Tapas, known as little bites of Spanish food, translates to “caps.” Turns out, Spaniards, in an effort to keep fruit flies out of their wine, put small plates on top of glasses – caps. An empty plate, well, might be worse than the fruit flies, so they added small amounts … Read More
You know all the sage, nutty, and buttery righteousness that’s packed into holiday stuffing doesn’t have to get tossed when the post feast diet kicks in. The diet that falls between the last Thursday of November and the first holiday party.
Here’s a salad that combines your leftovers into a savory … Read More
What better way to overcome guilt demons than with a kid cocktail offering. What no milk, who died?
It’s been a smoldering couple of days (and nights) in Southern California. First, we long for a warm summer night buried in our Midwestern memories and then when one comes along – panic. … Read More
The other day within my wondrous list of google reader feeds, For the Love of Food blog featured chickpea nibbles and like the dog in the movie Up! I saw squirrel!! Beans, salt, crunch, hunger – I was so making this snack right now even though I was mid-sentence in … Read More
Let’s just say that previous explorations with said fruitriled up my son to ask for more. And who wouldn’t have superserved her kid’s every food wish before he left for two weeks of sleepaway camp? Like he isn’t eating dinner doused in sprinkles, cup o’syrup for breakfast, and deep-fried almost … Read More