Category: Clubs and Blog Hops

Royal Hawaiian Cocktail for TLC and The Lieutenant’s Nurse
Welcome to a TLC Book Tour Stop for The Lieutenant’s Nurse by Sara Ackerman. Included with this review is a springy and kitschy cocktail, The Royal Hawaiian.

Contest winning spoils: Red Cabbage Kielbasa & Cannellini Soup
What do you do when you win a prize package of beets (and red cabbage)? Make soup!

“Paella” Fried Rice for IHCC
I delved into my Gourmet archives for a Retro Rice Recipe from Ruth Reichl.

March 2019 “In My Kitchen”
February found us finishing the remodel, replacing an ancient appliance, and scoring some more cookbooks (like I need anymore). Come see what’s in this edition of “In My Kitchen” for March 2019.

Food ‘n Flix Round Up for Crazy Rich Asians
Come check out the inspired-by meals from this month’s Food ‘n Flix feature, Crazy Rich Asians!

Mock Singapore Sling for Food ‘n Flix and Cook the Books
Welcome to the February/March edition of Cook the Books along with Food ‘n Flix February feature film. It’s a tag team this month. Claudia of Honey from Rock is hosting Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan for Cook the Books (for February/March). I’m hosting the film adaptation for the February Food ‘n Flix feature. “There is nothing in…

Diva of a Grilled Cheese for IHCC
Welcome to this week’s I Heart Cooking Clubs theme: Retro! Ruth has many retro recipes, whether it’s a recipe from a vintage issue of Gourmet, or a retro favorite from back in the day. We’re going back in time. Instead of digging through my old Gourmet copies, I decided to go with two retro flavors: grilled…

Deep Dish Pizza for IHCC Pizza Week!
I Heart Cooking Clubs‘ Monthly Featured Ingredient/Dish Challenge- “Pizza” My Heart! We’re getting cheesy for Valentine’s Day by having a “Pizza” My Heart challenge. Make a recipe from any of our past or present IHCC chefs featuring any kind of pizza or pizza-flavored recipe—you can choose to make a traditional pizza or venture outside of…

“In My Kitchen” February 2019
Welcome to “In My Kitchen” for February. February offers to be a extremely busy month around here. I have lots of work travel coming up, lots of out-of-town meetings, and lots of trainings to present. I’ll be glad to see March but I doubt it is much calmer. At least I can say that January…
