I’m still recovering from the 48-hour cooking marathon, gluttonous spread and absolute debauchery that is our misfit-full, southwestern Thanksgiving celebration.
Let me paint the scene: Colorful characters mingling over excessive amounts of tequila, criminal quantities of turkey (2, 15-pounders and a 20-pounder to be exact), all the trimmings with a southwestern flair, ridiculously perfect, sun-shiny, 75-degree [...]
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Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: Giving gracias
Jalapeno green chile corn muffins
For the Northwestern tailgate earlier this month, I attempted to contribute to the festivities and failed miserably. The cornbread tasted great, there just wasn’t enough of it.
I placed my puny loaf pan next to the enormous aluminum banquet trays, and I have a feeling it was greeted with deep suspicion. “What the hell is this [...]
1 tequila, 2 tequila, 3 tequila … no hangover??
I consider myself a pretty savvy tequila drinker—after all, I did learn from the best (thanks dad). I got an early education and managed to avoid the requisite Jose Cuervo binge in college that’s resulted in a whole generation of young adults who gag at the slightest whiff of tequila. So obviously, I jumped at [...]
The iceberg sunk this Titanic
“Kate and Leo Tomatilllo (salsa)”
Whaaaaa???
I know. I said the same thing when Dave suggested the name for my … errr … “his” tomatillo salsa for the Cars.com salsa competition.
We were trying to think of something that rhymes with tomatillo (there isn’t much), when Dave blurted out “Kate and Leo” … as in Kate Winslett and [...]
My plan was foiled …
A few weeks ago I went into a cleaning frenzy, and before I knew it, I had doused my entire oven in CLR. CLR is not exactly non-toxic, as you may know.
I realized what I’d done almost immediately and began furiously wiping down the oven with cold water. An hour of scrubbing, several frantic Google [...]
Double the Bayless
What a lucky girl I am—I got to eat at Frontera and Topolobampo (and came thiiiiis close to getting my first taste of XOCO) in the same month. Topolobampo for a not-so-friendly-on-the-wallet (but well worth it) bad-economy brunch a few weeks ago, and Frontera was last week for Dave’s mom’s birthday.
Don’t ask about XOCO—it’s too [...]
Redemption and bear-shaped tostadas
Last week, I made some delicious game-day food for the return of Sunday Football at Jim’s place.
Unfortunately, as a result of Cutler’s awful debut performance, I was too dejected to actually post about it.
Since I went to great lengths to make bear-shaped food, and the Bears redeemed themselves tonight in an exhilarating win, I think I’ll [...]
Squash blossoms, part 2: Squash blossom quesadilla
After squash blossom experiment part 1, I had some unsused blossoms and thought I’d try Paula’s quesadilla idea. Here we go:
Squash Blossom, Onion and Orange Bell Pepper Quesadilla
You’ll need:
2 large tortillas
about 1 cup of mexican cheese (I buy the blended, packaged kind from the store)
6 or 7 squash blossoms
1/4 of 1 chopped yellow onion
1/2 of [...]
Guac it out
We picked up some ridiculously low-priced produce at Stanley’s on Saturday. Dave even took some time to interview the owner about how the heck they do it, while I browsed the aisles in a wide-eyed fruit and veggie frenzy.
He found out some fun facts about the place:
It’s been family-owned since 1967
Peter, a co-owner says that [...]
