Last Friday, I was picking up dinner at a takeout chain near my office (after first getting distracted for about 45 minutes in the Pier 1 next door). Next to the cash register was a stack of chocolate chip cookies, with a sign that said “Since dessert burritos don’t exist…” Of course, this immediately made… [click for recipe and more]
I think mashed potatoes will always be one of my favorite foods, no matter the time of year. Sure, they always bring thoughts of Thanksgiving, families hunkered down around the table against the bitter chill outside the dining room windows, but let’s be honest. Mashed potatoes are amazing even in dead summer. For some reason,… [click for recipe and more]
I grew up with gazpacho that was served without pureeing, big mouthfuls of fresh garden vegetables in a red wine vinegar broth studded with droplets of olive oil. It was only a few years ago that I learned that the traditional way to serve gazpacho is well-blended, with small chunks of vegetables but nothing identifiable… [click for recipe and more]
Jeez. We’ve been eating pretty healthy here on the blog over the past few weeks, huh? It’s great. I love healthy food and I love how it makes me feel. But sometimes you need dessert. There is something so immeasurably important about sitting down and just having a freaking cookie sometimes. Everything, even the best… [click for recipe and more]
I had a long debate in my head about whether I was going to share this “recipe,” such as it is. It went a little something like this: Julie’s Brain: Dude, seriously? There’s like a hundred variations of this already on the interwebs. You’re really going to clog up the pipes with yet another one? Another… [click for recipe and more]