Category: Recipes

Spicy Lentil Soup
Tired of snow, polar vortexes, COVID? This soup will make your day a whole lot brighter. You can seriously make this with what’s in your pantry and fridge. It’s nothing fancy but it can be a bright spot in your day (or week).

Cheesy Onion Dip for Super Bowl LV
Get your Super Bowl dip game face on and dive into this cheesy-oniony concoction.

Alice Hoffman’s Potato Soup and a review of The Artists’ and Writers’ Cookbook
Today is Part II (sort of) of the Dec/Jan edition of Cook the Books. Yesterday I posted a recipe and review of Eat Joy. Today I’m posting a recipe and review for The Artists’ and Writers’ Cookbook. Both are extremely well done and edited by Natalie Garrett. Deb (Kahakai Kitchen) had chosen Eat Joy for the CTB book pic. I…

Spinach & Feta Frittata
Welcome to Eat Joy, the current selection for Cook the Books. I made a delicious brunch dish, Spinach & Feta Frittata.

Spicy Beef Sambel
Here’s the latest results from a virtual cooking class with Chef Elizabeth from Haochi US (on a virtual Yelp event). This spicy beef dish is too good not to share (and so easy)!

Simply Irresistible Coq Au Vin and Fennel Salad for Food ‘n Flix
Welcome to this month’s round for Food ‘n Flix. Wendy from A Day in the Life on a Farm is hosting Simply Irresistible. I had never heard of this movie but it was a FnF feature back in November 2011. That was before I had found this great virtual movie club. (You can read Wendy’s…

Smoky Pimento Cheese for Big Lies in a Small Town
It’s a party today…specifically a blog party for Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain. Come join the fun! #BigLiesinaSmallTownParty

Apple Fritters and The Amish Baker’s Rival (Guest Blogger!!!)
Join me in welcoming a guest blogger today, my mom! Here’s her review of The Amish Baker’s Rival by Marie Bast along with homemade apple fritters!

Hot & Spicy Black-Eyed Pea Dip (and “In My Kitchen” for January 2021!)
Here’s a great dip for your New Year’s day table. This post is also my “In My Kitchen” January 2021 edition. Welcome to the New Year!!!!!

Christmas Pasta for Food ‘n Fix and The Holiday
Happy Holidays! I’m hosting the December edition of Food ‘n Flix with The Holiday (2006), a film directed by Nancy Meyers and starring Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jack Black and Jude Law. Of course, Diaz, Winslet, and Law are gorgeous. Black just adds enough scruffy “everyman” to help the tale be believable. Please do…