Now I love cooking and baking, but what I’m really obsessed with is buying cooking-related items, appliances and such. Throw me into Williams-Sonoma, Sur La Table or any restaurant supply store and I’m like a kid in a candy store. I eagerly await my foodie catalogs every month so I can drool over the latest [...]
Entries from January 2009
Tuesdays with Dorie: Savory Corn and Pepper Muffins
January 13th, 2009 · 17 Comments
Tags: Bread · Tuesdays with Dorie
Vegetarian Chili
January 11th, 2009 · 6 Comments
It snowed almost 12 inches here in the Chicago area on Friday and Saturday…and it’s only the second week of January. Looks like we’re in for a long, long winter. For those cold, overcast and downright miserable days, this vegetarian chili may just be the perfect pick-me-up. Simply dump everything into a slow cooker and [...]
Tags: Main Course · Soups and Stews · Vegetarian
Egg Rolls…or Are They Spring Rolls?
January 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Who knew there was such confusion about that Asian food in which vegetables and meat are wrapped in a skin and deep fried until they’re crispy and delicious? Are they egg rolls? Are they spring rolls? Wikipedia and various other websites I consulted all had conflicting information. At any rate, these rolls are delicious. And [...]
Tags: Asian · Chicken and Turkey · Ethnic Cuisine · Sides · Vegetarian
Tuesdays with Dorie: French Pear Tart
January 6th, 2009 · 12 Comments
Arrrg! The first Tuesdays with Dorie recipe of the year—and chosen by Dorie herself, no less—and I have the most awful pictures ever! Booo. This recipe was hands down the most delicious TWD recipe I’ve made thus far, and I all I have to show for it are these terrible pictures. Eeek! I made this [...]
Tags: Dessert · Fruit · Pies and Tarts · Tuesdays with Dorie
Thank Yous, All Around…and Happy New Year!
January 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments
I’m a bad, bad blogger. :( Since my last post a week and a half ago, I’ve been nothing but busy, busy busy–I was wrapping things up at work so I could take two weeks off, finishing last minute holiday shopping, cleaning up the house, digging ourselves out of two massive snowstorms, running last-minute errands, [...]






