This week’s Barefoot Bloggers pick comes from Todd of A Cooking Dad. When I saw that his pick involved chicken I wasn’t thrilled because chicken is definitely not my fave. But when I looked at the ingredient list I realized it could be pretty alright. This is a 5-ingredient recipe and uses ingredients that [...]
I was reading the Food Section of the New York Times and stumbled upon this recipe for a risotto-style pasta dish by Mark Bittman. I love risotto and I love pasta so I figured I’d see how this would all work out.
It was kind of labour intensive for no reason! The pasta didn’t end up [...]
For the past maybe 5 or 6 years I’ve put Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking Vol. 1 on my Christmas wish list. For some reason no one has EVER bought it for me. I was ordering books from Amazon a few weeks ago and decided to finally make my own Christmas and [...]
Every Wednesday I read the New York Times Dining Section. I love reading the restaurant reviews, articles about food issues and of course the recipes! Every week I e-mail myself at least one recipe out of the NY Times Dining Section – a few weeks ago it was this recipe for larb gai.
Now I’ve [...]
So I had this eggplant just hanging out in my fridge needing to be used up. I didn’t want to BUY another eggplant in order to make a large eggplant dish (it felt counterproductive) so instead I started looking for recipes featuring eggplant. I’d also been craving pasta so I started searching for some sort [...]
I fully admit that I have an obsession with Fried Chicken. It may come from living in Harlem for two years (Harlem stand up!) OR it could come from my past life of being a Southern grandmother… not sure. When I saw this recipe for The Ultimate Crisp Fried Chicken from Cook’s Illustrated I knew [...]
I’m always looking for new things to do with chicken. I’ve made it clear that I’m not a lover of chicken but I have a hard time coming to terms with that since it’s a pretty affordable and versatile protein. My main “beef” (no pun intended) with chicken is that the next day it has [...]
I’ve been on a quest for the past few months to make awesome Chinese food. For the most part I’ve had success thanks to Helen Chen’s Home Cooking. This cookbook is FANTASTIC! It’s a great mix of traditional Chinese recipes and Chinese-American recipes. Totally up my alley.
I was at work the other day and [...]
I’ve made secret of my lack of affection for chicken. I mean, when there are so many other interesting things to eat chicken just seems so pedestrian. So, I rarely make it. BUT every once in a while I get inspired when I see a pack of chicken on sale to give it another go.
I [...]
*Sorry I’ve been MIA… BIG test yesterday but now I’m back! AND the cleanse is over! *
I’ll be the first to admit that this looks a bit like a swampy mess but trust me, it was delicious!
I make chili all the time but they are usually tomato-based. Since I can’t have tomatoes on the cleanse [...]



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