Culturally Confused

I haven't been in much of a cooking mood lately.  Not sure why that is, since all sorts of beautiful produce is starting to show up i...

Making this recipe was fate.  I swear.  See, I saw the recipe in this cookbook a while back, and I thought, yum!  But I had never seen la...

Ever heard of chartreuse?  Made by monks in France?  Bright green liqueur?  Stupid expensive?  Yeah, I thought that was all silliness unt...

Eggplant and I have not always gotten along.  Apparently I am not alone in this.  But I was able to overcome my issues with eggplant than...

I think I need to change my favorite phrase.  It is now "Everything tastes better with bacon...and beer."  Seriously.  These ri...

Indian food is so amazing to me.  I still can't believe how much flavor they manage to pack into one pot.  Seriously.  It's like ...

It's Super Bowl time!  Which means it's wings time, right? I'm normally not a huge fan of spicy chicken wings.  Not because I...

I can't believe it.  I actually found and acquired the incredibly elusive Seville orange.  They're like phantoms in the night.  O...

I hate having to throw out the remainders of expensive ingredients.  For example, I may only have needed 1 tablespoon of crème fraîche, b...

I've never been a huge fan of super-sweet muffins. I figure if they're that sweet, they have fallen over the very thin line into...