Our culinary diary
I'm not going to lie... 2017 wasn't exactly my favorite year of all time. It was an exhausting year of school/clinical work. The news cycle was like 99.9993457245999% negative. And don't even get me started on our "president." We try to keep it positive around here - so we'll move away from all of that.... Continue Reading →
We're having an impromptu New Year's Eve "party" tonight. I put party in quotations because we're not exactly a wild bunch. We're having food, alcohol, and friends on NYE, so I feel like it qualifies as a party, but we're doing a lot more playing of board games than dancing on tables. I've wanted to... Continue Reading →
We may have mentioned it once or twice, or a million times, but Selim definitely has the sweet tooth in this family. I could eat chips & dip for the rest of my life, but Selim could easily subsist on sweets, especially chocolate! We like to joke that he has a separate dessert stomach. It's... Continue Reading →
If there's any dish that just screams 'Hanukkah,' it's potato latkes. Latkes are traditional Hanukkah fare not for the dish itself, but for the oil its fried in. Hanukkah is known as the Festival of Lights; it celebrates the miracle of one day's worth of oil lasting for eight days. Over 2000 years ago, the... Continue Reading →
Today is the Friday of Hanukkah for 2017. We're not Jewish, but always have thought that this blog was a great excuse to cook and sample foods from all of the world's countries, cultures, and religions... Holidays just seem to be the logical place to start. Selim loves Jewish food. He grew up in Cleveland, which... Continue Reading →
When I decided to make surprise Hanukkah dinner tonight, I knew I wanted to make latkes and dessert, but what to make for a main dish...? I've never made brisket before, but I don't live under a rock. I know that this cut of meat is beloved by Jewish bubbes and Texas pit-masters alike. Honestly,... Continue Reading →
This is another one of the recipes that we decided to make this blog for... It's one of my favorite Pinterest finds, from what's become a favorite blog - Little Spice Jar. We always tweak our recipes a little bit and this was no different. But, per usual, we've forgotten the changes we made from the... Continue Reading →
"The best part of life is when your family become your friends and your friends become your family." I love that "Friendsgiving" is a thing now. I just learned that while obviously friends have been gathering for meals for a long time, "Friendsgiving" became a thing, marked by its entrance into the Urban Dictionary lexicon... Continue Reading →
Have you ever been in a restaurant and decided on a nice, big, juicy burger for dinner? You're super-excited and think nothing can be better than your highly anticipated burger? So you place your order with the server, and then s/he asks you, "Do you want that on a regular bun or a pretzel bun?"... Continue Reading →
At every family meal we have on my maternal side of the family, everyone gets really excited when they find out that my Aunt Bobbie has made the rolls or bread. She's famous in the family for delicious, fluffy, homemade rolls and bread. At this most recent Thanksgiving, when she was slicing bread to place... Continue Reading →
Bon Appetit Baby! 
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