It’s happened to all of us. We’ll be reading over a recipe and realize that we don’t have one of the ingredients called for. There’s no time (or energy) to run out to the store again…so what do we do? Well, this is where we learn… Today’s Tip: Learning the art of substitution And it’s…
Cooking Tips: Timing is Everything
Sure, sure, you’ve heard the phrase “timing is everything”, but it is SO true when it comes to cooking. You’re thinking to yourself “Duh! Of course timing is important!” But surprisingly, this is one of the biggest gaffes in cooking and even veteran cooks can let time get away from them. Understanding the importance of…
Cooking Tips: the Beginning
It’s that time! The brand new time! The resolution making time! And this year we will focus a LOT more on cooking and photography… So we’re kicking it off with a new section of cooking tips. Learning to cook, becoming a better cook, cooking healthier, all seem to be popular resolutions. Since we both come from…
Oh, the silent majesty of a winter’s morn…
Name that Christmas movie… Anyway, normally on Christmas morning, we get up around 6:00 am, have about 30 minutes of “Christmas” together before we have to run off to our first family event of the day. This year, however, we managed to get the entire morning to ourselves. Oh what to do…what to do. We…
A Christmas Story
So, with Christmas comes traditions. For us, it’s Christmas Eve. Christmas day we are usually jetting off to see everybody in one day with hardly any time to ourselves, so o’er the years we’ve made Christmas Eve “ours”. This year, things were slightly different. We still curled up on the couch and watched ‘Love Actually’,…
An evening of Dessert and Cheese
Back at the beginning of December we had our good buddies, the Brownes, over for a relaxed evening of cheese, dessert, champagne and homemade hot cocoa. Really it was an excuse for me to start the holiday baking frenzy because let’s face it, I love this time of year probably 50% for the food. The…
Twas the night before Christmas…
Twas the night before Christmas, and all through our house…we’re lounging around full of lobster and watching ‘Love Actually’ One of my favorite Christmas traditions, Kara & I watch that movie every year on Christmas Eve. This year, we upped the ante and decided to indulge ourselves with Julia Child’s Lobster Thermidor, which involves me…
Croque Madame
A short while ago we decided to buck our usual trend of evening hang outs with our pals the Brownes and go for something a little different. It’s called breakfast. You may have heard of it. It was a French kind of morning. Why you say? Well, I have no idea. I just felt like…
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