By Eliot, on January 3rd, 2025
I’m not sure how many cookbook reviews I will do this year, but I read a new one before the holidays and wanted to share.
Even though the “put it on a board” fad may be waning and you can get all the inspiration you need from Instagram, I still love a . . . → Read More: A review: Beautiful Boards: 50 Amazing Snack Boards for Any Occasion by Maegan Brown
By Eliot, on January 1st, 2025
Then there were three.
I’m hosting Movies & Munchies this month and since it’s a busy time I decided to just do a potluck. You could pick whatever holiday movie suits your fancy—the favorite that the fam watches every year, a classic, or even something from your archives.
I love the premise . . . → Read More: Holiday Pot Luck and a Movies & Munchies Round-up
By Eliot, on December 22nd, 2024
For this year’s holiday movie, I went back a few years to A Christmas Memory, originally done for ABC Stage 67 in 1966! Truman Capote narrates. . . . → Read More: Pot luck recipes plus one new offering
By Eliot, on December 17th, 2024
Have you priced some of those infused cocktail kits that are popping up for holiday giving? They’re like $30 and up and that’s without the liquor. I’ve been stalking those jars lately and jotting down what the ingredients are. I found very few recipes online and the ones I did find had pretty sketchy . . . → Read More: Infused Cocktail Kits
By Eliot, on December 8th, 2024
Choose whatever holiday favorite from your own family traditions, watch with foodie goggles and join up with Movies & Munchies this month. . . . → Read More: Christmas Pot Luck for Movies & Munchies
By Eliot, on November 27th, 2024
Read on for a short rib recipe inspired by the author’s mother. . . . → Read More: Crying in H Mart for Cook the Books
By Eliot, on November 23rd, 2024
It’s never too early to start holiday movie viewing! Elf is the November Movies & Munchies feature. Keep reading for an unusual pasta salad (with maple syrup but without candy sprinkles). . . . → Read More: Elf revisited
By Eliot, on November 15th, 2024
“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” –Jacques Cousteau. This is just one of the many quotes and aphorisms from Beach Life. . . . → Read More: Sort of a Cookbook Review–Beach Life: Home, Heart & the Sea by Lauren Liess
By Eliot, on November 10th, 2024
The peppers are the only thing that have produced this season. (We still haven’t had a hard freeze so I am still picking them. )
When I finally got enough habaneros at one picking to make something, I thought about making some spicy vinegar but I have way too many flavored vinegars on . . . → Read More: Habanero PLUS Oil
By Eliot, on November 7th, 2024
Le Sud: Recipes from Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur by Rebekah Peppler “The thing is, all the clichés you’ve heard about the south of France are true” (11) and Peppler has the photos, recipes and stories to back this up. Enchanting. . . . → Read More: Cookbook review and trip to the south of France
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