Category: Clubs and Blog Hops

Food ‘n Flix: Part One for Spinning Plates, a simple guacamole
Spinning Plates is the Food ‘n Flix April feature. I decided to do three recipes and three different posts to celebrate. Today’s post is a simple guacamole for a humble family restaurant. (It’s also doing double duty for I Heart Cooking Clubs.

April 2019 “In My Kitchen”
Cocktail mixtures, snack mixes, surprise tomatoes…these are what’s new in my kitchen this month.

Royal Hawaiian Cocktail for TLC and The Lieutenant’s Nurse
Welcome to a TLC Book Tour Stop for The Lieutenant’s Nurse by Sara Ackerman. Included with this review is a springy and kitschy cocktail, The Royal Hawaiian.

Contest winning spoils: Red Cabbage Kielbasa & Cannellini Soup
What do you do when you win a prize package of beets (and red cabbage)? Make soup!

“Paella” Fried Rice for IHCC
I delved into my Gourmet archives for a Retro Rice Recipe from Ruth Reichl.

March 2019 “In My Kitchen”
February found us finishing the remodel, replacing an ancient appliance, and scoring some more cookbooks (like I need anymore). Come see what’s in this edition of “In My Kitchen” for March 2019.

Food ‘n Flix Round Up for Crazy Rich Asians
Come check out the inspired-by meals from this month’s Food ‘n Flix feature, Crazy Rich Asians!

Mock Singapore Sling for Food ‘n Flix and Cook the Books
Welcome to the February/March edition of Cook the Books along with Food ‘n Flix February feature film. It’s a tag team this month. Claudia of Honey from Rock is hosting Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan for Cook the Books (for February/March). I’m hosting the film adaptation for the February Food ‘n Flix feature. “There is nothing in…

Diva of a Grilled Cheese for IHCC
Welcome to this week’s I Heart Cooking Clubs theme: Retro! Ruth has many retro recipes, whether it’s a recipe from a vintage issue of Gourmet, or a retro favorite from back in the day. We’re going back in time. Instead of digging through my old Gourmet copies, I decided to go with two retro flavors: grilled…
