You may have noticed there aren’t a lot of recipes on here that use peppers. There are two excellent reasons for that: I loathe them. And it turns out, I’m pretty allergic to them! One of the few positive results on my skin-prick test that didn’t bring me to tears!…
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It’s definitely fall here in Virginia. We’ve had two real freezes so it’s time for comfort food! And for me, comfort food definitely means soup. I’ve been making a variation of this Chicken and Gnocci Soup for a while now, and it is so damn delicious! Given how much I’ve…
Since my sweet banana peppers turned out to be mislabeled hot banana peppers, they haven’t been picked as much as I had hoped. Usually my peppers just get eaten straight off the plant by my mother when she comes by to visit, but she doesn’t do that when they’re this…
I’m really surprised to find that I haven’t posted a risotto recipe. It’s kind of my go-to comfort food. And I distinctly remember making a dish really similar to this a couple month ago because one of my coworkers started drooling at the smell of my leftovers at lunch time. …
We’re finally having some fall-like weather here in Virginia, so it’s definitely apple picking time! Some girlfriends and I went up to Carter Mountain Orchard outside of Charlottesville the other day. I always say I love apple picking, but here’s the thing: unless you’re buying a metric shit-ton of apples,…
The house across the street from me recently sold (at such a low asking price that it sold the day the sign went up – aargh!). Anyway, spotting new neighbors definitely means that it’s time to get baking! As you may recall from a previous post, there’s a lot of…