When I was new to cooking if I ran across a recipe that called for chili powder and ancho chili powder I would have simply added those amounts together and dumped in the cheapest store brand chili powder I had on hand. When I was a new blogger I’d constantly try to take baked casserole [...]
Last weekend the Omnivore and I hosted a Tacky Sweater Christmas Party. At the last minute I sort of panicked, thinking we didn’t have enough food, and sent my husband to the corner gas station buy a couple of extra bags of tortilla chips. We [...]
Sometimes, I’ve learned, it is a good idea to keep your mouth shut. I was sitting around a campfire with friends one recent evening while this chili was simmering on the stove. Somehow our chatter drifted to the conversation of foods we hate. One of my guests professed to hating celery. Oh no. This recipe [...]
The Omnivore built us a pretty sweet fire pit a few weeks ago. This picture was taken in progress. Now it’s got three gargoyles cemented on top and a lovely collection of ashes in the middle since we’ve been putting it to good use. Life on a farm yields plenty of firewood but not much [...]
I’m usually pretty good at turning meals with meat in them into fully satisfying vegetarian meals. I can really only remember one time when I was disappointed with the result. I tried to turn a recipe designed as a clever repurposing of Thanksgiving leftovers into a vegetarian dish. I should have known – the recipe [...]
