Peanut Butter Bacon Challah |with recipe|

Sometimes something comes into your mind and just takes over it. In these moments you know that fighting is useless, that you are had. That thought owns you. This is what happened one day when I was innocently perusing instagram. I saw a picture of something described as something like peanut butter bacon challah. This time,… Continue reading Peanut Butter Bacon Challah |with recipe|

Quinoa Granola

One of the birthday goals is to make granola. I haven’t touched the goal…until now. Goals like this one work best when you spread them out across the year. But, I have a bit more than 9 months to make this goal happen. I think it’s attainable. Anyway, here I am, at home looking around… Continue reading Quinoa Granola

Cherry Coke Cake

I can’t think about Cherry Coke without thinking about that Savage Garden song that says something about, “Just like a drink of cherry cola.” Okay, I’ll stop frontin’ I know exactly what Savage Garden song that is (I Want You). That’s neither here nor there though. I was going to a potluck yesterday and had… Continue reading Cherry Coke Cake

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There are so many ways a title containing the word “sausage” can go wrong…

Now that it’s getting warm, what better to think about than sausage. Well, ice cream might be better. Watermelon might be better, but that is not what I have on my mind. I have sausage on my mind. Wait, this could get weird fast. Restart! So, making sausage is one of the birthday goals. This… Continue reading There are so many ways a title containing the word “sausage” can go wrong…

Algeria

I promise that this blog isn’t going to turn into a chronicle of memories about dates I had from men around the world. Really, really it won’t. Really, really, I hope it won’t. That said, when I was poking around online looking for information about Algeria, particularly Algerian food, when I saw some surnames that… Continue reading Algeria

Albanian Adventures

If you had asked me, say, when I was in high school whether I would ever have a connection to Albania, I would have answered confidently that I wouldn’t. Ahh high school,  the age of misguided confidence. It turned out that through some friends of a friend, that I would meet an Albanian guy with… Continue reading Albanian Adventures

Raspberries, Chocolate, and One of My Favorite People

Last week was the kind of week that makes it difficult to maintain an otherwise sunny disposition. There were other factors involved, but the main one involves my car. My poor car; she’s been through so much. On Monday, I started her up and got ready to go through the morning routine. I pulled onto… Continue reading Raspberries, Chocolate, and One of My Favorite People