Whipped Out

I mentioned I was making chicken bog this week and Gail asked in the comments what it is. It’s something I had never heard of until I met my husband, and had it in a meal at my in-laws house. Josh likes it, and it’s a good alternate use of chicken (or leftover turkey) so [...]

I have no real weekly menu this week, as I will probably only cook on Friday and I’m still working out just what that might be. You see, as you read this I’m winging my way to New York City for a conference. I’ll be meeting Jane and Sarah at the hotel and we’ll immediately [...]

Sorry for missing last week. I have not been sewing much.  But this episode is right up my alley. Kid’s fashion! I sew kids’ clothes all the time. I can’t wait, I think, as the show begins.  I am really going to be inspired.
The Challenge: The designers had to create a garment for girls from [...]

My brother requested I make Chicken and Dumplings. I asked him if he wanted Chicken and Biscuits or Chicken and Dumplings. He said Chicken and Dumplings. That’s what he got. Turns out he meant Chicken and Biscuits. Men. But I’d never actually made Chicken and Dumplings before and I like to try new things, so [...]

When we renovated our kitchen two years ago, we carved out part of the hill behind our house and added a terraced wall. We’re still trying to figure out the best way to fill it with plants, and this year, I am getting serious about it. Last spring and summer I traveled so much doing [...]

Doesn’t it seem like we’re always thinking about something having to do with the kitchen? Cooking, doing the dishes, emptying the dishwasher, grocery shopping. I swear, I feel like 25% of my time is spent thinking about that one room of my house. Why is that? Anyway, I feel totally unprepared to do the menu [...]

Katie Dunneback has her fingers in lots of pies. Her mother is glad
it’s no longer the butter. Professionally, she currently is working
for a state agency providing consulting services to libraries.
Personally, she has been cooking and baking since she was a small kid,
knitting for almost five years, and took up scrapbooking a few months
ago. Online, she [...]

I realized that I referenced this pizza sauce in my pizza casserole recipe, but didn’t actually provide the recipe anywhere. I thought it was already on this site, but I can’t find it so… Bonus recipe! If you can, you should always make homemade pizza sauce. It’s fairly quick and easy to make up, and [...]

Last week in my weekly menu, I mentioned I was making pizza casserole and had a request for the recipe. This is fairly quick (from start to finish it takes me an hour, including making the sauce) and usually family and kid friendly. It makes a lot, so half the recipe if you’re cooking for [...]

Back in July, Angie, Jane and I went to a restaurant in DC called Hook. Angie, damn her, introduced me to the lemon drop martini. I’m not a big martini drinker though I learned to make them when I was around 11 or 12, since both my grandmothers drank them. One liked them with vermouth [...]