This past December, I received a package from England. When I opened it, I found this: There’s a reason your best friend is your best friend: the English One knows me all…
Author: emiglia
Frisée Salad with Lardons and Fried Eggs
My family, as I’m sure many do, have a lot of emotional attachments to food. Of all the people in my family, though, my father is the worst when it comes to…
Cake Day: Elvis Presley Banana Bread
I’ve told you all about cake day before, but as I was making this Elvis Presley Banana Bread, I realized that I wanted to share cake day with all you out there…
Wednesday How Tos: Mac and Cheese
Macaroni and cheese is definitely one of my (and many other people, I’m sure) comfort foods. It can come in any form: Stouffer’s reheatable, Kraft bright-orange-in-a-box, hell, some shredded cheese on top…
Eating with the Seasons: Blood Orange Salad with Goat’s Cheese
Drool. I’m sorry. That was impolite. But I have a thing about melted goat cheese with salad. In fact, I just have a thing about salad. I like salads the way I…
Alex’s Birthday
I have a problem. I write one post a day, usually. Sometimes, I don’t write a post at all. But I make dinner every day. And lunch most days. And pretty much…
Steak and Blue Cheese Sandwich
There are certain food combinations that, to me, seem timeless. No matter how much we advance in cooking, people always seem to be doing a riff off the same old thing: peanut…
Please Change Battery Pack
How annoying is this? I had put together a very good looking meal. Lots of colors: roasted chicken, crispy and golden, pumpkin pasta with bright orange sauce and green beans with caramelized…
Chunky Dal
I usually don’t think too much about garnishing in general. Don’t get me wrong… if I didn’t care how my food looked, I wouldn’t be running a food blog, now would I?…
Cake Day
I’ve mentioned the fact that Saturday is baking day in my house before. Every Saturday, I pick something from the endless list of recipes for cupcakes, brownies, quickbread, muffins, and other desserts,…