**A note from me regarding Hurricane Sandy can be found at the bottom of this post.** In light of the bad news that came out of Irving, Texas from the Hostess Company yesterday, I reworked my Weekend Cooking post to honor the darling of American snack cakes, the Twinkie. While I’m not a Hostess fan–I’m […]
Featured Book: Little Old Lady Recipes by Meg Favreau
November 6, 2011 by 7 Comments
Today’s Weekend Cooking post is from a cookbook I received from my friends over at Quirk Books. When I heard the pitch (and title of this book), I was sold. With visions of comfort food and mothballs dancing through my head, I dove into the almost pocket-sized Little Old Lady Recipes by Meg Favreau. The recipes […]
Weekend Cooking: Pizza Skewers Take Two
September 24, 2011 by 17 Comments
Last weekend, I was bested by a can of pizza dough, some cheese, sauce, and chopped peppers while attempting a recipe from a whimsical cookbook in which each of the 80 ‘party-perfect’ recipes are impaled or skewered in some fashion. I refused to give up on the Pizza Skewers was back in the kitchen this […]
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