Harrah's and Food NetworkNumber four in our series of Atlantic City Food and Wine Festival/Food Network personalities is 2009's The Next Food Network Star winner, Melissa D' Arabian. Her experiences in childhood with budget-consciou (read full article)
John and Lisa Are Interviewing...Melissa D'Arabian
Photo Courtesy of Harrah's and Food NetworkNumber four in our series of Atlantic City Food and Wine Festival/Food Network personalities is 2009's The Next Food Network Star winner, Melissa D' Arabian. Her experiences in childhood with budget-consciou (read full article)
A Special Treat For A Special Someone
This is Mr. Socks, our furry bundle of love. Yesterday he turned 12 a great milestone for most dogs but particularly special for him due to the expectation that he wouldn't make it to this birthday. You see in the past couple of years we have seen ou (read full article)
July Daring Cooks Challenge: Homemade Nut Butters
Yes! I am on the ball and I am posting my Daring Cooks Challenge on time this month! I think I will give myself a gold star....The July 2010 Daring Cooks’ Challenge was hosted by Margie of More Please and Natashya of Living in the Kitchen with Pupp (read full article)
Tea Brined Gravlax
Heady summer days full of squealing children and oppressive heat calls for simplification. Simplifying dinners could mean a lightly thrown together salad, cold sandwiches, or maybe a fancier alternative, such as tapas style eating, a favourite of (read full article)
KOREAN BEEF & SOUR COLESLAW LETTUCE WRAPS
This is exactly the kind of food that I grew up with. I remember fondly my Grandmother wrapping beef, Korean hot pepper paste, and rice in a neatly folded lettuce cup and handing it over to me to eat. She knew that my little hands wouldn't be able t (read full article)
The Place ~ Nantucket
From the moment the ferry pulls into the harbor you know you are some place special. I'm not super fond of boats and being out in the open water but even for me the ferry ride isn't bad. The fact that we were blessed with two beautiful tra (read full article)
06.27.10: dinner (scuie scuie and simple meals)
Gemelli alla Scuie Scuie with Kumatoes and Fresh Mozzarella The heat wave that Michael complained about yesterday is finally easing up here…at least a little. It’s still so hot in the mornings that I have to hold off on applying makeup un (read full article)
My Monday Menu Plan: Basil
As it turns out, with the kids off at sleepaway camp, and a couple dinners out, I am thinking that I don’t actually need a menu plan this week. Our box from Two Small Farms has a couple things that I will need to eat this week (Little Gem Lett (read full article)
Quinoa, Garbanzo, and Spinach Salad with Smoked Paprika Dressing
There are many things I love about quinoa but the best thing by far is that it fills you up for a long long time. I’m not sure exactly why that is, someone mentioned to me recently that they thought quinoa contained more protein than other gra (read full article)
Good Food Gatherings - Round 2
More about our concept of Good Food Gatherings. Entertaining for us is most simply gathering people together over good food and beverage in enjoyable surroundings. Special events and occasions may require party themes, and decorations to mat (read full article)
Apricot & Thyme Galette
We all get bombarded with fundraisers, especially if you have kids. We buy cookies from girl scouts, popcorn from cub scouts, wrapping paper from school, magazine subscriptions, cookie dough... you name it, there's a group selling this stuff at exagg (read full article)
30 Natural Dinners In Less Than 30 Minutes.
Cooking With Natural Ingredients Does Not Have To Be Difficult, Time Consuming And Expensive. This E-book With 30 Recipes Teaches You The Principles Of Preparing Healthy And Natural Dinners For Your Family. 30 Natural Dinners In Less Than 30 Minutes. (read full article)
My Monday Menu Plan: Lettuce
Healthy Salads Our box from Two Small Farms is loaded with lettuce, so I think this week is going to be all about salads. Hopefully the weather will cooperate, as salads are best, IMHO, when it is too hot to cook. And, as it turns out, the folks at (read full article)
Burger overflow at National Sports Grill
It was a stressful and busy week for me so I was just so disappointed that two important occasions fell on that hell week. It was my mom’s birthday on May 27 and my cousin’s wedding the day after. I was so tired from working overtime and the stre (read full article)
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