Our culinary diary
Ever since starting this blog, we’ve done our year end roundup of our favorite recipes and other statistics (see: Farewell 2023!, Adieu 2022, So Long 2021!, Good Riddance 2020, Goodbye 2019!, Recap of 2018, and Looking Back on 2017) We'll just call it stats this year, since there's only but so much to roundup. 2024 Stats Site Visitors: ♥ Unique visitors: 16,611... Continue Reading →
We decided to make a Native American dinner to celebrate Winter Solstice this year. This day was and is celebrated in a variety of ways across different Native American tribes, and while we didn't try to specifically recreate any of those traditions, we did keep the meal to only ingredients native to the United States.... Continue Reading →
Fresh figs from our backyard tree! And fresh persimmons from our neighbors'! Elmo's Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes from Sesame Street's Let's Cook! cookbook for kids. An amazing home-cooked Thanksgiving dinner at my SIL's home. Sadly, only snapped a pic of the butter turkey. ATK's Braised Pork Marbella - 10/10, highly recommend
For several years now, we've been making some variation of Smitten Kitchen's zucchini butter spaghetti all summer long. But when we get to fall, we take the same idea and pivot to cabbage. Both of these versions are delicious, get a big serving of vegetables in, and easy enough for a weeknight dinner. Essentially, all... Continue Reading →
As with everywhere else we go, the food is the best part! We had amazing Brazilian food, but also some excellent Asian food given the large (particularly Japanese) diaspora in Brazil. We wished that we'd had more time to eat - we didn't get to try nearly as many places and cuisines that we'd wanted.... Continue Reading →
This cinnamon bun that's bigger than my head from the classic Richmond doughnut spot - Country Style Donuts Carrot top pesto on Oro bucatini Summer salad with the cutest lettuces from the Dupont Farmer's market Our version of Smitten Kitchen's zucchini butter spaghetti, except over Oro ravioli. We make this about once a week all... Continue Reading →
As part of our Summer Solstice celebration, we made a Swedish Midsommar inspired picnic dinner. We made quick pickles (simple pickle with lots of dill, potatoes with dill (the Swedish version is essentially the same as the Ukrainian version we've shared before), and our Hot Smoked Salmon Dip!
Chicken pot pie & hummus + kimchi platter, such tiny portions, at Horn O' Plenty, in Bedford, PA The exquisite breakfast spread at Chancellor's House B&B in Bedford. Not pictured, the next courses of poached pears and Belgian waffles. Oro's Beet Rosettes with peas Coconut "bird's nests" - came out a little more neon than... Continue Reading →
Today is the first day of Lunar New Year, and we're making our (now) annual Lunar New Year dinner. The past few years, we've cooked Chinese dishes (Chinese Turnip Cake, Lion's Head meatballs, several noodle dishes), so this year I wanted to make sure we branched out from just Chinese celebratory dishes. While I was... Continue Reading →
This recipe from my most recent issue of Bon Appetit caught my eye for several reasons. It came together in about 5 minutes. I used Trader Joe's staples we had on hand, for an even easier quick creation. The original uses canned, oil-packed salmon and sambal oelek. We used Trader Joe's Hot Smoked Salmon (an... Continue Reading →
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