Our friends David and Marc were kind enough to walk Tucker while we were at the beach a few weeks ago. Tonight, we’re having them over for a thank you meal. Lately, I’ve been having a hankering for some barbecue chicken. I did a little research this morning and found a recipe from Everyday Food…
july in random photos
Show of hands, who was getting tired of logging onto made by mike, and being greeted by the smiling tomatoes? It was kinda cute the first time, right? Well, it’s the first of August. And I pledge to blog a bit a more regularly. Even if that just means throwing up a random photo from…
tomatoes make me smile
A happy assortment of some of the first heirloom tomatoes of the season from my garden. From top to bottom, we have Nayagous, Speckled Roman and Sun Gold. We’ve tasted them all, on salads, except for the speckled. I’m probably going to slice that one for a sandwich. The Sun Golds are amazing. They are…
strata with sausage & sun-dried tomatoes
Breakfast for dinner? Yes, please. After a week away from home, and hours on the road, I was ready to find a simple meal to prepare for dinner on Sunday night. And who doesn’t like to have breakfast for dinner? It feels like you’re breaking a rule. Let me tell you, this recipe for strata…
the peach fritters at yana’s
While others on the island were still sleeping, or jogging, or cycling, Greg and I were headed to nearby Swansboro for a visit with our local breakfast destiny. A few days back when we meandering around Swansboro we read a tip about the fritters at Yana’s Restaurant. Evidently, they were not to be missed. And…
smores on a stick
Tonight’s the giant family dessert get-together at the beach. We’ll all converge on Aunt Sally and Uncle Ike’s big pink beach house. Without all of my cooking tools, I was having a difficult time trying to decide what to bring. Greg suggested my famous Smores on a Stick. It was the perfect choice. The only…
southwestern chicken wraps
I’m up to lucky issue #7 in my Everyday Food Challenge. And this just happens to be the wonderful Thanksgiving edition of the magazine. Think that might create a problem in picking a dish to make in the middle of a 90 degree summer in northeast Ohio? Think again. The Southwestern Chicken Wraps recipe screams…
the view from here
Emerald Isle, NC. Our home away from home for the next week.
a difficult s(tart) to this week’s challenge
Welcome back to my Everyday Food Challenge. This week I bring you two recipes and a tale of a shopping struggle. So, after going back through issue #6, I had decided I’d definitely be making the Lemon Ricotta Tart. I mean come on, lemon and cheese. Um, yes please. The problem, I didn’t own a…
butterscotch bark (the short and sweet post)
Heat wave. It’s been entirely too hot this week to even think about firing up both the oven and stove for a proper meal. Yet I still had my Everyday Food Challenge to complete for the week. I went back through issue #5 looking for something that wouldn’t require a great deal of work (that’s…
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