Full disclosure (I don’t want to get sued by the FTC). This post is sponsored by the Slice Slab.
You see, Dave has sort of stumbled into the cutting board business. That doesn’t sound at all odd, does it?
Long story short, we got our hands on some excess Corian (think poor-man’s granite), a state-of-the-art machine designed [...]
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Any way you slice it
Nothing’s better than Effen on a rooftop
OK, so I stole my post title from the concept for Effen’s new cheeky ad campaign. I’m sure they won’t mind.
Recently, I had the pleasure of enjoying some “Liquid Luxury”—courtesy of Effen and the Effen awesome folks at Zocalo Group—while contemplating sustainable design, really cool succulent party favors and apple and bacon pizza.
And let me tell you, the [...]
Chocolate babka … just like Nana used to make (or buy at Publix)
For some reason, lots of my childhood memories with my Nana revolve around food—the good, the bad and the Jewish. The good: delicious, sweet and savory meatballs. The bad: Rice Dream (sorry Nana, but that stuff is just awful). The Jewish: Chocolate babka. Mmmmmm, delicious babka. Come to find out, its origins are debatable (some [...]
Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: Cooking for cavemen
Geico commercials don’t give cavemen enough credit. Eating like one is, in fact, not so easy.
That’s what I’ve learned cooking for Dave, who is on the Paleo diet, otherwise known as my worst nightmare: No carbs. No cheese. No butter. No salt. No diet coke. No alcohol. Sounds like a living hell, if you ask me.
The [...]
The lazy girl’s guide latkes and matzo ball soup and a giveaway
It’s Hanukkah and Dave’s been seriously cashing in on his first year celebrating the festival of lights.
He still can’t get over the whole presents-for-eight-nights-in-a-row thing; he hustled me for 20 bucks in his first game of dreidel (beginner’s luck); and he enjoyed a couple of the best dishes Judaism has to offer: Latkes and matzo ball [...]
Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: Giving gracias
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 [...]
Channeling Sandra and Paula
These recipes are actually Paula’s own, but if Sandra Lee and Paula Deen had culinary love children, they’d look something like these. If this sounds appealing to you, read on. If the thought of Sandra and Paula joining forces makes you want to tear your hair out, don’t close that window just yet.
Yes, I’ll admit [...]
Preparing for Thanksgiving
Preparing for Thanksgiving is like getting ready for a big game. You can’t successfully execute without a solid game plan.
So huddle up!
OK, enough with the bad sports analogies. Let’s get started.
Week before Thanksgiving
Order your turkey/s—figure about 1-1.5 pounds per person, but if you like leftovers as much as my family, you’ll buy an entire extra [...]
Fried Egg Perfection
Anything with the word “fried” in it is good in my book. Anything fried in freshly rendered bacon fat is even better. Our new weekend obsession is a heart blockage waiting to happen, but I’ll risk a triple bypass later in life for this baby.
What makes this recipe special are the individual ingredients—so don’t skimp [...]
It’s all Greek to me
I’ve botched baklava before. It’s hard to pinpoint my mistake, as I was in fourth grade at the time, completing an assignment as part of a project on Greece. My mother and I got the recipe from the owner of a local greek restaurant (unfortunately, we didn’t have the advantage of Epicurious or AllRecipes back [...]
