Bonjour! I just returned from a much needed vacation in the food mecca known as France. The purpose of my man crow and I’s trip was to visit our dear friend Tara and be witnesses at her wedding to the charming Alex Paret. During the week leading up to the main event the four of [...]
Read more →Last weekend we celebrated the arrival of Miz Emily back to the east coast with a retreat at her parents house in Western Connecticut. Sadly we were missing one crow, Riane, who was busy in California hunting for a new nest in the Bay Area but we all got a chance to chat with her [...]
Read more →Here are a couple meals I whipped up this week when my kitchen energy was running pretty low. These two recipes follow the same theme but when you change the flavor components in the marinade/dressing it doesn’t taste monotonous at all. Grilled Chicken & Rice Salad RICE: I chose brown rice for this salad and [...]
Read more →Currently the only herb on my porch is a chive plant so I have been finding as many ways as possible to incorporate it into my cooking. When I hear chives the first thing the pops into mind is potato- mashed, baked, fried, any way you make it the flavor is always increased with chives. [...]
Read more →A good fish taco is hard to come by, so i felt a tad nervous taking on this new culinary venture. Mixed with nervousness was also excitement because if it came out delicious I would no longer have to seek these out at restaurants because one could always be created at home. VBar and I [...]
Read more →Last night the JP Crows had plans to make dinner but for some reason we were all feeling uninspired as to what we were going to cook up. The email discussion we had throughout the course of the day ranged from baked pasta to thai- all of which sounded tasty but not good enough to [...]
Read more →I have been dying to re-create a delicious salad I had at the Front Room in Portland Maine and this weekend, when I was snowed in, I finally got the chance to do so. Although its not on their current menu, the memorable salad I had a hankering for was spinach, crumbled goat cheese, diced [...]
Read more →Last Thursday I got the most random an amazing holiday present from a woman in my office- Lobster. At first I was excited but almost viewed this gift as a burden- what am I going to do with two lobsters in an office at 7:30 in the morning? Things started looking up when I peered [...]
Read more →After all that chicken soup, I needed a little fresh greenery to cut the liquid swooshing around in my belly. Inspired by my mom’s dinner of Gorgonzola salad (from god’s gift to grocery stores- Stew Leonards- I’m looking at you NY and Western CT residents to fill our friends in on its glory) and roasted [...]
Read more →We are entering the holiday season or as I like to refer to it as the season for food and beverage indulgence! Here is a simple dinner I made on a Sunday night to ease my guilt after a weekend full of meat, cheese, beer and wine. Garlic and Herb Fingerling Potatoes w/ Simple Side [...]
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