Food is a pretty amazing thing, if you take the time to think about it. It nourishes the mind, body, and soul, and it has the ability to transport us to faraway places or times past that exist now only in the depths of our memories. ...
Archives for August 2014
Butter Chicken with Peas and Cauliflower
If a recipe for butter chicken has no butter in it, can it still be called butter chicken? I hope so, because “spiced cream chicken” sounds a little iffy, although that’s closer to the truth in this version of the popular Indian dish. Butter chicken (also known as murgh makhani) is what I imagine Indian comfort food must be like (along with rajma, of course) – it’s creamy, it’s filling, and it’s ...
Walnut & Chicken Salad with Blueberry Vinaigrette
I have a problem. I’m obsessed with pick-your-own-fruit orchards. First, I picked tart cherries in northern Michigan last month, and that was all fine and dandy and I limited myself to about six or seven pounds of cherries. Then, while visiting family in western New York last week, my aunt asked if I wanted to tag along with her to the blueberry fields, and I figured heck, why not? And so I picked ...
Tart Cherry Cream Cheese Muffins
O tart cherries, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. In pie, in muffins, in coffee cake…okay, you get the idea. ...
First Blogiversary!
Today is my first blogiversary, so what better time than today to share with you some exciting news: I am now the proud owner of my very own pair of cake pants! ...