pomegranate-glazed chicken – everyday food challenge

About a month or so ago, I received an email from POM Wonderful, asking if I’d like to sample their 100% pomegranate juice. At the same time I remembered that Everyday Food magazine had featured this amazing juice back in its December 2006 issue in the “Have You Tried?” section. That’s were I found the…

birthday waffles

I awoke this morning to the sweet scent of waffles made by Greg. What a great way to start the first day of my 38th year. Did I accomplish all that I’d wanted from my 37 Things list? Not even close. But I intend to continue to knock out what’s left on the list and…

white chocolate snowflakes

And here we are, the final few days before Christmas. I don’t know about you, but the list of things that I need to do keeps getting longer. These are times when a quick and simple recipe is really important. I ran across this three-ingredient holiday treat on Food52.com. My dear friends, may I introduce…

chocolate peppermint cookies

Oh the snow…the weather around these here parts has been pretty frightful the last couple of days. On Sunday, I decided it would be best to use my shut-in time to bake some cookies for the holidays. I made dad’s ginger cookies that I wrote about previously. I also baked white chocolate cranberry oatmeal cookies…

random act of culture

This little random act of culture made coming to work on a cold Saturday morning a real treat.  Enjoy. The Knight Foundation is helping produce 1,000 of these Random Acts of Culture over the next three years, bringing classical artists out of the performance halls, into the streets – and our everyday lives. Performances are…

hey good lookin’ whatcha got cooking?

I had a delightfully snowy day off work on Monday. I used a good portion of that time to update the Recipes Seen Here page of the blog. I think I’ve got a link to every recipe on there. If you notice anything missing, do let me know. Now go pick a recipe and get…

5 days of sweets – pumpkin doughnut muffins

Sugar and spice and everything nice. That’s one way to describe these doughnuts disguised as muffins disguised again as doughnuts. I don’t think there’s a better way to end 5 Days of Sweets than with a baked treat bathed in butter then rolled in cinnamon sugar. So there you have it, the Pumpkin Doughnut Muffin…

5 days of sweets – mint-chocolate brownies

Day 4 of 5 Days of Sweets. I’m thinking that when this series is over I’m going to need to delve into 12 Days of Savories. We’re in sugar over-drive here on Made by Mike. Today, I present you with Everyday Food magazine’s Mint-Chocolate Brownie. It’s a winner. Earlier this week I rushed home from…