Once upon a time, we took a spur-of-the-moment trip to Costa Rica, thinking it would be a big adventure. For a variety of reasons, it...
Read MoreToday is National Ranch Dressing Day—which probably means nothing to anyone outside the United States and Canada. While ranch dressing has been numero uno in...
Read MoreAs a kid, I never liked ketchup, an opinion that wasn't helped by the fact that my brother ate a ketchup-and-peanut-butter sandwich once to gross...
Read MoreI don't want to be a big baby or anything, but sometimes I get really tired of the fact that my "special food" — i.e.,...
Read MoreIt's well known amongst my family and friends that at the Thanksgiving table, I am the champion of constructing the Perfect Bite. You know what...
Read MoreMy husband Dave and I are on Day 61 of our elimination diet, and he recently learned that he has a mild sensitivity to eggs....
Read MoreAs I mentioned in this post from back in May, I ate a lot (A LOT!) of the skinless Balkan sausages called ćevapčići while we...
Read MoreOn our travels in May and June, we ate this red pepper+eggplant condiment in almost every restaurant from Lubljana, Slovenia to Dubrovnik, Croatia. Each chef's...
Read MoreI'll be updating my original mayo post soon with this video and some helpful tips I've gathered from the 296 (!) comments on that post....
Read MoreOh, man! I've been having way too much fun playing around with variations on my homemade mayo. High on the success of my creamy Italian...
Read MoreWhen I was a kid, I hated sandwiches... especially ham & cheese–but I loved salads... especially with lots of creamy Italian dressing. My mom would...
Read MoreUpdate September 15, 2015: The traditional blender method below works great, but you can make it even easier and faster with a stick blender. Place...
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