Last weekend I stood in the Charlestown parking garage with a dilemma. I already had two bags to carry the .80 mile (or 12 minute) walk home… but I also really wanted to bring this heavy cast iron dutch oven as well. And, it was raining. The thing is… I had a lot of plans…
I’m really behind in my posting. Honestly, I thought about just posting the links to the original recipes and calling it a day. I even thought about pretending these recipes didn’t happen just to feel caught up. But I’m a terrible liar and that feels like lying. I had a really awesome day yesterday and…
This soup sounds a bit like something you’d eat for lunch if you were trying to be really healthy. But in reality it’s what I made for the a Downton Abbey Dinner … except that we were so tired that we opted to instead just watch “How I Met Your Mother”. Sometimes you just need…
This bread should really just be called “Vermont Bread”. Because, when I think of maple syrup I think of my friend Meghan and her family’s house in Vermont. I also think of this picture I once saw of her dad eating a hot dog that he boiled in the maple syrup he was making from…
The last chapter in our Downton premiere menu is fittingly … dessert. Just to recap the PREMIERE episode meal, we started off with some gougeres as an appetizer then cut ourselves a slice of sausage and kale dinner tart. And because the dinner tart called for white wine, we also drank some white wine. Our…
Guys, I saw this recipe and practically fell in love. Like I normally do when I see a hot cup of coffee in an adorable old mug. Not a new mug, but an old mug. It is simple and a kind of a bit rustic. Kale makes me feel rustic, except I guess in this…
And… we are back to Downton Abbey season! I feel oddly cautious about burning myself out like I did last year. A three course meal is a fair bit of work for each Sunday evening – obviously, it’s not terrible work … but work none the less. There were some great hits last year. Kerrianne…
A few days before Christmas I lost my skillet in my one-time stint as a firefighter against a rogue candle. The skillet had led good life of 8 years, 3 apartments and as evidenced by this blog… a healthy bit of use… so it seemed like a worthwhile lifespan for a skillet I bought from…
Before you toss out the last of the eggnog from your refrigerator, I should tell you how I made eggnog cinnamon rolls for Christmas this year. The chance is pretty strong you’ve either already drunk it … or tossed it … but if I don’t write about the recipe it feels like it never happened.…
I’m a sucker for a reason to make a meal… and I love when the reason comes with a kickstart for what to eat. It’s part of the reason we ended up with all those multi-course meals for Downton Abbey last year. If I’m doing some slightly more adventurous cooking, it tends to be on…
