~Making the Leap from Louboutin to Le Creuset
It’s been a pretty tough six months – between the Sous Pug’s multiple diagnoses, switching to a new (and fabulous vet) who finally figured out what was wrong, to major surgery for both his bladder stones and pancreatitis, and now we’re prepping for Surgery No. 2.
Recently, I noticed that my DVR decided to record an episode of Simply Delicioso on the Cooking Channel. Ingrid Hoffmann was making a Chipotle Tamale Pie and I made a mental “must try note.” Then, over Labor Day weekend, I picked up the fall issue of Popular Plates Magazine and lo and behold there is Ingrid with the same recipe. When something crosses my path a couple of times, I tend to pay attention and decided there was no time {Read More}
Rice and I are far from strangers. The Sous Pug’s new home-cooked diet requires that he have quite a bit of rice daily and I’m constantly cooking it. It got to be where I finally gave in and invested in a rice cooker to make life a bit easier than standing over a stove and possibly burning it (not that I’ve EVER done that *cough cough*). Claire Robinson made a dish recently on 5 Ingredient Fix – Baked Shroom Rice {Read More}
A few weeks ago, I went to the Atlantic City Wine & Food Festival for Sunny Anderson’s Sunset Sliders event. It was a gorgeous evening poolside on the rooftop deck of Caesars with a perfect shore breeze and various nibbles and cocktails to try. I had a blast catching up with One Curly Fry’s Jen, Megan from This Girl Can Eat and, of course, Ms. Sunny and was intrigued with this Bourbon Cider Twist cocktail which was one of the {Read More}
Where did the time go? It seems like it was just yesterday I was chatting with everyone but with Wiggs’ medical drama, it took it’s toll on not only him, but also moi and my writing. Good thing the SousPug finally got a clean bill of health from the vet and he is healing up nicely. I was chatting with SL and told him my predicament – namely I have been cooking way more for the SousPug than for me {Read More}
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