Sweet Talk, Part 3: 9 Reasons Fructose Is Bad For You (FAK Friday)
I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of seeing all these articles trying to tell us which foods we should eat, or which foods we should avoid. You know the ones I’m talking about; the “6 foods you should be eating to lose weight fast”, and the “5 foods you think are healthy, but […]
Barbecue Bacon Cheeseburger – Man-Food To The Max
I can’t remember the last time I had a burger. A real burger, I mean, not the veggie kind. It must be a good five or six years, at least. In fact, meat isn’t a big part of my diet in general. I find it’s more of a treat that way, and when I do […]
Sweet Talk, Part 2 – Molasses, Treacle, and Sorghum Syrup (FAK Friday)
Days like these ain’t too common ’round these parts. Before the summer swelter, before the humidity and heat-stroke. The perfect kind, where the sun is shining but the nights are cool, and the early June air fills the lungs like perfume. These are the kind of days you wish would last forever, like time were […]
Sweet & Spicy Chipotle Barbecue Sauce – Just Like Store-Bought, Only Not At All
Barbecue sauce is a bit of a touchy subject. Almost like religion, or politics, depending on where you are everyone has a different idea of what “barbecue” means. Everyone thinks they’re barbecue sauce is “the one true” barbecue sauce. I wouldn’t be surprised if wars have been fought over it. There are a myriad of […]
Sweet Talk, Part 1 – Cane Sugar and How It’s Made (FAK Friday)
We humans have always had a bit of a sweet tooth. Like many animals, we are biologically inclined to favor sweet things. In nature, sweetness typically indicates that the food is ripe, high-energy, and probably not poisonous — all the things a foraging creature might hope to find in a meal. Now a’days, however, we […]
Miso Soup at Home – Miso Hungry! (FAK Friday)
I have often wondered about making miso soup at home – it seemed like such a mysterious thing, with it’s swirling, curling, cloudy broth. There’s something so comforting about the miso served in Japanese restaurants, simple and warm, the perfect start to a meal. Last week my brother came to visit, and as I walked […]
Dutch Baby (aka German Pancake) – First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage…
Then comes a Dutch Baby in a cast iron skillet with berries on top. Mm! Yes, The Fiancé is no longer The Fiancé, he is The Husband… The big H… T-Hubs. The words “husband and wife” are certainly going to take some getting used to. We tied the knot early last week at a nearby […]
Toasted Hazelnut Shortbread Cookies, and Speaking of Love…
It feels like a thousand years ago that The Fiancé and I first met… in reality it was only three or four, but for all I care we could’ve known each other for an eternity before that. We aren’t exactly your typical pair, he and I, but despite the odds we fit together perfectly. When […]
Spring Risotto with Shaved Asparagus: Dispelling the Myth that Risotto is Hard (FAK Friday)
I cannot count the number of times people have said this to me: Risotto is too hard! You have to, like, stir it, and then your arm hurts… it’s just like going to the gym! …What? Clearly you’ve never kneaded a loaf of bread, made pasta dough by hand, beaten a meringue with a whisk, or […]
Homemade Chicken Stock – Or, How To Boil Water (FAK Friday)
Making your own stock from scratch really is as simple as bringing a pot of water to a boil. In fact, I hear it can be done just as well in a slow-cooker, so I guess it’s even easier than that. It’s also cheap – I mean, dirt cheap – because you can basically use […]
Picnic Ready: Healthy Chicken Salad & Easy Roast Chicken
It’s April. The grass is finally green, the trees are beginning to bud, the flowers have started to bloom, and my tired winter eyes have at last adjusted to the bright, glorious sunlight. Days like these – the perfect kind – are few and far between here, so I do my best to soak […]
Hungarian Goulash, and My New Found Love of Paprika (FAK Friday)
Hungarian Beef Goulash (Gulyás Leves) If you asked me a couple weeks ago what my favorite spices were, paprika would not have made the list. Not by a long shot. In fact, I hardly thought of paprika as anything more than a dash of color atop deviled eggs. Besides it’s bright hue, what was it […]