Entertaining Tips in Time for New Year’s Eve!
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World, taken December 14th, 2010 You know how sometimes you’re really excited to be part of something and then it’s nothing like you thought it would be? Sometimes...
View ArticleCheese Toasty & a Winner
Cheese toasties are one of the best comfort foods the British Isles have to offer. They’re not unlike their American counterparts, the grilled cheese, but it’s kinda like Zebras and Donkeys. Similar,...
View ArticleCheesy Chicken Enchiladas
Cheese enchiladas are comfort food to me the way matzo ball soup might be to someone on the East Coast. It’s just one of those satisfying meals that sounds good no matter what time of day it is, where...
View ArticleChicken Cordon Bleu
A while back, I was thinking about ideas for Bluebonnets & Brownies, and one of the things that stood out to me is I have a stupid amount of cookbooks, food magazines, and stacks of printed recipes...
View ArticleIntuit Love a Local Business: Cheese… Please!
Photo courtesy of Cheese.. Please! Last year, our good friend John mentioned to me that he’d noticed a “cheese and British stuff” shop would be opening in his town of Cranford, not far from where we...
View ArticleMaple Sugar Bacon, Cheddar & Rosemary Scones
I can hardly believe it. In just a few short days, my nephew Davey enters Kindergarten for the first time. I’m so excited, freaked out, flabbergasted – and I’m just his aunt! I can’t imagine how my...
View ArticleBaked Onion Soup
There are few soups more comforting to me than savory, flavorful Baked Onion Soup. I think the first time I had it I was 5 or 6, and it was at this restaurant-bar-club spot called Gallagher’s. The...
View ArticleCheesecake Factory White Chicken Chili
Are you a Big Bang Theory fan? If you are, you’ll get this post more than others. Recently, James’s best friend from high school, the fellow that introduced us to each other all those years ago, came...
View ArticleGarlic Rosemary Cheese Crisps
These may be my new favorite wine o’clock snack. For serious. Can anything make you feel more adult and grown up than a glass of crisp delicious wine and a few homemade nibbles to go with it? I found...
View ArticleBritish Bacon Rolls
So here’s the thing. The Brits get a lot of flack for ‘tasteless’ food. But after two years living there and nearly a decade in a relationship with an Englishman, I’m here to tell you that this is...
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