David does not like peanut butter. It is a great failing of his but one I am willing to accept because he has so many other great qualities. I try to keep this in mind as I bake but there are some times I just have to make a peanut butter dessert. He is a …
There are some recipes that immediately take you to a certain time and place, a feeling that is just as much a part of the recipe as any of the ingredients. The recipe I’m sharing today is just that: a distillation of summer that helps you kick back and relax in the warm summer evenings. …
Eliza (who has decided to spend the next few months in Atlanta) came home for the weekend and she had a bunch of meal requests. She wanted a repeat of the Chicken Verde I posted about earlier (with extras so she could bring some back to Atlanta with her) so I decided to add a …
As you might have noticed from my last post, I’m working in a new kitchen these days. That’s right, Leigha and I just took a big step into adulthood and bought our first house! And with everything going on in the world these days, I think any bit of good news is a reason to …
A Bahn Mi sandwich is hands down my favorite kind of sandwich. It combines so many things I love and makes me feel like I am having a fresh, crisp salad and a decadent, crusty sandwich all in one. I have heard the sandwich described as a way the Vietnamese reclaimed the French bread that …
I am such a sucker for fruit in savory food. Something about that burst of sweet, sour, juicy flavor in an otherwise traditional dinner just takes things to another level for me. And while I could always just throw some pineapple on a pizza (come at me, haters), I think a far better use is …
Hannah recently admitted that the reason carrot cake is her favorite cake is almost entirely due to the cream cheese frosting. Really, it is just a vehicle for cream cheese, much the way coffee is a vehicle for cream to me. So when she requested carrot cake for her birthday dinner last month, I decided …
So I am scrolling through Facebook, as we are wont to do these days, and an ad pops up for soft pretzels shipped right to your door. I happened to be hungry at the time and the company was having a Mother’s Day Special so I thought, “I’m a mom” and I treated myself (and …
One of the things I have reflected on during this social isolation is how lucky I am to have seen as much of the world as I have. Who knows what travel will look like moving forward and I am so grateful that my childhood as a Foreign Service brat gave me access to so …
Whenever I am having people over (or just want to make our usual dinner better), I whip up these roast potatoes. They are a bit of work, but have the perfect balance of crunchy outside, creamy inside, and complement basically any dish you are serving. The baking soda is the real MVP of this recipe, …