The Joy of the Joy of Cooking

Scallion and mushroom soup (p. 145) is a challenge to write about because it wasn't very interesting. TI beat butter until it was f...

Okay, so Vanilla coconut shrimp (p. 388) just sounded horrible but I was optimistic that, with an open mind, it would be surprisingly good....

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 ...