The Book:  Big Dip Energy by Alyse Whitney.  “99 Parties in a bowl for snacking, dinner, dessert, and beyond!”  Y’all know I love a pun, and truly regret that I didn’t come up with this one myself.  Pros: Very cute and colorful.  It’s pun-city in here – she really comes up with some great ones. … Continue reading Cooking The Books: Big Dip Energy

The Book:  Will It Waffle? by Daniel Shumski.  Can you use a waffle maker for unconventional foods?  This journalist started a blog about it, turned it into a book, then deleted all his blog posts, presumably so you would have to buy the book.  I guess I can’t blame him.  The major problem I have with waffle… Continue reading Cooking The Books: Will It Waffle?

The Book:  The Tucci Cookbook by Stanley Tucci.  Tidy, sexy little man with serious food cred.  Star of Big Night, The Hunger Games Tri-Fourlogy, and Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy.  Oh, and also Julie and Julia… And he always has a twinkle in his eye.  Pros: Beautiful book with lovely photography.  The writing is concise,… Continue reading Cooking The Books: The Tucci Cookbook

(Wow. That picture is terrible. I’m still getting used to my new camera, which I am beginning to suspect might indeed suck. And the wall is kind of gunky looking. I’m such a pro.) I can’t stop making macaroni and cheese.  I’ve made it probably eight times? over the last two weeks.  I make it… Continue reading The Best Reheated Mac and Cheese

Bear-ly A Blog: Family Meal (Author’s note: I’m breaking in a new camera. It’s not going well. Forgive me.) This is less a cooking post than it is another not-really-a-review post because I can’t say enough good things about FX’s The Bear – an eight episode look into a Michelin trained chef coming back to… Continue reading Bear-ly A Blog: Family Meal

“You put the corn in the puddin’And the puddin’ in the bowlYou put the bowl in your belly‘Cause it’s good for the soul” – Schmigadoon!* So I woke up this morning with three things on my mind:  I’m starving.  I’m hungry for everything.  I want meatballs, a Big Mac, green beans, Starburst, and potato chips. … Continue reading Corn Puddin’ – Good for the Soul

Cats is a beautiful train-wreck that will ruin your Christmas. One of my food-friend websites has a thing called NAF, where if we just want to bitch or talk about something we post NAF for “Not About Food” so if anyone’s not interested in hearing about our work, pets, health, etc. they can just skip… Continue reading Dishes Reviews Cats For Some Reason:

So I’ll just say a couple quick things, then we’ll go about our business and pretend I never disappeared for several months. Writer’s Block is real, y’all. Writing can be hard, and so can finding the confidence to assume anybody actually wants to read your content. Procrastination, however, is super-easy and lots of fun! I… Continue reading 4 Cheese Garlic Pizza Dip