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Fab Friday – Memorial Day Edition

Fab Friday - Memorial Day Edition

It doesn’t seem like that long ago that we were dealing with the holiday craziness and it’s already summer – where does the time go? The official summer kickoff is here – Memorial Day – and I figured that I’d center this week’s Fab Friday on a few lovelies to make your Memorial Day weekend fantastic. Fab Friday – Memorial Day Edition by cookinginstilettos

Tried and True: Roast Pork with Honey Apple Cider Vinegar Sauce

Roast Pork With Honey Apple Cider Vinegar Sauce a l'Ancienne

When I first started cooking, I thought French cooking was stuffy and wouldn’t be something I would ever attempt, let alone enjoy. Boy was I wrong. A few weeks ago, I saw mention online about this fab cookbook, The Bonne Femme Cookbook: Simple, Splendid Food That French Women Cook Every Day by Wini Moranville, and, after reading the reviews, I headed to my local Barnes & Noble to check it out. The recipes in there were so good that I {Read More}

Roasted Apples – The Perfect Unexpected Side Dish

Roasted Apples

Recently, I was making a divine pork dish and could not, for the life of me, figure out what would be a great side that would accent the pork but not steal the show – kinda like a “Robin” to the main entree’s “Batman”. I had one of my culinary “aha” moments when I happened to look at the fruit basket and saw some gorgeous apples just sitting there waiting for some attention.  Thankfully, there’s always Ms. Martha to the {Read More}

Secret Recipe Club: Sesame Ginger Chicken

Sesame Ginger Chicken

This month’s Secret Recipe Club not only gave me an alternative to the local takeout restaurant but also one of my new favorite blogs – A Tale of One Foodie’s Culinary Adventures. Erin’s blog is chock full of some seriously delicious recipes that it was so hard to choose just one. I promise that if you bookmark her, you will visit her site time and time again for culinary inspiration. Some recipes I have bookmarked to try are these luscious {Read More}

Fab Friday – Bloggy Boot Camp Edition

FabFriday-5.18.12-Cooking In Stilettos

This weekend, some seriously fabulous bloggers will be visiting the City of Brotherly Love for Bloggy Boot Camp and I figured that, in honor of the SITS Girls‘ arrival to my fave city, we’d do a Fab Friday – Bloggy Boot Camp Style with things perfect for a blog conference.   Fab Friday – Bloggy Boot Camp Edition-Cooking In Stilettos 1. In any blog conference, comfort is key and, while flats and I are far from BFF until I get {Read More}