Herbed Chicken Casserole with Wild Rice, Red Rice and Cranberries

March 18, 2012

I am going to skip marveling at the weather–everyone in the continental 48 knows this was one weird winter–and just skip to the part that usually comes sometime in April.  We are in our fourth year in this house, and every spring I continue to be amazed and grateful that we are so lucky to [...]

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Salted White Chocolate Brownies with Bittersweet Chocolate Chunks and Macadamia Nuts

March 13, 2012

Ahh jet lag.  Jet lag is why I am sitting and staring at my computer screen, where most of the work has been done for me, pictures are ready, recipe typed, and yet I have nothing to say.  Despite finally getting to try a Tartine morning bun (WOW), eating at Aziza (WOW again), and all the [...]

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No Butter Kinda Saag Chicken

March 10, 2012

Greetings from San Francisco!  My wonderful husband gave me a trip, sans children, to see my best friend from high school in Paolo Alto/San Francisco.  So far I have had an amazing pandan waffle from a Vietnamese food truck (made with pandanus leaf), a stellar hamburger from Zuni Cafe, chocolate ice cream with smoked sea [...]

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Individual Peanut Butter Mousse Pies–for Mikey–and John, Alex and Sammy

March 7, 2012

As most of you know, I was gone for a decent chunk of last summer.  I tried my best to keep up with blogging–I even became a travel blog for a short while but I did not keep up with the outside world worth a hoot.  Major League Baseball passed me by as did the excitement [...]

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“Pork Claypot Rice” Adapted to My Kitchen

March 4, 2012

I love the internet.  If you are interested in culinary anthropology, for lack of a better way to put being interested in exploring other cultures’ cuisines, the internet provides a wealth of information.  Sure I can read a book an American traveling in Indonesia has written about Indonesian food–I have those books, I love those [...]

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Chocolate Chocolate Chip Wacky Cake and A Review of Piece of Cake!

March 1, 2012

Full disclosure: my mom does not make cake from scratch; I did not grow up in a family where cakes were baked, aside from the occasional boxed mix.  My maternal grandma did, but my mother never.  Even pancakes, waffles and shortcakes are made with Bisquick.  Now this is the same woman who, as far as [...]

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Punjabi Rajma, Adapted (Indian Kidney Bean Stew)

February 27, 2012

I wonder what Indians in India think of those of us in America, who are so attracted to their cuisine when it is cold, blustery and snowy or rainy out?  It is one of those great ironies of the culinary world (what? You didn’t know the culinary world could be ironic?), that those spices which [...]

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Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake

February 22, 2012

Like many people, we tend to get into ruts where breakfast is concerned.  This problem is even worse for non-morning people, like myself, because we are not going to get up earlier–even by 10 minutes–to add cooking time to our morning routine.  Nor are we capable of much thought, let alone creativity, for a good [...]

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Pasta Alla Boscaiola AKA Italian Beef and Noodles

February 17, 2012

I’ve had canned beef on the brain lately.  In recent months, I started actually paying attention to my Google Analytics, where I discovered that by far and away my grandmother’s Beef and Noodles is my most popular post.  I cannot help but find this a little funny because this blog really does not specialize in [...]

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White Russian Pound Cake–and a Vent!

February 13, 2012

In person I am about the least likely person to back down from a potentially controversial position.  Multitudes of jokes have been made about me being opinionated.  I tend to shy away from it online, however.  For one thing, I dislike dealing with the inevitable lack of courtesy that accompanies comments on the internet, where [...]

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