It’s not the biggest and baddest of all kitchen gadgets but a fun new cooking tool all the same. Meet Mr. Ball Whisk, the innovative companion for all of your bechamel and stirring needs (please do not confuse with a head massager). It was fate that brought Mr. Ball Whisk into my kitchen. I was [...]
Read more →Comfort Food Comfort Food Comfort Food. The windows are closed and the heat is on and I’m a couple weeks away from moving my porch herbs inside to hopefully survive and prosper rather than wilt and die. This change of temperature brought me an immense craving for roasted chicken, especially since I just came across [...]
Read more →Hello blog, its been a while. After a long journey across the country with my man crow, my cat, and in a strangers car, I’ve arrived in New England. More importantly, I will soon be reunited with the JP crows! I immediately started missing Oakland, and Oakland taco trucks, the second we left California. The [...]
Read more →This may send readers into carb-overload after Mo’s delicious pasta posts but I have to share this tasty mac and cheese I whipped up in the good ol’ cast iron skillet before it escapes my memory. I make mac and cheese quite often so I wanted to branch out with my cheese choice to add [...]
Read more →I know what you’re thinking. Another post about pasta?! This woman must be carb-crazy! Well, you’re right. I am a little carb-crazy but I think it’s more about my love of sauce! A couple of nights ago, my momma made some delicious linguine with clam and shrimp Fra Diavolo. Now, I’d like to say that [...]
Read more →For a few years I had been slaving over a make-shift rolling pin (mason jar full of water) to get my pasta dough thin enough. For anyone without a pasta maker, you know how tedious this can be. Last year though, I was fortunate enough to be gifted a beautiful new pasta maker from fellow [...]
Read more →Last week I caught the itch to try something new in the kitchen so when I was in the grocery store I bought a bag of tomatillos and went home to attempt my first salsa verde. I took some tips from a couple different recipes via the web and combined it with the ingredients I [...]
Read more →Here is a quick pasta dish to whip up on a hectic weekday night. The sauce can be prepared in the the time it takes for the pasta to cook, check it out: Penne with Spinach Sauce I’ve had this in my recipe queue for some time now but I was waiting until I had [...]
Read more →I know the title sounds like an oxymoron, but I came across a neat technique to pull off this dish without missing the meat. It requires mushrooms and a food processor…the finely ground mushroom gives the illusion of meat crumble throughout the sauce. I haven’t tested it yet but being a lover of mushrooms, I [...]
Read more →A few weeks back I decided to tackle a product I have never used before: Anchovies. I made a classic Puttanesca, and a less-than-classic (no raw egg)) Caesar Dressing(which I highly recommend making!). For the Puttanesca, I used capers, tomatoes, red pepper, katamala olives, and anchovies. I followed the most “classic recipes” I could find, [...]
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