MY RECENT POSTS
- Pumpkin and Kale Pasta
November 02, 2010 12:32AM - Hangover Food (I Think): Bagel
French Toast
May 30, 2010 12:18PM - The Gender Debate [in the
Professional Kitchen]
May 10, 2010 03:40PM - Minnesota Loves Mayo (and Hot
Dishes)
April 30, 2010 08:49PM - A Lil' Sweet and A Lil' Hot
February 14, 2010 08:28PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “You ARE never too old to
learn something about
yourself. It's
also what you
make…”
May 07, 2011 04:14PM - “@Good Night Meggy: I
have to wonder what it was
like for
your
great-great-grandmo…
;”
May 11, 2010 07:54PM - “I completely agree with
the reservation point.
It's
absolutely infuriating
when a…”
May 11, 2010 12:56PM - “Congrats!!!!”
May 10, 2010 03:43PM - “Touché!
But Old Bay makes everything
fancy: It's Eastern!
Exotic!”
May 01, 2010 12:28PM
A. W.'s Links
- New list
- my flickr page
- frites & fries
Pumpkin and Kale Pasta
I was going to enter the Kitchen Challenge...but I got lazy. I had my wisdom tooth pulled on Friday so I don't feel particularly chipper. The first thing that I made that Friday was the pumpkin and kale pasta because I really wanted to chew on something rather than the liquid… Read full post »
Hangover Food (I Think): Bagel French Toast
I've had a bagel obsession for quite sometime (although it's less severe than my french fry obsession). Every morning, I always get a scooped out everything bagel stuffed with cream cheese. It probably sounds gross. I figured if I did this, I could commit other culinary atrocities such as...THE BAGEL… Read full post »
Amanda Cohen wrote a rant on Dirt Candy's website about how the James Beard awards consisted of mainly male winners and nominees:
"I’ve been wondering about this for a long time, and I’ve never said anything before, but recently what I suspected was finally confirmed: women can’t c
… Read full post »
Minnesota Loves Mayo (and Hot Dishes)
I've spent most of my life in Minnesota.

Five things are often brought up when I tell people where I grew up and where I'm from:
- Al Franken
- Accents (especially since Sarah Palin sounds like us, yah you betcha!)
- Farmland
- Jesse Ventura (I still remember the "My governor can be … Read full post »
A Lil' Sweet and A Lil' Hot
Have you ever had aleppo pepper? It's a smokey Syrian chili pepper with a slight kick. It's a weird story about how I came across these pepper. The only peppers I've heard of before I met my boyfriend was black pepper. I bake a lot, but I'm a hopeless cook. Baking… Read full post »
On the subject of burger cookies...

Inspired by the Girl Scout Thin Mints, Trefoils, and Lemonade cookies, I introduce to you, the GIRL SCOUT COOKIE BURGER. This is for the Salon Kitchen Challenge...
This recipe makes over a dozen cookie burgers with some burger patty leftover.
Burger Patty (Thin Mints, revised from Bon A… Read full post »
A Food Adventure

I had a lot of fun last week eating at different places and taking pictures for Layne at Taxi Gourmet. The concept behind Taxi Gourmet, is that she gets into a cab and asks the cab driver to take her to their favorite places to eat! There are a ton… Read full post »

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