From the kitchen of a semi-vegetarian with a serious sweet tooth
As a child, my all-time favorite restaurant was Fresh Choice. It’s probably not a coincidence, either, that my favorite restaurant was the one and only buffet-style restaurant we frequented. Let me assure you, my parents were getting their money’s worth whenever they took me to Fresh Choice! As a child, I relished the opportunity to make my own salad with all the good stuff (iceberg lettuce, ...
Since I’m feeling a little lazy today, I’m bringing you a recipe for a really simple yet lip-smackingly yummy side dish, Mexican cotija corn. Having a ready supply of fresh, sweet corn is one of the perks of living in the Midwest, and I’m excited to make good use of it this summer! ...
For me, fruit pies and tarts are the quintessential summer dessert. While ice cream is a great treat when the temperatures are soaring, ice cream is available year-round. But summer fruits? If only they were available year-round! ...
It has been a crazy couple of weeks over here in the Cake Pants household. Final exams (both to study for and to grade), term papers to write, a wedding to attend on the opposite side of the country, a two-day professional workshop, and up next, another trip across the country for a graduation ceremony, and then a set of PhD exams at the end of the month…whew! Anyhow, it’s always difficult to plan ...
In honor of Cinco de Mayo coming up in the near future, I wanted to bring you all another Mexican food recipe! One of the things I miss most about living in California (aside from being close to my family) is the preponderance of good authentic Mexican food. There are, of course, good Mexican places elsewhere, but they’re significantly more difficult to find. Two places in particular on the east ...
I’ve never cared much for chicken noodle soup but can’t really explain why. I like chicken, I like noodles, I like chicken and rice soup just fine, but there’s something about chicken noodle soup that just doesn’t do it for me. This Chinese soup, however, I remember eating as a child and I’ve always loved it. It’s sometimes called egg flower soup, from the way the egg flowers throughout the soup ...
Last week, we celebrated Phoebe's first "adoptiversary," and I baked her a little cake of her very own. I know it might seem a bit silly, since of course, she has no concept of any given date being of special significance, but I've always had a knack for remembering certain days as the anniversaries of big moments. Adopting a puppy was a huge step for me, and one that I had been looking ...
I may have thrown my dad’s cooking a little bit under the bus before, when I was talking about his Indian food phase. Truth be told, I learned most of what I know about cooking and baking from my parents, and they had a homemade meal on the table every night of the week for my brother and me while we were growing up, so I really had no right to turn up my nose or complain. That’s ...
Sloppy joes are one of the few foods I can think of that actually originated in the United States. Given that most foods we tend to consume here are not, in fact, native to the US (probably owing to the fact that we’re a nation of immigrants), you’d think we could come up with a more distinguished-sounding or unique name – I mean, it’s not like we’ve used up all the good names on the hoards of ...
Hello everyone! As I mentioned a couple weeks back, I entered my recipe “Animal-Style Skillet Potatoes” in a contest on Food.com, sponsored by Simply Potatoes. The grand prize winner will be selected by official judges, but there is also a People’s Choice prize – decided, of course, by the people! That means you! The review period has now begun, and will last until midnight on April 7th. If you ...
