“OMG I didn’t make enough cookies!” — words never uttered in this house. Usually, somewhere in mid-February I give up and end up tossing the remainder of Christmas cookies that I have not been able to pass off to relatives or friends. However, I know not everyone find such joy in baking like I do. With [more]

Everyone makes a basic sugar cookie at Christmas. Sadly over the last few years it seems every single time I encounter a sugar cookie, it has been made from a Betty Crocker mix… if not just from a Pillsbury slicing cookie roll. Please throw those away. For the love of good food do not pass off [more]

I think there is some confusion on curries. Many Americans associate curry with the lovely yellow powdered spice blend we buy at the grocery store. In reality curry is a Western term for any dish of Southern or Southeastern Asian origin that uses mixes of herbs and spices usually including some sort of chile. [more]

I’ve been off caffeine for a while now. I don’t miss it too much. The one place I really miss caffeine is iced tea. I have a few good herbal teas that make decent iced tea, but good southern sweet tea just hasn’t been a possibility. Decaffeinated tea just tastes a little off to me. While I was brainstorming [more]

Yesterday I was on a quest to find a cookie with a new grain. It took me to Italy. Now I love Italian food, don’t get me wrong, they make some really great things, but so do a lot of other European nations. I’ve been thinking about making a Turkish dish since seeing a Huffington Post story where they asked [more]