~Making the Leap from Louboutin to Le Creuset
When I first moved to Manayunk, I remember seeing “Amish Macaroni Salad” in the deli cases and, while I wasn’t sure WHAT it was, I took a chance and I haven’t looked back since. Every week, the deli crew knows that in addition to getting the Sous Pug his deli turkey, I probably will order some of the Amish Macaroni Salad to go with a rotisserie chicken or sandwiches. Kinda predictable, huh? Over the weekend, to go with the Bourbon {Read More}
For SL’s dinner party, we played it simple – serving the Chicken Sauvignon Blanc with a flavorful tri-color orzo salad from Giada de Laurentiis. With all the hustle and bustle going on in SL’s kitchen (I was trying to save a banana pudding dessert that kinda went the wrong way), I didn’t take the multitude of pics I normally do with a recipe. However, as SL and crew will attest, once it was plated, I flew out to the dining {Read More}
When I lived in Orlando, I would often run out for lunch with one of my friends, Ms. M., to this one specific restaurant down the street because she adored their tabbouleh. For the life of me, I cannot remember the restaurant’s name but she thought that they used more lemon which made it pop. I didn’t have an interest in making it ever because I’m not a fan of bulgar (why, I don’t know – I’ll eventually get over {Read More}
There’s a reason why I cannot watch Giada de Laurentiis’ travel show on the Food Network – namely because it puts ideas in my head of different flavor combinations and then I turn into the kitchen chemist with a theory of “little bit of this” and “let’s put in some more of that” and I don’t measure. Ugh! Anywhoo – Giada happened to be in the Hamptons on this episode and she had a watermelon salad with some ricotta salata, {Read More}
One of the April recipes to try for the Barefoot Bloggers was the Barefoot Contessa’s Chinese Chicken Salad. I know I know – it’s the end of the month but it is done. I am regaining my cooking mojo and, thankfully, this recipe made me think quick on my feet. I’ve noticed with the Food Network, sometimes it’s like recipe roulette when they post the recipes. As I was using my blackberry for cooking instructions, I didn’t have the ability to {Read More}
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