thai temple: Tampa’s most unique brunch?
I’ve spent a lot of time in Tampa, Florida. It’s a beautiful city with lots of wonderful memories for me. After all, my best friend lives there and whenever I visit it’s a great time. I met Xavier in...
View Articlepopcorn, and an ode to my puppy on her birthday
For the last five years, I have shared my home with a West Highland White Terrier named Riley. I would say I’m her owner, but in all honesty, she owns me. Riley weighs about sixteen pounds. She has...
View ArticleThe Half-Marathon Adventure
If you had told me a year ago that I’d be sitting down to write about running a half-marathon, I’d think you were crazy. Yet it’s happening. I really did run a half-marathon and I have the body aches...
View Articletriple-pepper hash browns recipe
As I realize that I haven’t blogged here in over a month, I can’t help but wish there were more hours in a day. There just isn’t enough time to do all the things I want! I wake up, go to work, and get...
View Articlestrawberry-olive oil muffins recipe
By the time I remembered to go strawberry picking in 2012, it was almost too late. We spent two hours scouring a picked-over field to collect a basket of microscopic berries. This year, I vowed, I...
View Articlepizza bianca recipe
Over the years, I have heard many raves over pizza bianca. That didn’t mean I knew what it was. White pizza? Pizza crust without any sauce or cheese? Bumpy flatbread baked on a stone? There were so...
View Articleartichokes francaise recipe
As a college senior, I waitressed at an Italian restaurant and gained ten pounds almost instantly. It was hard not to: the food was great. I lived for the staff meal at the end of each shift, a small...
View Articleolive-oil ice cream recipe
You may have noticed that most of my recipes lately have featured olive oil. This is thanks to Sciabica Oil Of the Olive. They sponsored my cooking group, 37 Cooks, and I can’t get enough of their...
View Articlejalapeno tortillas recipe
Okay, okay, it’s another Sciabica recipe. I can’t help it. This is seriously good oil. I received their product through 37 Cooks, and it was free. But I’m just about to go for broke buying more of...
View Articleherb-parmesan dutch baby recipe
Brunch on Sunday is my favorite meal of the week. Unless someone is craving dim sum, we rarely go out. Instead, I scour the fridge for anything edible and create a gleeful explosion of pots and pans in...
View Articleabi’s chicken with peppers
This dish is what chicken parmesan would be if it grew up, ate mostly salad, and got a personal trainer, but still yielded to the occasional urge to eat an entire pint of Ben and Jerry’s Chocolate...
View Articleskinny chile rellenos
One of my favorite things to eat is a Tex-Mex chile relleno. Even in the tackiest of Americanized Mexican restaurants, you can count on a roasted poblano, filled with cheese or ground beef, fried to...
View Articleempanadas de Xavier
When people find out that my boyfriend is from South America, they often want to know if he has a sexy accent. Unfortunately, I’m not sure. When we first met, his voice definitely seemed different. But...
View Articlechocolate-coconut cupcakes with coconut-rum frosting
When I had the opportunity to sample Tropical Traditions‘ coconut oil as part of their press review program, I admittedly jumped to do so. I’ve been somewhat obsessed with trying different cooking oils...
View Articlesauteed peaches with wine-cassia syrup
Driving home to Atlanta from Charlotte, NC a few weeks ago, we stopped at a roadside produce stand in South Carolina. They offered fireworks and flats of fresh peaches at rock-bottom prices. I felt...
View ArticleA triumphant return to blogging
I’m going to be completely honest: I kind of forgot about my blog for three whole years. But I’m back! Things have changed since we last dined together (upon peaches in cassia syrup – yum!). The...
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