Just a shout out to my friends in Mid-Missouri to mark you calendars for Restaurant Week. I plan to attend, just like I did the last time it was held. Got lucky and won a raffle prize that was a gift card to one of the featured restaurants Pizza Tree. Made a visit there and […]
Today marks the beginning of my adventure in using Ina Garten’s book, Cooking for Jeffrey as my inspiration for creating dinner menus and as a way to try and prepare every recipe in her book. Since the recipes I’m using are not my own, I will provide links to them. So when you see text […]
Well, I’ve always said I’m not the best baker and yesterday’s attempt at Ina’s Devil’s Food Cake with Coffee Meringue Buttercream proved my point. I wanted to mimic Ina’s cookbook cover, so making this cake was a must. The amount of eggs and butter required for the cake and frosting made me shake my head…but […]
Back in 2005 I read a book called Julie and Julia. As most foodies know, this book was written by a young woman, Julie Powell who decided to replicate all of the recipes (524) found in Julia Child’s “The Art of French Cooking” cook book over the course of a year. The author began blogging […]
After several years of posting my cooking and eating adventures on Facebook, I’m taking the plunge into blogging about one of my lifelong passions. I’m thankful to friends and family members who have encouraged me to find a creative outlet to share my love of good food, good cooking and good eating. An encouraging friend […]