Home cook, blogger (no food too exotic or insignificant to cover), totally uptight serious eater.
I adore the salty-sweet combination of the chocolates at Fran's in Seattle.
http://www.franschocolates.com/home.php
Its amazing how a cocktail can so powerfully evoke a sense of time or place...I live in Hawaii and tourists are STILL sipping Blue Hawaiians at the the Hilton and otherwise. Mele Kalikimaka everyone!
so, since you can't get gingerbread cookies at the gas station AND I use real butter, does that mean that I am not phoning it in for the holidays? LOL!
As someone who was subjected to margarine while growing up, anything that ISN'T sold in a tub gets my vote for "good butter"! LOL!
That said, I have found fantastic butter at my farmer's market, but for everyday, I use the butter I get at COSTCO.
I made a three cheese (asiago, romano, cheddar) mac-n-cheese one year that was a TOTAL hit. EVERYone loved the comfort food.
There is one caveat: you need to be able to keep it warm until the potluck is served.
I grew up in the midwest and developed a passion for rhubarb pie. Last year, for my birthday, my friend made a rhubarb pie and sent it to me (in Honolulu!) overnight. The pie was a little worse for the wear, but fantastic all the same!
What gives you the creeps in restaurants? For me, its plastic gloves. They look disgusting and I get this feeling that people wearing gloves think that they can touch anything and then touch food...because they have gloves on.
Ugh. Just wash your hands!
Anyone else?
I've already started to think about the food I'll make my sweetie for Valentines Day. I'd like it to be a meal of super sexy foods...things that are fun to share and eat. Nothing stinky =) What do YOU think are the sexiest foods?
I love that what we serve for Christmas dinner is so much about who we are people, as families and as a culture. Do you have anything special that you "always" serve? Is there a particular reason why?
If you were creating a list of things you DID want to see under the tree regardless of price, what would it be?
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@elisaday Ew. yah. Pen in mouth. Ick.