Daring Bakers April 2008– Success!

Those who know me well know that I don’t do well with fiddly details. You see, at work, I’m a perfectionist I work with statistics and economics and data analysis, I have to be precise and perfect all the time, and when I come home, I want to make ginormous sticky measures and play around. [...]

Mostly Veg

Fondue, as retro-seventies as it may be, has become a once-a-month staple in our little apartment. Good for guests but also ridiculously easy (and low on dishes), the only downside to this dish is that the kind of cheese you’ll want to use can cost a pretty penny. South Mountain Creamery sent a whole pound [...]

Healthy Food for Lazy Days

Ugh. I hate winter. I hate winter so very much that I looked at the giant, teacup sized flakes marking DC’s second snowfall with disgust rather than amazement. It’s always been that way– even when I was a little girl, I “hibernated” during the winter, having to be pushed and scolded into leaving the [...]

Daring Bakers December- Chocolate Yule Log (Buche de Noel)

Phew! *Wipes sweat off her brow*. That was tough, and involved quite a few unwarranted jokes at my expense. In fact, a certain someone in my life was known to comment “Wow! That’s going to look the same going in as coming out.” *Pout* Of course, he was also the same person to comment the [...]

Ethical Eating (3)- Organics and Mishigash*

*Randomness. Sometimes Yiddish is fun.
This is part 3 of of a three-part series on my views on eating ethically. The first one focuses on why I try to eat locally (and the resources I use to do so). The second one will focus on why I’m not a vegetarian (even though I love veggies), and [...]

Meal Planning 2– Plus Recipe!

I seem to be already in the habit of posting well into the week, but I’ll try to get something done earlier into the next cycle. Of course, it would help if I’d thought past tomorrow night before now, but… no one’s perfect, right?
A few months ago I won a fondue cookbook from a Washington [...]

Health Food

(Or, what I eat when I’m sick.)

Stuffed butternut squash and garlic kale. Isn’t that what you eat when you’re sick and there’s no soup in the house?
Well, maybe not. But this was fabulous. I’m sick, gross-sick, and I don’t want the roomie to get sick (cause then who’ll take care of me?), so I [...]

Guest Blog! (Amanda from SexualEvolution)

I’ve never been much of a cook. I’ve had my moments, like in the 7th grade when I made dinner for 12 as a project for foods class (chicken amandine, sweet potato casserole, and some kind of soup), or when I decided that July was the perfect time to make an big pot of vegetarian [...]

Peppers and Penne and Potatoes, Oh my!

Well, to be fair, only one will be featured in this entry, the other two are more… teasers. However, I made a well-recieved stuffed red pepper dish the other day, and as red peppers are an antioxidant rich food, particularly when combined with the arugula-pear salad I served it with, I’m happy to submit this [...]

Lest you should think my blog name was false advertising…

I’m headed out of town this weekend to enjoy the snow in New York (why does this sound unpleasant already?) and to pick up a bridesmaids dress (ah, that’s why!) Sadly, because I’ve been busy and out of town a lot, I also had tons of stuff in the fridge that was plotting… oh yes, [...]