The movement I started in my last post continues. I am still occupying winter. So far my success has been limited – the temperature dropped yesterday from a balmy 68 to a more seasonable (but still not seasonable enough) 55 degrees, and the mercury is set to plummet all the way down to 52 today.… [click for recipe and more]
Author Archives: Julie
Vegetarian Five Bean Chili
Look, I like spring. Who doesn’t? New life in the air, the bitter chill of winter replaced by the still-crisp promise of coming warmth, the hardiest of crocuses fighting their way up through the solid remnants of the last frost…that’s all well and good, but here’s my problem: IT’S NOT SPRING. Today is the first… [click for recipe and more]
Cranberry Mustard
Last weekend, in the middle of making ice (I’ll post the recipe sometime, I promise), I opened the freezer door to make sure there was room for my three freshly filled ice trays. As if reading my mind, about 90% of the freezer’s contents promptly slid out and crashed to the kitchen floor, as if to… [click for recipe and more]
Crispy Potato Roast
Martha, Martha, Martha. I tend to shy away from anything Martha Stewart. I steer clear of her products after being given a serviceable-looking dutch oven that I had to return after it was recalled due to a minor flaw (it exploded in people’s ovens, no biggie). And I’ve always backed slowly away from her recipes… [click for recipe and more]
Red Velvet Cupcakes
Whenever a friend or coworker has a birthday, I send out my cupcake menu and ask them to choose a flavor so I can give them a custom half-dozen for their special day. I also tell them that they’re free to suggest something entirely different if they have a favorite flavor they don’t see, or… [click for recipe and more]