The Joy of the Joy of Cooking

I had a good feeling about Pita salad (Fattoush) (p. 159) because I really like pita bread.  I'm not a big salad eater.  I want to be. ...

I'm not sure what motivated me to make Pizza dough (p. 607) other than I wanted to make a bread recipe and pizza sounded good.  I usual...

First of all--I promise I'm not dead and I have a TON of posts backlogged that I still need to post.  They haven't been posted due t...

Those of you who know me in real life know how much I like to infuse vodka myself--infused vodka makes the best cocktails.  In fact, I was ...

Make sure to read the first two posts on the November party!  Sadly, I think I have about four more posts to go on this party--I REALLY coo...

This is the second post in a series so make sure to read Post 1 ( especially if you like whipped fish [and who doesn't]!). I hat...

My cousin Erica and her boyfriend Patrick came to visit me in Colorado one last time before I moved to Washington, DC. Erica is one of my ...

Loyal fans. I apologize. I apologize so much for the break. It was not intentional. But I REALLY needed to finish my PhD. It now (barr...

As many of you know, I've been powering through finishing my PhD but I have a ton of blog posts to write so March should be a big month ...

Don't worry, fans! I am still around! I have so many posts in the hopper you will all be amazed--I've had two HUGE cooking extrava...