While the glittery, sexy vampire fad is slowly fading away, zombies are (almost) on their way out too. But anyone who’s ever read The Stand, or watched… Well anything really. The Walking Dead/Fear The Walking Dead/28 Days Later/28 Weeks Later/Zombieland/Night of the Living Dead/Dawn of the Dead/Day of the Dead/I Am Legend/etc. etc. etc., or… Continue reading Mastering the Art of the Zombie Apocalypse – Pork Rillettes
I’m Back! (Or I will be shortly.)
How many times have I started a post with “Where ya been Dishes?” Countless. I get busy, sick, or lazy – like most people do. But I believe this is my longest absence yet! And we can blame it all on social media. My assistant at work (one week before the first deadline of the… Continue reading I’m Back! (Or I will be shortly.)
Strega Nona and Pomodoro Sauce
Bubble bubble pasta pot, Boil me some pasta nice and hot. I’m hungry and it’s time to sup. Boil enough pasta to fill me up. This is the magic chant of Strega Nona, the titular character from a book I distinctly remember having read to me as a child. Strega Nona lived in a little… Continue reading Strega Nona and Pomodoro Sauce
What The Hell Is That? – Pimiento Cheese
It’s Superbowl L! (I know they officially abandoned the Roman numerals this go-around, but why mess with tradition?) Mr. Dishes and I are invited to a Superbowl party tonight, so I have to come up with a treat to share and I realized I’ve never posted about my pimiento cheese – yes, I did the… Continue reading What The Hell Is That? – Pimiento Cheese
Counter-Intuitive Soup, a.k.a. Hearty Italian Soup, a.k.a. Purple Sequined Lion Dress
(Due to diligent procrastination on my part, I have been writing this post for three weeks. Despite being house-bound for three straight days in ten inches of snow, I managed to type not a single paragraph. I gave myself an ultimatum yesterday – no cooking until I finish this. AND I bought ten pounds of… Continue reading Counter-Intuitive Soup, a.k.a. Hearty Italian Soup, a.k.a. Purple Sequined Lion Dress
Pork Rain (noun):
So yeah. I made Pork Rain yesterday. What IS Pork Rain, you may ask? Well go ahead. Pork Rain is an extremely rare phenomenon that occurs only when conditions and the planets are completely, totally, and 100% aligned in a completely fucked up way. Pork Rain occurs when someone (i.e. me), on the well-meaning advice… Continue reading Pork Rain (noun):
My First Product Review: Joseph Joseph Stainless Steel Rocking Garlic Crusher
Happy New Year to any readers I may have left. Again, apologies for the long absence but now that the holidays are over, I plan to get back into it. Until work gets busy again. Or I attempt to summit Mt. Saint Laundry. Or until Parks and Rec season seven gets released on Netflix… (To… Continue reading My First Product Review: Joseph Joseph Stainless Steel Rocking Garlic Crusher
Apologies:
Sorry, readers, for my long absence. Unfortunately, my elderly, cranky, wonderful cat, Zorro (a.k.a Scoops, a.k.a. Mr. Sandman, a.k.a Mean Old Mister Kit Kat, a.k.a. Evil) had to be put to sleep two weeks ago, just a few months shy of his 19th birthday. I haven’t been feeling very funny, or very inspired to cook… Continue reading Apologies:
Turkey Sausage Gumbo (with love).
Yesterday my husband bought me four pounds of butter. At my request, because I said I needed butter, and we were at Sam’s Club. What he doesn’t know is that I needed butter because I was down to only one pound back at the house, and was getting some kind of butter junkie anxiety about… Continue reading Turkey Sausage Gumbo (with love).
Ciao Time #13 – Sicilian Style Pizza
Sit down and write, Dishes. But… Orange is the New Black? Sit down. You can put it on in the background. Solitaire? Why are you stalling? Oh I don’t know. I had the plague for two weeks. Work is stressful. We had to take both pets to the vet at once, which always drains me… Continue reading Ciao Time #13 – Sicilian Style Pizza
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