I got the idea for these cookies from the Rogue Bakery, a homemade, home-delivered cookie bakery in Columbus and Cleveland. I actually have not tried their spicy peanut butter cookies, but when I heard the owner/baker say ancho and peanut butter in the same tweet, I was instantly intrigued. (For what it’s worth, I have…
Archives for July 2010
Sour Chickpea Soup
What was I saying about life getting in the way of blogging? Sorry for the delay on the promised soup; I got sick last week with a G.I. bug–food was the last thing I wanted to think about. But now that I am thinking about it, I am very excited to share this soup. I’m…
Summertime Barley Salad
Summer is an occasionally frustrating time for me, because I love one pot meals. And let’s face it, most one pot meals do not really scream summer. Curries, stews, casseroles… these all heat the kitchen and are heavy in the tummy. Which is why I was completely fascinated by Marcus Samuelsson’s “Staples” chapter in his…
Sweet & Spicy Party Nuts
Sorry for the extended silence again! Every time I get caught up with life something else comes along to disrupt. This time it was the annual pig roast, and the myriad of brownies and blondies I made for it, along with the trip home to Columbus. And the fatigue from dancing until the wee hours…
Salty Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
These are the cookies to reach for when you cannot decide between the Chocolate Sugar Cookies and the Salty Chocolate Chocolate Chip Oat Cookies. Their texture, thin and chewy, resembles the sugar cookies, with the salt and oats of the latter cookie. I love all 3 and do not regret making any of them, although…
Smoky Chicken & Sausage Gumbo with Corn, Midwestern Spiced Life Style
Traditional gumbo is a very good thing. I am not disputing that fact; I’m just sayin’ that if gumbo had been invented in the midwest it would have corn in it. Ya’ll down in N’Awlins might have the best seafood (when the Gulf isn’t full of oil), the okra, the scrumptious andouille sausage, but let’s…
Margarita Cookies
I came to margarita appreciation very late in life. I of course did not drink at all while my epilepsy was active, at which point my only memory of tequila was extremely nasty cheap stuff in college. But I love limes, and so one day after I started drinking again I tried one. Wow. So…
An Even Better Thai Green Curry & Evil Good Toasted Corn Nuts
I have been a bad blogger. Like many bloggers, I get various product offers, most of which I ignore but some I take advantage of because I am genuinely interested in the product. One of those was an offer from Superior Nut to send me some of their stuff to test. Of course right after…
Best Waffles Ever, A.K.A. Classic Buttermilk Waffles
I bet you all thought my new waffle iron was gathering dust. Admit it, you did. That I had purchased a unitasker of the worst kind and after having played with it for a while, it was now sitting lonely and neglected somewhere. Not so fast, my friend! (Any Lee Corso fans in the house?)…