Cookbooks Galore: my most recent recipe inspirations

Cookbooks, Crock Pot Slow Cooker Recipes, Reviews

I have been building a mountain of new cookbooks lately. So many recipes so little time. And I will need new shelves too for storage. Ah the joy of turning the pages and salivating at every new picture of fun recipes. I thought I would share with you all the latest...

The Liver Experiment Week 1: Chicken Liver Pate and Absinthe

Appetizer Recipes, The Liver Experiment

Boys and Girls, hang on to your hats because I am taking you on a crazy and offal adventure. I am usually against New Year’s resolutions, I think for most of us it is a setup for disappointment. But I made a very unusual resolution this year: trying to...

Slow Cooker Stout and Chicken Stew

Crock Pot Slow Cooker Recipes, Exotic World Recipes, Main Course Recipes

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming. The holiday season is over and it was a wonderful time surrounded by friends and family. But my clothes is happy it is over! Time for a bit healthier meals, or at least considering it while you are still polishing...

Berbere spice mix

Miscellaneous

Berbere spice mix Berbere spice mix Shekla Tibs is a spicy aromatic meat dish which is very quick to make. This stew-like stir-fry is a lesser-known Ethiopian traditional food worthy of discovery. 1/2 teaspoon fenugreek1/4 cup ground dried chiles1/4 cup paprika1...

Happy New Year with a Marzipan Topped Light Fruit Cake

Dessert Recipes, Events

I hope everyone is having a wonderful time amongst family and friends for this Holiday Season. Tomorrow we welcome the year 2014, I wish you all health, love, a safe home, prosperity and everything else you could wish. Happy New Year 2014! My calendar has certainly...

Christmas Fruit Cake and Angel Wings for the Time of the Doctor (Who)

Cookbooks, Dessert Recipes, Events, Main Course Recipes

So we are all good friends here, right? We all love food and recipes, pretty place settings and new kitchen gadgets. So do you like me enough to accept a dark secret, a skeleton in my closet? OK, here is goes. I can be a real geek! Please don’t judge me. I enjoy...

Chocolate-Dipped Orange Peel Cookies

Dessert Recipes, Events

This is my first year participating in The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap, a great fundraising effort partnered with Cookies for Kids’ Cancer, a national non-profit organization committed to funding new therapies used in the fight against pediatric cancer. I...

SRC: Black Asian Rice with Stir Fried Vegetables

Exotic World Recipes, Main Course Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes

Today is my group’s reveal day for the Secret Recipe Club. What is the SRC? Basically you are assigned a fellow participant’s blog by the organizer and then you pick a recipe of your choice from that blog and make your version of it. But it is a secret,...

Savory Cocktails: a modern twist on libations

Cookbooks, Drink recipes

Today, December 5th, marks the 80th anniversary of the end of Prohibition. And I love me a good original cocktail! Whether I sip it with friends in a trendy bar or want to impress family and friends over a dinner party, the more original the better in my book. I...