April’s cooking club recipe was Anna Olson’s Roasted Vegetable Tart. As you might recall, we made her chocolate chip cookies as the recipe of the month back in October, and they were really good. Based on that, I had high hopes for this recipe, but unfortunately it just didn’t stand up to the challenge. The […]
I picked up a large fillet of red snapper at Fiesta Farms a few days ago, and knew I wanted to create something interesting with it. My usual fallback with fish is to simply pan-fry (sometimes after marinading it, sometimes just with salt and pepper) and then serve with a salad or over rice or […]
It seems only appropriate that this month’s cooking club recipe contain chocolate. After all, Valentine’s day was mid-month, and many wanted to try this recipe for exactly that. In our household, Rich got me a lovely box of Stubbe chocolates as a Valentine’s gift, so I saved the mousse recipe for later in the month. […]
Anthony Sedlak’s Cottage Pie Originally uploaded by nyxie. This month’s recipe challenge was Anthony Sedlak’s Cottage Pie. For those wondering what a Cottage Pie might be, it is a Shepherd’s Pie made with beef instead of lamb. Still confused? Well, these days it is common for people to call any ground meat and potatoes pie […]
It’s been a hectic last two weeks here. I was at a course all last weekend and worked has been very busy recently, so needless to say time for cooking was hard to find. Even so, it was important to me to find time to make a little something for Rich’s 32nd birthday on November […]