I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it here or not, but I hate tomatoes. Ok, so maybe “hate” is a bit too strong of a word these days. I am slowly acclimating myself to a tolerance of them, most especially if disguised. I love salsa after all. Although Pop’s tomato plants have some sort of […]
A couple of weeks ago, the birthday girl made us dinner. She served Shrimp and Grits, which was quite tasty, but made the boyfriend say “gack” because he refuses to let a grit get near him. Hates them with the fire of a hundred burning suns or some such very large amount. I decided that […]
We never eat at the kitchen table. Dad and I tend to take our meals in front of the TV. Or sometimes just one of us will eat at the table while the other watches TV. I’m thinking that we may have eaten dinner at the table together once this year. Last night, Sparks came […]
A lovely creation, if I do say so myself… Ever since I stumbled across this cake, I’ve known that I just had to make it. Add to that the fact that we’ve had a basket of hazelnuts sitting on the table for ages. Sadly, they taste a little old, and this bothers me, but I’m […]
This morning my back hurt and I stayed home. Luckily, some aleve kicked that pain’s ass by late this afternoon. I had some cinnamon rolls to bake and they couldn’t wait, they were put together last night. Soooooooooooo, tasty. They’re a bit of a pain since they have to be put together the day before […]
In the past, I have always turned my nose up at fish. Except for the wiley stick fish, very rare in the wild. Yup, I’m an uncultured cretin when it comes to fish. Sometime in the last year or so, I’ve been trying to change that. I was always afraid to cook fish before, but […]
Tonight’s food experiment: tiramisu! I can’t wait to try it, it is currently setting up. On saturday, I made a pound cake to eat with my yummy fresh blackberries. As of last night, the berries were gone but half the cake remained, and it was quickly getting a bit dry. So, I started thinking about […]
Tonight was the night that I finally attempted beef burek, after talking about it for the past week or so. None of the recipes really looked like the thing that I saw on $40 a day that looked so tasty, so I improvised. I fried up a pound of lean hamburger with a diced onion […]
Obviously, I am the last human on earth to discover this, but last night I learned that if you roast a jalapeno it actually becomes HOTTER! I’m quite sure that there’s some science involved here, which I will look into at a later date. Last night I threw together a quick bean salad for my […]
Once again, this summer, I have fallen in love with the almighty Garlic Salad. In order to make an Yshastyle garlic salad, one starts with a bowl of leafy greens. (I use bagged salad, because I’m lazy like that.) Rough chop some mushrooms and toss on the top along with some diced onion. Red onion […]